"It functions as actively, no doubt, but the rhythm is different," he reflected, recalling the cool composure with which the young man had announced his engagement, and taken for granted that his family would approve.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Grisha hears suddenly, almost above his ear, a loud thick voice, and he sees a tall man with bright buttons.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

So had begun and had ended a sincere effort to be of public service on the part of a well-intentioned but unreflecting and over-comfortable person.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The acting-manager knew all about my investigations and how eagerly and unsuccessfully I had been trying to discover the whereabouts of the examining magistrate in the famous Chagny case, M. Faure.
— from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

His face bore the marks of former storms, but present fair weather, its furrows had been worn into an habitual smile, his iron-gray locks hung about his ears, and he had altogether the good-humored air of a constitutional philosopher who was disposed to take the world as it went.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

But when Adam sinned, choosing love and delight in himselfe, and in the creatures, he lost all his excellency and dignity, and thou also in him.
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

And he echoes all your novelties."
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The new sect was loosely spread over the provinces of Asia Minor to the westward of the Euphrates; six of their principal congregations represented the churches to which St. Paul had addressed his epistles; and their founder chose his residence in the neighborhood of Colonia, in the same district of Pontus which had been celebrated by the altars of Bellona and the miracles of Gregory.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Naturally, he dreamt a good deal; about roads that ran away from him just when he wanted them, and canals that Page 314 [Pg 314] chased him and caught him, and a barge that sailed into the banqueting-hall with his week's washing, just as he was giving a dinner-party; and he was alone in the secret passage, pushing onwards, but it twisted and turned round and shook itself, and sat up on its end; yet somehow, at the last, he found himself back in Toad Hall, safe and triumphant, with all his friends gathered round about him, earnestly assuring him that he really was a clever Toad.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

He fought with distinguished valour against his foreign foes and rebellious subjects, conquering all his enemies, and extending the limits of the empire farther than they had ever been before, although on his accession they embraced only a small part of the former Page 77
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

He denounced the hygienists as heartless experts and showed how science was really a conspiracy in favor of the ruling class.
— from The Invisible Censor by Francis Hackett

He loved from his childhood all hardy enterprises; all employments calculated to keep his spirit from slumbering in irksome quiet in his breast.
— from Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by William Gilmore Simms

The time for the equestrian act had expired, and it must give way to the others that were to follow.
— from The Circus Boys Across the Continent; Or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark by Edgar B. P. Darlington

Sickly sweet, the taste of it was in Chet's mouth; the sound of the furious swarm was battering at his ears as he knew that his pistol was empty.
— from Brood of the Dark Moon (A Sequel to "Dark Moon") by Charles Willard Diffin

"I will do as you advise," said Ricardo, turning away his eyes, and carefully avoiding those of Leonisa, which were meanwhile bent upon the ground.
— from The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

In the depths of night; He hunts for her face for his wondering, And her eyes are bright.
— from Toward the Gulf by Edgar Lee Masters

With kindling features and burning ardor, he enters at once into the mysteries of his subject,— The nature of God .
— from The Deaf Shoemaker: To Which Are Added Other Stories for the Young by Philip Barrett

They had all gone on a hunting expedition, as their larder was empty, and the only person left at home was their grandmother, who was so feeble she never went out of the house.
— from The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang