Charleston, Savannah, Pittsburgh and Circleville especially suffered from it.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell

But had he even been less given to indulgence than he was, with what heart could he have consigned a princess, accustomed by uninterrupted prosperity to ease and comfort, a wife who loved him as dearly as she was beloved, the children on whom his soul hung in hope and fondness, to privations at the prospect of which his own courage sank, and which a sublime philosophy alone can enable sensuality to undergo.
— from History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Complete by Friedrich Schiller

It was not in the searchlight’s path, and consequently easily seen.
— from The Galleon's Gold; or, Frank Reade, Jr.'s Deep Sea Search. by Luis Senarens

Those peasant travellers out of sight, we go on over the same rocky ground, snowy pikes and craggy eminences still bounding the prospect.
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8) by William Wordsworth

The whole family had been staunch Protestants and Conservatives ever since Burton & Sons, ship-owners, of London and Leghorn, had first set up in business, more than a century back.
— from The Gadfly by E. L. (Ethel Lillian) Voynich

Now, though she preserved a calm exterior, she could not help being unhappy because she was thus slighted.
— from Stories Worth Rereading by Various

I need not say that mamma feared every moment would be her last; but still preserving a calm exterior, she never took her eyes off him for an instant, and merely remarking, "It is quite warm here; shall we not sit upon the piazza?" accompanied him there, and sat down close beside him, that he might not suspect she feared him.
— from The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua by Cecilia Pauline Cleveland

I would like to see splendid schools in every State, and then a university, and all scholars passing a certain examination sent to the State university free, and then a United States university, the best in the world, and all graduates of the State universities passing a certain examination sent to the United States university free.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 08 (of 12) Dresden Edition—Interviews by Robert Green Ingersoll