Suppose I show her to him in her true colours, and then----" "And then," finished the doctor caustically, "you'll fix him up nicely for a very bad attack of brain fever."
— from Whom God Hath Joined: A Question of Marriage by Fergus Hume

“And let us not forget,” a voice exclaimed from the crowd, “that at the same time with Cornelius his brother John, who is as rascally a traitor as himself, will likewise make his escape.”
— from The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas

"Good-by, again, until next Friday afternoon!" V INCREASING PLANTS "This last garden season we have tried two methods of raising plants: one was by seed; the other by slips or cuttings.
— from The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Ellen Eddy Shaw

But while our late voyages have opened so many channels to an increase of knowledge in the several articles already enumerated; while they have extended our acquaintance with the contents of the globe; while they have facilitated old tracks, and opened new ones for commerce; while they have been the means of improving the skill of the navigator, and the science of the astronomer; while they have procured to us so valuable accessions in the several departments of natural history, and furnished such opportunities of teaching us how to preserve the healths and lives of seamen, let us not forget another very important object of study, for which they have afforded to the speculative philosopher ample materials; I mean the study of human nature in various situations, equally interesting as they are uncommon.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time by Robert Kerr