The answer blazed up clearly, so that the flames shone and flickered: "Not while there was a rag left of what was called Nikolai!"
— from One of Life's Slaves by Jonas Lie

“Still you have lived for a month with a Russian lady, of whom you are enamoured.”
— from Louisa of Prussia and Her Times: A Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

The worship and religious life of which the God of the Hebrews is the centre, tends ever more and more to lead men in that “path of the just, which is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”
— from Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by King, James, Vicar of St. Mary's, Berwick-upon-Tweed

"Poor Miss Walsingham!" said madame, with a rippling laugh of wicked glee; "I shall chase away that look of stern dislike which has settled upon your face ever since you discovered that I added gambling to my other sins—I shall make you like me in spite of yourself.
— from Faithful Margaret: A Novel by Simpson, J. M., Mrs.

The communication, which was a rather long one, was of the usual boyish type, and much of it was of no particular interest.
— from The Rover Boys at Colby Hall; or, The Struggles of the Young Cadets by Edward Stratemeyer

He made straight towards the west and soon found himself on a wide avenue recently laid out, with young trees in boxes on each side.
— from The Whirl: A Romance of Washington Society by Foxcroft Davis

White; wings and back, pearly blue-gray; bill yellow, showing a small vermillion spot on either side; the longest wing feathers are partly black, marked and tipped with white ; the closed wing therefore shows black towards the end, marked with a regular line of white spots and tipped with white at the extreme point; eyelids, bright yellow; looks large and heavy in flight.
— from Wild Birds in City Parks Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago by Alice Hall Walter