"But not by you, Maizie," said Suzanna; "you never can slap or be cross.
— from Suzanna Stirs the Fire by Emily Calvin Blake

But when the belfry ceased to sound yet nothing could she see, Save only frozen water in the shadow of the tree.
— from Songs of Childhood by Walter De la Mare

Rayless the gathering night Which settled o’er her soul engulfed in gloom: She turned away like one whose vacant sight All things can dimly see, yet naught can see aright.
— from Canadian Melodies and Poems by George E. (George Earle) Merkley

"Am I then so very wrong, Adolphe, to have sought to spare you numerous cares?" says Caroline, taking an attitude before her husband.
— from Analytical Studies by Honoré de Balzac

The dish of pomegranate grain was brought to them by slaves, and the drug to induce sleep, yet neither could say aught concerning it, they were as jointy grasshoppers through the action of the flea, and the torment of the flea became a madness, they shrieking, ''Tis now with thee!
— from The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 4 by George Meredith

Why should you not carefully school your tone?
— from The Human Machine by Arnold Bennett

"I have seen your new comedy," she continued.
— from One Man's View by Leonard Merrick

Then came the separation, yet none could say exactly how it was accomplished.
— from A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote) by Algernon Blackwood