My Dear Sir : "I never entertained a doubt that you were all you had been represented; and your reputation is, indeed, an enviable one, in the midst of these times, when so much deceit and trickery is being practised among this community.
— from The History of the Hen Fever. A Humorous Record by Geo. P. (George Pickering) Burnham

She is naturally elegant and distinguished in appearance; both by her force of character and by her intelligence she is superior to those who surround her, no matter how she may seek, through modesty, to disguise it.
— from Pepita Ximenez by Juan Valera

[Pg 38] Jonathan, of whom something has already been said, is now extinct and defunct.
— from Curiosities of the American Stage by Laurence Hutton

Father Preston's style is natural, earnest, and direct.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 05, April 1867 to September 1867 by Various

He now wants to prove—compatibly with their character as phenomena—that the existence of bodies in space is not even, as Descartes contends, doubtful .
— from Kant's Theory of Knowledge by H. A. (Harold Arthur) Prichard

Suggested that we have only one morning service in new place and two afternoon services—one for old people at old place and one for young at new place; could take further steps later on for a double morning service if necessary; Elders agreeable; disperse.
— from Woman's Endurance by A. D. (August D.) Luckhoff

[Footnote: The life of Sostratus is not extant.], and described his stature and enormous strength, his open-air life on Parnassus, sleeping on the grass and eating what the mountain afforded, the exploits that bore out his surname—robbers exterminated, rough places made smooth, and deep waters bridged.
— from The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by of Samosata Lucian