It was so evident to her in the midst of her agitation that Troy had undressed in the full conviction of dressing again almost immediately, that the notion that anything but death could have prevented him was a perverse one to entertain.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

[1] Perhaps the omitted word is " all "; but de Cressy has "I" as above: "that I should sin."
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

I say by chance, because this is an unimportant island; there is not even a port in which ships could anchor, and it is to be feared that it is situated out of the route usually followed, that is to say, too much to the south for the ships which frequent the archipelagoes of the Pacific, and too much to the north for those which go to Australia by doubling Cape Horn.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

Without uttering another word Arkady Ivanovitch took Vasya up in his arms like a baby, though the latter was by no means short, but rather long and thin, and began dexterously carrying him up and down the room, pretending that he was hushing him to sleep.
— from White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

See also Boyd Dawkins, 'Cave Hunting' 1874 page 131 etc. and his other publications.
— from The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 by Charles Darwin

In another moment Merle came toward the porch, and Belle Demona caught his arm.
— from Old Broadbrim Into the Heart of Australia or, A Strange Bargain and Its Consequences by St. George Rathborne

He only traded on the old day-dreams and vagaries of departed ages; and yet he managed to fix his name upon a science (?), in the origination or development of which he had no part whatever; and, by daring charlatanry, he made it a means of grasping [283] enormous wealth.
— from A Book About Doctors by John Cordy Jeaffreson

Suddenly a hand was roughly laid on his arm; but Doña Clara had not stirred.
— from The Pirates of the Prairies: Adventures in the American Desert by Gustave Aimard

H2 anchor BOOTH FOUND IN A BARN. Booth, accompanied by David C. Herold, a fellow-conspirator, finally made his way into Maryland, where eleven days after the assassination the two were discovered in a barn on Garrett’s farm near Port Royal on the Rappahannock.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

Into some such terms as these would the writer of a biographical dictionary crowd his notice of Champlain's career, so replete with danger and daring, with the excitement of sailing among the uncharted islands of Penobscot Bay, of watching the sun descend below the waves of Lake Huron, of attacking the Iroquois in their palisaded stronghold, of seeing English cannon levelled upon the houses of Quebec.
— from The Founder of New France : A Chronicle of Champlain by Charles W. (Charles William) Colby

“You did it to show off and it wasn’t funny a bit,” declared Corene, her companions applauding with glances.
— from The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong; Or, Peg of Tamarack Hills by Lilian Garis

A bold daring child he seemed.
— from Wulnoth the Wanderer: A Story of King Alfred of England by Herbert Inman