“And many are willing to mix the two, But that is a thing I never do.” Every day Grushnitski and his gang are to be found brawling in the inn, and he has almost ceased to greet me.
— from A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov

For although the whole work is written in a light, humorous vein, underneath this current of humour there is really an astonishing amount of wisdom, and wisdom that is not displayed every day. . . .
— from A Girl of the North: A Story of London and Canada by Susan Morrow Jones

For although the whole work is written In a light, humorous vein, underneath this current of humour there is really an astonishing amount of wisdom, and wisdom that is not displayed every day....
— from Ringan Gilhaize, or, The Covenanters by John Galt

This is no doubt entirely due to the fact that in the early days Scawfell was the most attractive and most exploited of all the Lakeland crags.
— from Rock-climbing in the English Lake District Third Edition by Owen Glynne Jones

There is no divorce except death for the Romany."
— from The World for Sale, Volume 2. by Gilbert Parker