It left a great void in him, somewhat akin to hunger, but a void which ached and ached, and which food could not fill, At times, when he paused to contemplate the carcasses of the Yeehats, he forgot the pain of it; and at such times he was aware of a great pride in himself,—a pride greater than any he had yet experienced.
— from The Call of the Wild by Jack London

Altogether this new friendship was a solace and a strength to the Apostle in his weary captivity, which he could ill afford to forego.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

He was very fat, but had apparently at some time been much fatter, so that the skin hung about his face in loose pouches, like the cheeks of a blood-hound.
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Now the doctor arrived, and said that Tibby was quite bad.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

With a woman’s involuntary loving cunning she, who till then had not shown any alarm, said that she would die of fright if they did not leave that very night.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

It is true, however, that in modern times the Armies of European states have arrived very much at a par as regards discipline and fitness for service, and that the conduct of War has—as philosophers would say—naturally developed itself, thereby become a method, common as it were to all Armies, so that even from Commanders there is nothing further to be expected in the way of application of special means of Art, in the limited sense (such as Frederick the Second's oblique order).
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

They shouted, clapped their hands, danced wildly, and worked themselves up to such a pitch of excitement and fury that in their mad frenzy they tore in pieces the animal brought as a sacrifice to Dionysus.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

[ 64 ] Sif, the Golden-haired Sif, Thor’s wife, was very vain of a magnificent head of long golden hair which covered her from head to foot like a brilliant veil; and as she too was a symbol of the earth, her hair was said to represent the long grass, or the golden grain covering the Northern harvest fields.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

And through this mist rushed the Americans, some to horrible death or agony, and some to escape scatheless—to inflict just punishment on a mass of men who had lost all sense of right and wrong—men who had reverted to beasts.
— from The Khaki Boys over the Top; Or, Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam by Gordon Bates

The country is much too unsettled to permit families to dwell alone, and so they cluster in little villages for their common safety and defence.
— from Chatterbox, 1906 by Various

Therefore, we will continue to pursue an aggressive strategy that identifies sensitive information and technology and outlines appropriate steps to preclude terrorists from obtaining and exploiting them.
— from National Strategy for Combating Terrorism February 2003 by United States. Executive Office of the President

And the wind, with a laugh, lifted the veil from her face, and dropped it, and lifted it again, and swept the mantle so that it clung to the slender, supple figure, then spread it out behind like gleaming wings.
— from The Hawk of Egypt by Joan Conquest

These men are paid a very little each day; they are hired a large number together, and walk along by the side of the pavement with their great boards one after another, so the people passing in the street read the boards, and perhaps go to see the play or to dine [
— from The Children's Book of London by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton

They engaged a suite of apartments, and settled themselves there for a week.
— from Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

[L. re , again, and spiro , to breathe.]
— from A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter

The Lovely Person saw the movement and the gray moustache, and that instant her smile died away and she turned quite white—so white, that under the brilliant electric light she was almost green and scarcely looked lovely at all.
— from The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Mr. Humbog has an afternoon school three times a week for little ladies and gentlemen not exceeding 14 years of age.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various