We find the Spanish warrior under James of Arragon, 1230, sheathed horse and man in mail, with his quilted perpunto or pourpoint beneath, and the iron gonio or breast-plate above; the iron greaves and shoes, helmet and shield.
— from Armour in England, from the Earliest Times to the Reign of James the First by John Starkie Gardner

don't scold him any more, it makes the room so dark."
— from George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians by T. Martin Wood

'See,' he added, 'my initials make M.P.—Master Playwright.'
— from Ghetto Comedies by Israel Zangwill

I’d like to see him a minute; I must see him.
— from The Great Oakdale Mystery by Morgan Scott

He sent His angel, and He took me from my father’s sheep; He anointed me in mercy with His unction.
— from Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets And Other Old Testament Characters from Various Sources by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

And I feel safer here, and more in my right place, than anywhere else in the world.”
— from The Life of Carmen Sylva (Queen of Roumania) by Natalie Stackelberg

"When he had urged all the reasons he could think of for my going, but without success, he attacked me in my only vulnerable spot, little Jack.
— from In League with Israel: A Tale of the Chattanooga Conference by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

Sometimes he accompanies me in my excursions, to the utter discontent of the Lucchese, who swear I shall ruin their Opera, by leading him such extravagant rambles amongst the mountains, and exposing him to the inclemency of winds and showers.
— from Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford