So gentle she was, so dreadfully shy and timid, her eyes so eager, so full of unconscious pathos.
— from A Life's Morning by George Gissing

Even when they have erected some Ebenezer, some monument of Divine succour, they often fail to bring their children to the spot, and speak to them there with fervent recollection of the goodness of the Lord.
— from The Expositor's Bible: Judges and Ruth by Robert A. (Robert Alexander) Watson

He seemed to approve of what I said; his confidence encouraged me, and I saw with pleasure that he entertained sentiments entirely similar to my own.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various

" "You're lucky, sir, to have escaped so easy," said Cap'n Bill.
— from The Sea Fairies by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

"What's this?" he exclaimed, seeing Elaine standing up and the nurse trying to persuade her to return to her couch.
— from Swirling Waters by Max Rittenberg

The idea was present before his mind at the time of his death, for he directed that his elder son, Emeric, should succeed him on the throne, and the younger, Duke Andrew, should inherit the treasure collected for the pious object, and employ it in the carrying out of the paternal intentions.
— from The story of Hungary by Ármin Vámbéry

[224] "You're lucky, sir, to have escaped so easy," said Cap'n Bill.
— from The Sea Fairies by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum