There is no ideal of excellence, which we may conceive, that will ensure our attaining to it: "not the sinless years That breathed beneath the Syrian blue"- not the life of Christ, in the clear atmosphere of Palestine, keeps any spirit "wholly true" to that pattern of perfection.
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty
She has it in her power to save a whole city; and she thinks, as her father-in-law does, that two people have no right, by considering themselves, to ensure the destruction of so many thousands.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
"Suffer me," said the vice-consul, "to make all the arrangements for your return; and I trust that my influence may be sufficient to ensure you every attention during the voyage."
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot