She plunged her golden hair into this water, and then stood for a few moments in the center of the room looking about her, with a white, earnest face, and an eager gaze that seemed to take in every object in the poorly furnished chamber.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Nor did they omit to visit the alchemists, money-coiners, upholsterers, weavers, velvet-workers, watchmakers, looking-glass framers, printers, organists, and other such kind of artificers, and, everywhere giving them somewhat to drink, did learn and consider the industry and invention of the trades.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

The mass of the people of Andalusia rejoiced to see once more a strong arm coming to repress the disorder which had destroyed their well-being ever since the death of the great Almanzor; the petty tyrants either had invited them or could not resist them, and were, at all events, glad to see the Castilians successfully repelled.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole

"For instance, if the shield bear the following arms, argent an eagle gules, the same figure, suited to the size of the flag, appears on the banner, with its head turned towards the staff.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

It was unlikely that now, when Germany was suffering defeat and every day was yielding the Allied armies encouraging gains, there should be any change in the strong determination of the Allied leaders.
— from History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by Richard Joseph Beamish

And when she found that here in cultured, delightful Beverly, she was sought out as an entertaining guest, that she had not lost caste because the great bubble of fortune had shivered into fragments, that dressing and shopping and flirting were not the highest of human enjoyments, she came to a very rational frame of mind, and to a certain extent enjoyed her life.
— from Hope Mills; Or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Amanda M. Douglas

Well, time ran on till Archibald was thirteen and Andrew twelve years old, and, being very tired of school, they asked their mother what profession they were to be of, and she answered, 'Anything except going to sea, for there you will never get on.'
— from Poor Jack by Frederick Marryat

Hard [44] work it was to stick on Jess's bare back, but by degrees the boys did it, turn and turn about, and even gave their sisters a turn too—a very little one—just once round the field and back again, which was quite enough, they considered, for girls.
— from The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

Ephraim seemed able, and even glad, to stay.
— from The Carroll Girls by Mabel Quiller-Couch

Many facts seem to indicate however that the number is large, and it is at all events greater than six.
— from Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems Authorised Translation by August Weismann

These clinics are attached to the public hospitals in each centre, and all evidence goes to show that this is most desirable.
— from Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Health appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health by New Zealand. Committee of the Board of Health

[Pg 347] Then spoke Sir Walter Raleigh, with a soft and silvery smile, And an earnest gaze that seem’d to catch the Queen’s least look the while, ‘Methinks that ev’ry wind in heav’n will crowd his sails to fill, For goeth he not forth to do his gracious Sovereign’s will?’
— from Finger-Ring Lore: Historical, Legendary, Anecdotal by Jones, William, F.S.A.