It is probable that the very greatest disquietude which a child had ever experienced was Pandora’s vexation at not being able to discover the secret of the mysterious box.
— from The Paradise of Children (From: "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys") by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Had it been himself alone that was concerned, he would have made a dash into the woods, and could have easily eluded pursuit.
— from The Boys of Grand Pré School Illustrated by James De Mille

The whole management of me consequently devolved upon her, and a terrible task she had; she performed it, however, [Pg 104] with a cheerfulness hardly ever equalled on such an occasion, and I have often heard her say that if ever she praised God in her life, it was when she found she was to have all the labour.
— from Res Judicatæ: Papers and Essays by Augustine Birrell

{143} Why are Confirmation, Holy Eucharist, Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, and Matrimony called Sacraments of the living? A. Confirmation, Holy Eucharist, Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, and Matrimony are called Sacraments of the living because those who receive them worthily are already living the life of grace.
— from A Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Anonymous

Therefore the English, including women and children, hastily erected earthworks and built a small fort on top of the town hill.
— from William Bradford of Plymouth by Albert Hale Plumb

It is probable -80- that the very greatest disquietude which a child had ever experienced was Pandora's vexation at not being able to discover the secret of the mysterious box.
— from A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne

But, when we again consider how easily even great dangers, that is such as take us by surprise, may be warded off, the wonder ceases.
— from Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft

In his mind the Triple Alliance was the most selfish alliance which any country has ever entered into, but so long as the other two Powers understood the situation, it was scarcely Italy's part to point out the fact that she gained everything by it and risked nothing.
— from The Double Traitor by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim