I congratulate you on your splendid success, and shall very soon expect to hear of the crowning work of your campaign--the capture of Savannah.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

At the end of another day or two, Marianne growing visibly stronger every twelve hours, Mrs. Dashwood, urged equally by her own and her daughter's wishes, began to talk of removing to Barton.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

He really liked Sissy too well to have a contempt for her; otherwise he held her calculating powers in such very slight estimation that he must have fallen upon that conclusion.
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Mr. Branghton was in the shop, and told us that his son and daughter were out; but desired me to step up stairs, as he very soon expected them home.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

At last the scene was over, and Fanny forced herself to add her praise to the compliments each was giving the other; and when again alone and able to recall the whole, she was inclined to believe their performance would, indeed, have such nature and feeling in it as must ensure their credit, and make it a very suffering exhibition to herself.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

With this understanding of the part they play in plant distribution we may now consider a few of the most widely recognized plant societies and see how they have affected the vegetation, sometimes even the history of the regions in which they are found.
— from Botany: The Science of Plant Life by Norman Taylor

I had noticed before that he apologized for old age and weakness in this way, and tried to convince himself that he was very well, and very strong, except that his hands would crack open, and occasionally he raised them up, and looked at the sores, as though they would finally be the death of him.
— from The Story of a Country Town by E. W. (Edgar Watson) Howe

By DAVID H. KELLER, M.D. With Dr. Keller's genius for hitting at vital spots every time, he now gives us a brand new idea and an ingenious solution.
— from The Rat Racket by David H. (David Henry) Keller

No music is so sweet to his ear as the sound of the common-school bell; no principle so dear to his heart as the [Pg 96] equal rights of all men; no vision so entrancing to his hope as those rights universally secured.
— from Model Speeches for Practise by Grenville Kleiser

The point I make is, and this again is arguing after the fact, if the fact he was a defector, plus a vantage point would make you take notice of him it would seem to me it would be very substantial evidence to have in your file that he was a defector, wouldn't you think so?
— from Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

As the vessel slowly entered the harbour under a very light breeze, she was boarded by several stately officers in the picturesque costume—turbans, red leathern boots, etcetera—peculiar to the country.
— from The Middy and the Moors: An Algerine Story by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne