I do not wish to see any more places like Esdraelon, where the ground is level and people can gallop.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

May I address you as my preserver, Mr. Temple Barholm?” CHAPTER XXIV U PON the terrace, when he was led up the steps, stood a most perfect little elderly lady in a state of agitation much greater than his own or his rescuer’s.
— from The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, August, 1913 Vol. LXXXVI. New Series: Vol. LXIV. May to October, 1913 by Various

[1300] When his physical sufferings diminished there came to his mind the recollection of how, more than a year before, early in 1544, he had determined to leave Wittenberg, of which he had sickened, in order to seek a more peaceful life elsewhere.
— from Luther, vol. 6 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

“That woman,” muttered I, on quitting her house, “seems to have some strange spite against my poor Lilian, ever seeking to rouse my own distrust of that exquisite nature which has just given me such proof of its truth.
— from A Strange Story — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Miss Silver and Mr. Parmalee looked each other full in the eye without winking.
— from The Baronet's Bride; Or, A Woman's Vengeance by May Agnes Fleming

But it does not so remain, because those images and words are placed there as ideas and facts—that is to say, as myths: progress, liberty, economy, technique, science are myths, in so far as they are looked upon as agents external to the facts.
— from Theory & History of Historiography by Benedetto Croce

"That woman," muttered I, on quitting her house, "seems to have some strange spite against my poor Lilian, ever seeking to rouse my own distrust of that exquisite nature which has just given me such proof of its truth.
— from A Strange Story — Volume 03 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron