Teacher and I lived out-of-doors from morning until night, and I rejoiced greatly in the forgotten light and sunshine found again....
— from The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Helen Keller

Mipaliyar ang íyang láwas tungud sa síging bilar, She kept staying up nights and it ruined her health.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Until now, all in regard to Hendrickson had been vague and uncertain.
— from The Hand but Not the Heart; Or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

“Comes from behind us now, and I really believe there must be a pair of the creatures stalking us on the way home!”
— from The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound; or, A Tour on Skates and Iceboats by George A. Warren

"Madam," he said in a low voice as he fell into step with her, "I was not always so unfortunate, nor am I responsible for my adversities.
— from Destiny by Charles Neville Buck

Our conversation turned upon names, and I remarked that Ida was my favorite.
— from Tempest and Sunshine by Mary Jane Holmes

The security of our nation depends not on material wealth nor general intelligence, but in devotion to the doctrines upon which the government was founded, [73] “And the profound conviction in the minds of the people that the rights of man are not conferred by constitutions or written enactments, which may be altered or abolished, but are God-given to every human being born into the world, and cannot be violated by constitutions, enactments, or governments, without trampling upon natural and inalienable rights.”
— from The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 03, March, 1878 by Various

The mother listened with strained attention, understanding nothing, and instinctively repeating to herself one and the same words, "The trial—the trial will come off in a week!"
— from Mother by Maksim Gorky

Again and again they fired, until not an Indian remained standing opposite the fatal door.
— from On the Pampas; Or, The Young Settlers by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

I had not taken, nor wished to take, any nourishment since I left the encampment; I had with me my gun and ammunition, and was therefore under no anxiety in regard to food.
— from The American Indians Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft