“I never had more than one new gown at a time.
— from Our Bessie by Rosa Nouchette Carey

she repeated, but in tones of no great assurance; and then her face lit up with a smile which, tentative at first, soon became almost assured.
— from Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

The original or reputed type is but an indifferent form compared with the one now generally accepted as the representative of the species.
— from Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by J. G. (John George) Wood

We understand England disputes this, but we are willing to play them on neutral ground at any time.
— from Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica by John Kendrick Bangs

What holds true of northern Greece applies also to Thessaly.
— from The Provinces of the Roman Empire, from Caesar to Diocletian. v. 1 by Theodor Mommsen