[Pg 362] The gentlest bird that sings; though near the tomb, She had escaped the trap; yet now she found Beneath that cruel beak at last her doom.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

Then it seemed to the chevalier (doubtless on account of the disposition of mind he was in when this picture had struck his eye) that this young girl, with the calm and sweet face, entered into his life, like one of those personages who always remain behind a veil, and make their entrance on a piece in the second or third act to take part in the action, and, sometimes, to change the denouement.
— from The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental by Alexandre Dumas

I shall have enough to tell you; we are always having some pleasant thing on foot; but we are obliged to study very hard, to procure these indulgences; for they are all given as rewards.
— from The Talisman: A Tale for Boys by Anonymous

God bless him in his old days, and sanctify his example to the young servant who stands beside him!"
— from Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou by Maturin Murray Ballou

All the suffering which she had endured through the years of their married life now resolved itself into a fury of resentment.
— from The Substitute Prisoner by Max Marcin

"She used to go to school with my sister," he explained to the young Southwesterner.
— from Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Brander Matthews

Well, I must close, but I shall have enough to tell you when I come home to outlast many a wood fire, and I am looking forward to the day when we can sit down together and talk, with the clock faced toward the wall!
— from Over Periscope Pond Letters from Two American Girls in Paris October 1916-January 1918 by Esther Sayles Root

Sir Griffith had had a long family and so had exhausted the topic years ago, whilst Master Freake, a bachelor, knew nothing about it.
— from The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough