Pale with anger and dismay, Count Cobenzl stared at the debris of the precious cup, which so long had been the pride and joy of his heart.
— from Louisa of Prussia and Her Times: A Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

For instance, some men are gamblers, some drunkards, and some gluttons: and gambling and the love of drink and greediness are all desires? CRITIAS: Certainly. SOCRATES: But desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none or very slight ones? CRITIAS:
— from Eryxias by Plato (spurious and doubtful works)

All the streams, too, and the pools at this elevation are furnished with little gardens wherever soil can be made to lie, which, though making scarce any show at a distance, constitute charming surprises to the appreciative observer.
— from The Mountains of California by John Muir

Captain Humphrey ground his teeth when he was alone in his cabin, and he swore as a Devon captain could swear in those days; but it did no good, and in spite of all his struggles, he could only look upon Commodore Junk as a will-o’-the-wisp.
— from Commodore Junk by George Manville Fenn

Even at a distance Chet could see and wonder at the simple beauty of that place of metals and jewels where the great ones of an earlier race had once stood. Back of those who harangued the crowd the terraces built themselves up to a pyramid against the rock wall; and on either side, opening upon the platform base, was a doorway of noble proportions, whose metal doors of burnished reds and browns were closed.
— from The Finding of Haldgren by Charles Willard Diffin

Formerly the conditions of life and a differently constituted community summoned us, and in a way forced us, into action.
— from Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Oddly enough the white-haired boy scowled and a dusky color came slowly into his naturally pale cheek.
— from The Corner House Girls at School by Grace Brooks Hill