It 's the cleverest thing Jamie ever did, an' ane o' the best a've seen in Drumtochty.” Drumtochty had a legitimate curiosity regarding the history of any new tenant, and Hillocks was invaluable on such occasion, being able to collect a complete biography during a casual conversation on the state of markets.
— from The Days of Auld Lang Syne by Ian Maclaren

The rain was falling more heavily than ever, and that steady, inexorable drip, drip had at last filled and overflowed the saucepan.
— from After the Divorce: A Romance by Grazia Deledda

“From first to last, almost without exception, this story is delightfully droll, humorous and illustrated in harmony with the story.”— New York Express.
— from Daddy's Girl by L. T. Meade

“Whosoever my accuser be, lord king,” she said, “I do denounce him as foresworn and false, and thus do I throw myself upon
— from Historic Girls: Stories Of Girls Who Have Influenced The History Of Their Times by Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter) Brooks

But honest to God! youse put a poor sucker in d' dark hole, an' be d' end of ten hours it's apples to ashes he ain't onto it whether he's been in a day or a week.
— from Sandburrs by Alfred Henry Lewis

I distrusted Rodman; without any definite reason, but all the same I did distrust him, and I have frequently found my intuitions regarding strangers hit pretty nearly right.
— from The Man Who Fell Through the Earth by Carolyn Wells

"From first to last, almost without exception, this story is delightfully droll, humorous and illustrated in harmony with the story.
— from Slow and Sure: The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant by Alger, Horatio, Jr.