22. Now it sank to a murmur, as of one who consoles and soothes and promises things to come.—Besant.
23. They built their cities as if for eternity.—Froude.
24. To Nature therefore we turn as to the oldest and most influential teacher of our race.—Mabie.
23. His legs, though exceeding short, were sturdy in proportion to the weight they had to sustain; so that, when erect, he had not a little the appearance of a robustious beer-barrel standing on skids.—Irving.
26. This is a sturdy looking personage of a good deal more than middle age.—Holmes.
27. There seems no end to the charm of their vast, smooth, all but melancholy expanses.—Howells.
28. No wonder that the ladies look complacently at the glassy ice; with a stove for a footstool, one might sit easily beside the North Pole.—Mrs. Dodge.
29. Not that my motives were not as pure and as patriotic as ever carried any man into public office.—Clay.
30. Despising every other acquirement as superficial and useless, they came to their task as to a sport.—Lamb.
31. Wet or dry, light or dark, the stout old George was always in his place to say amen to the chaplain.—Thackeray.