Greeting! —Lord Derby has written a despatch to the Governor of New Zealand acknowledging the receipt of your letter expressing the satisfaction of Ngatikahungunu at the principles laid down by you and Lord Derby in England.
— from The Treaty of Waitangi; or, how New Zealand became a British Colony by Thomas Lindsay Buick

I warrant you, the gentleman has got to his confidant already, has avowed his passion, toasted your health, called you ten thousand angels, has run over your lips, eyes, neck, shape, air, and everything, in a description that warms their mirth to a second enjoyment.
— from The Beaux-Stratagem by George Farquhar

But I think it'll keep the rays off you long enough to bring it in—especially since you'll be in your suit, and if you put on lead-lined gloves."
— from The Planet Mappers by E. Everett (Edward Everett) Evans

"Now I see a broad ring of yellow light edged with ragged purple."
— from Flames by Robert Hichens

“Here has Emily been looking starch and prim for the last half-hour, thinking unutterable things of the folly and romance which can be the only reason of young ladies’ early wanderings in the lonely districts about Keswick Lake.
— from Home Scenes and Heart Studies by Grace Aguilar

There's no Book of Revelations of your life except in your face."
— from Carnac's Folly, Volume 2. by Gilbert Parker

Understand, therefore, my friend, that the sight of these carefully traced plans, which you hint to have obtained at the risk of your life, excites me not at all."
— from The Double Traitor by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

“Oh, you can spend the rest of your life eating,” Penny overruled her.
— from The Clock Strikes Thirteen by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt