He admitted her beauty and charm, he admired her talent, he respected her frankness—but he never was the least little bit in love with her, and except for J—n S——t, who failed to make a great picture of her, for the same reason, I believe, he is the only man I know who ever had the opportunity, of whom that can be said.
— from Margarita's Soul: The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by Josephine Daskam Bacon

He had heard great stories of Kuboko's big medicine; if Kuboko would exhibit his magic and convince him by the evidence of his own eyes, he would willingly call Kuboko brother and follow him as his great chief.
— from Tom Burnaby: A Story of Uganda and the Great Congo Forest by Herbert Strang

It seemed to be generally believed in England that we wore tomahawks and feathers; but such a costume was more in keeping with English habits.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by Henry James