“As regards,” continued he, “your demand of the business upon which we sit here in council, we might be pardoned for replying that it concerns, and concerns alone, our own private and regal interest, and is in no manner important to any other than ourself.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

A ridiculous circumstance happened yesterday; Lord Westmoreland, not very young nor clear-sighted, mistook Lady Sarah Lenox for the Queen, kneeled to her, and would have kissed her hand if she had not prevented him.
— from Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I by Horace Walpole

Whilst she conducted herself with a prudence and propriety altogether remarkable, considering her youth and the susceptibility of her nature, she began to be regarded with suspicion at once by France, England, and Scotland.
— from Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 1 (of 2) by Henry Glassford Bell

No one but the queen-mother and regent could help your son into Parliament, and I’m afraid he’s too tainted with the new opinions for that.”
— from Catherine De Medici by Honoré de Balzac

"Maybe Bob and Roger could hear you and answer.
— from The Khaki Boys over the Top; Or, Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam by Gordon Bates

She wore a gown of a red colour; her yellow hair was braided and bound with a red band.
— from Granny's Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne

Mrs. Ashe, who had never been much of a reader, considered her young friend a prodigy of intelligence; but Katy herself realized how inadequate and inexact her knowledge was, and how many bits were missing from the pattern of her puzzle.
— from What Katy Did Next by Susan Coolidge

"At any rate," continued Hermia, "you've driven him away from 'Wake-Robin'."
— from Madcap by George Gibbs

“You haven’t seen a little girl here, dressed in drab, with black eyes and red cheeks, have you?”
— from Gypsy Breynton by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps