That was what made it so proud a moment, in spite of the uneasy sense that the tribute was not deserved.
— from The Open Question: A Tale of Two Temperaments by Elizabeth Robins

He drove to the west entrance of the swamp, set the box on a stump that Freckles had selected in a beautiful, sheltered place, and made it secure on its foundations with a tree at its back.
— from Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter

For the merest instant his eyes hungrily devoured her, then for an instant closed, and after this he smiled politely, asking: "May I say you're stunning?"
— from Sunlight Patch by Credo Fitch Harris

[259] [106] It would seem from all this as though he expected the help necessary for the change of faith to come solely from those in authority, an opinion which he had expressed in his pamphlet to the nobility, the Princes and the gentry; the secular power after making its “submission” to the Evangel was to do all that was required in the interests of the Evangel; it was its duty to see that uniformity prevailed in the “true worship” throughout its dominions, to watch over the public services and exclude false worship.
— from Luther, vol. 2 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

They forg'd strange Stories of him , defam'd him, run him into Jayl upon frivolous and groundless Occasions, represented him as a Monster of a Man , told their Story so plain , and made it so specious , that even the Crolians themselves to their Shame , believ'd it, and took up Prejudices against the Poor Man, which had like to ha' been his Ruin.
— from The Consolidator; or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon by Daniel Defoe

====================================================================== @Saint Pierre and Miquelon Introduction Saint Pierre and Miquelon Background: First settled by the French in the early 17th century, the islands represent the sole remaining vestige of France's once vast North American possessions.
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

But since even learned men and philosophers, from a partial and prejudiced [Pg 22] view of the subject, having recourse to this common-place logic, are sometimes disposed to regard all inquiry into these minutiæ of nature as useless and idle, and the mark of a little mind; to remove such prejudice and misconceptions I shall now dilate somewhat upon the subject of Cui bono?
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 1 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby