But certainly, if she was so clever—first-rate musician, exquisite artist, accomplished linguist, "it was very nice in old Fossett to bear it so meekly, never crying her up, nor showing her off to less fortunate parents—very nice in him—good sense—greatness of mind."
— from What Will He Do with It? — Volume 07 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

But certainly, if she was so clever—first-rate musician, exquisite artist, accomplished linguist, “it was very nice in old Fossett to bear it so meekly, never crying her up, nor showing her off to less fortunate parents—very nice in him—good sense—greatness of mind.”
— from What Will He Do with It? — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Ugo now sent him over to the guard-room with a message to the lieutenant on duty, requesting him to write a brief official account of the occurrence and to send it by hand to headquarters the next morning.
— from The White Sister by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Christian truth was once queen at these universities; now, she has only too often become a stranger, to be denounced at times if she attempts to knock at the portals of her old home ” ( Probst ).
— from The Freedom of Science by Josef Donat