When the enlivening Strains of a popular dance began, Hal Macy pointed significantly to his name on Marjorie's card.
"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"
Pauline Lester
Allan Dorris thought that had his fingers possessed the necessary skill, his heart might have suggested such Strains as he was hearing; but that a woman of twenty, who had never been out of her poor native town, could set such tales of horror and unrest and discontent to music, puzzled him.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
I am obliged to you for your good opinion, but the Strains really came to me in a moment, and while they pleased me, I never studied them.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe