"Brimful of delicious descriptions of South Sea Island life.
— from Princeton Stories by Jesse Lynch Williams

The danger of spreading such incendiary literature among a wildly fanatical people is apparent.
— from Ambassador Morgenthau's Story by Henry Morgenthau

'Sir,—We find ourselves at a loss to know how we best can express our acknowledgments for the very polite, gentlemanly, and philosophic manner in which you have uniformly behaved towards us, ever since the period of our first getting under your care at Sheerness, during our subsequent stay in London, upon the whole of our journey through England, and until our arrival here; a conduct the peculiar inheritance of a man of sense, education, and
— from Secret Service Under Pitt by William J. (William John) Fitz-Patrick

A man by nature rolled round and short, Meant for the Merry Andrew's sport, But sober'd down by the wear and tear Of business troubles and household care: Quiet, reticent, gentle, kind, Of amorous heart and extensive mind, A Saint devoid of saintly sham, Is little Brother Abraham.
— from Saint Abe and His Seven Wives A Tale of Salt Lake City, with a Bibliographical Note by Robert Williams Buchanan

July, August, and, let me see, twenty-five days of September since I left you?
— from Peggy Stewart at School by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson