Oh, my peerless Cornelia, pearl and flower of womanhood, I speak your speech, I think your thought; you are the noblest thing in my life, and to remember you is to remember the hours when I was the very best and the very happiest.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr
And the blood did tingle from the stirrups beneath his feet to the crown of his head-thrilled through every vein of his body-as, arriving opposite to the advancing form, he perceived it to be no peasant, but the peerless Marion Wade-she so exclusively occupying his thoughts.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
Over and over did he review the various circumstances, that had transpired between himself and Marion Wade; from the hour when riding listlessly along the forest road, he had been startled into a quick surprise at the sight of her peerless beauty-a surprise as rapidly changing into admiration.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid