Again, Lord Grey's work on Parliamentary Government failed in making its expected mark on legislation, but it was worth mentioning because It goes on the lines of the very electoral law in Belgium which Sir Henry Maine (p. 109) describes as deserving our most respectful attention—an attention, I suspect, which it is as little likely to receive from either of our two political parties as Lord Grey's suggestions.
— from Studies in Literature by John Morley

"If this valley ends like it begins, three or four men can handle an awful lot of cows, 'cept at drive time," he soliloquized, and then listened intently to the sound of distant voices. ...
— from The Man from Bar 20: A Story of the Cow Country by Clarence Edward Mulford

[Pg 148] Joan reached out a timid hand, while her troubled violet eyes looked into Buck’s face as though fascinated.
— from The Golden Woman: A Story of the Montana Hills by Ridgwell Cullum