Sang ever nightingale so sweetly as yon trill, Sir Knight?" "Win her, Stephen.
— from Wager of Battle: A Tale of Saxon Slavery in Sherwood Forest by Henry William Herbert

si execrable ne se scauroit asses punir, et seroit plus tost à craindre que nous fussions reprehensibles de trop grande rémission que de grand severité, qu’ils appelent cruauté.”
— from The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II by James Westfall Thompson

"I am very sorry that this accident has occurred, and I can never thank you sufficiently for the kindness you have shown me; had you not come to the ruin I could never have reached home, and the thought of spending a night there makes me shudder even now," she said as she sat by the roadside.
— from The Beautiful Eyes of Ysidria by Charles A. Gunnison

The king was reported to have said: "England never signed such a peace before, nor, I believe, any other power in Europe."
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

"It gets dark so early now," she said, "and I came alone through the fields.
— from Crestlands: A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Mary Addams Bayne

He was not, perhaps, so exacting nor so stimulating a teacher as some, but he was careful, clear, distinct, and encouraging.
— from The History of Dartmouth College by Baxter Perry Smith

They did not take the trouble to stand aside to let her pass; and she even noticed some smiles and ironical gigglings.
— from Other People's Money by Emile Gaboriau