[256] ” Una surmised that the writers of such novels might, perhaps, desire to show the bad side in the hope that life might be made more beautiful.
— from The Job: An American Novel by Sinclair Lewis

That same night, Marylyn put down her fork and stared across the table at her sister.
— from The Plow-Woman by Eleanor Gates

He sought no mere personal distinction, but put his heart into his work, and practically made his clients' interests his own.
— from The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884 by Various

But I must tell you, in all fairness, that you have no chance; nothing short of a dragoon will go down.” “Be assured,” said I, somewhat nettled, “my pretensions do not aspire to the fair Miss Dashwood.” “ Tant mieux et tant pis, mon cher .
— from Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Charles James Lever

I had just killed a small new marsupial ( Phascelogale dorsalis , Pet, and Doria), that balanced itself on the stem of a great tree like a squirrel, and turning round, I suddenly stood before the most remarkable specimen of the industry of [79] an animal.
— from The English Flower Garden with illustrative notes by Henry Arthur Bright

Prima, cantando, a sua nota moviensi; poi, diventando l'un di questi segni, un poco s'arrestavano e taciensi.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Paradiso by Dante Alighieri