"Then it is the caprice of some woman, which now disturbs yours?" exclaimed he, "Is it possible that the Empress can have given pain to one she so entirely loves?"
— from The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 2 (of 4) by Jane Porter

He has held several military commands, and has also been employed diplomatically both in [ 257 ] Turkey and Persia, for he has the rare talent of speaking six Eastern languages, besides French, German, and Russ.
— from Turkish Harems & Circassian Homes by Andrée Hope

Well do I remember when driving him from Melrose to Kelso, long ago, we came near Sandyknowe, that grim tower of Smailholm, standing erect like a warrior turned to stone, defying time and change, his bursting into that noble ballad— "The Baron of Smaylho'me rose with day, He spurr'd his courser on, Without stop or stay, down the rocky way, That leads to Brotherstone and pointing out the "Watchfold height," "the eiry Beacon Hill," and "Brotherstone.
— from Horae subsecivae. Rab and His Friends, and Other Papers by John Brown

Return Well do I remember when driving him from Melrose to Kelso long ago, we came near Sandyknowe, that grim tower of Smailholm standing erect like a warder turned to stone, defying time and change his bursting into that noble ballad— “The Baron of Smaylho’me rose with day, He spurr’d his courser on, Without stop or stay, down the rocky way, That leads to Brotherstone;” and pointing out the “Watchfold height,” “the eiry Beacon Hill,” and “Brotherstone.”
— from Spare Hours by John Brown

He used to wander down to the park gates—gloriously wrought-iron gates between massive stone pillars that bore on each summit a quintett of cannon balls, the reputed trophy of some seafaring Elizabethan Lovely.
— from The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie