La Harpe remarks of Suetonius, “He is scrupulously exact, and strictly methodical.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Then she fetched the dinner-gown, floated it about Kedzie as delicately as if it were a ring of smoke, hooked it, snapped it, and murmured little compliments that were more tonic than cocktails.
— from We Can't Have Everything: A Novel by Rupert Hughes

La Harpe remarks of Suetonius, "He is scrupulously exact, and strictly methodical.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 01: Julius Caesar by Suetonius

When Jesus washed my sins away...” Then, woe-begone, she shook her head, and let fall her abandoned hand; and Rebekah, speaking more to herself: “Did you never hear of Hogarth, the King, Ruth? or see him in some dream in shining white, with a face like the face in the bush which burned and was not consumed?”
— from The Lord of the Sea by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel

p. 132 “Read on!” said Harley, in sepulchral tones.)
— from A Rebellious Heroine by John Kendrick Bangs

Years and years have rolled over his head; but, in fine weather or in foul, hot or cold, wet or dry, hail, rain, or snow, he is still in his accustomed spot.
— from Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People by Charles Dickens

When the captive king was brought into the circus, and saw before him the emperor and countless rows of spectators, he is said to have shed no tears, but to have uttered the words of the preacher: "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity".
— from The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

He always wore a long black coat, and when a healthy ray of sunshine hit it square in the back it threw off a glare like a locomotive reflector.
— from Red Wagon Stories; or, Tales Told Under the Tent by Wells Hawks

It has but one island, Adassi, off the mouths of the Danube; no reefs or shoals; hence in summer navigation is very safe.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall