The most I can say for it is, that it’s a more satisfactory plan than casting your bread on the waters, on the off-chance some kindly Elijah will butter it."
— from Winding Paths by Gertrude Page

They were characters of the age in which they lived, unseen before, unseen since; knights errant, who believed in hippogriff and dragon, but sought them only in lands of gold; missionaries, who complacently broke the body of the converted that Christ might the sooner receive his soul; palmers of pike and shield, who, in care of the Virgin, followed the morning round the world, assured that Heaven stooped lowest over the most profitable plantations.
— from South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure by Cyrus Townsend Brady

Then Dardanos begat a son, king Erichthonios, who became richest of mortal men.
— from The Iliad by Homer

“This is Fanny,” said she; “she knows Emily well, being in the habit of waiting on her at table; she will tell you what you want to hear.
— from A Strange Disappearance by Anna Katharine Green

So King Ethelred won back his kingdom, and the boy viking was honored above all others.
— from Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter) Brooks

She read the beautiful poem over and over again, until she knew every word by heart.
— from Mischievous Maid Faynie by Laura Jean Libbey

Now, have you the courage—for courage will be needed—to enter the Holy City, held as it is by fierce Saracens, and kneel at the Holy Sepulchre?' 'By Holy Katherine, sir knight!' exclaimed Walter, bluntly, 'you must hold me excused.
— from The Boy Crusaders: A Story of the Days of Louis IX. by John G. (John George) Edgar