There was nothing very surprising in that; but again, I was rather surprised, when he said, as if he were animated by a brilliant idea,— “Let's go in!”
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

There was the garnet set which Aunt March wore when she came out, the pearls her father gave her on her wedding-day, her lover's diamonds, the jet mourning rings and pins, the queer lockets, 238 with portraits of dead friends, and weeping willows made of hair inside; the baby bracelets her one little daughter had worn; Uncle March's big watch, with the red seal so many childish hands had played with, and in a box, all by itself, lay Aunt March's wedding-ring, too small now for her fat finger, but put carefully away, like the most precious jewel of them all.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

There was the garnet set which Aunt March wore when she came out, the pearls her father gave her on her wedding day, her lover's diamonds, the jet mourning rings and pins, the queer lockets, with portraits of dead friends and weeping willows made of hair inside, the baby bracelets her one little daughter had worn, Uncle March's big watch, with the red seal so many childish hands had played with, and in a box all by itself lay Aunt March's wedding ring, too small now for her fat finger, but put carefully away like the most precious jewel of them all.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz; and by and by I learned that, most appropriately, the International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs had intrusted him with the making of a report, for its future guidance.
— from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Since, then, everything must be done in love, if it is to please God at all, the brotherhood must also be a brotherhood in love.
— from Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther

The carpenter and his crew meantime were busily employed in repairing damages and building another boat in lieu of the one which had been lost.
— from Arctic Adventures by William Henry Giles Kingston

A dog in a gutter—a God on a throne: In slander electric—in justice a drone: A parrot in promise, and frail as a shade; A hooded immortal in life's masquerade; A sham-lacquered bauble, a bubble, a breath: A boaster in life-time—a coward in death.
— from The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses by J. C. Manning

"Yes," said Tom, with laboring breath; "let me hole yore han', an' sing 'Ober Jordan inter glory' an' 'We'll anchor bye and bye.'" Iola laid her hand gently in the rough palm of the dying man, and, with a tremulous voice, sang the parting hymns.
— from Iola Leroy; Or, Shadows Uplifted by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper