The sleeves, half open to the elbow, revealed a white, rounded, downy arm, and the thousand subtle pink-and-white tints of her flesh seemed to melt and merge themselves into a bewildering, distracting glow within that rose-hued sleeve.
— from To-morrow? by Victoria Cross

"Right shamefaced was Saladin when the horse returned," for he knew that some would suspect him of trying to entrap Richard.
— from With Spurs of Gold: Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds by Dolly Williams Kirk

In explanation of the confusion of his attitude to the Church we must call to mind what has already been said, how, owing to the evils rampant in the Church, he had not had the opportunity of seeing that Divine institution at its best, a fact which may have helped to weaken in his mind the conception of her sublime mission and the binding nature of her ancient faith.
— from Luther, vol. 1 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar