He looked at her admiringly, and she took it at its full value.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

It was past three o’clock in the morning, and I felt very ill, so I said I would not get up till late, and that I would dine in my bed without any foie gras.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

At first he still led them on in close array with measured step, although he had the forces of Darius already in full view, lest by a more hasty march any part of the phalanx should fluctuate from the line
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

while at dinner an indian fellow verry impertinently threw a poor half starved puppy nearly into my plait by way of derision for our eating dogs and laughed very heartily at his own impertinence; I was so provoked at his insolence that I caught the puppy and thew it with great violence at him and struk him in the breast and face, siezed my tomahawk and shewed him by signs if he repeated his insolence I would tommahawk him, the fellow withdrew apparently much mortifyed and I continued my repast on dog without further molestation.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

[ 28 ] Martin .--Martin-bâton, again as in Fable V., Book IV .
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

123; Saunders, Negligence, ch. 1, Section I; argument in Fletcher v. Rylands, 3 H.&C. 774, 783; Lord Cranworth, in S.C., L.R. 3 H. L. 330, 341.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

“You have made me happy, and I feel very grateful to you, and I feel glad and certain of conquering when I reflect that your situation is different to mine.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

We had a mutual gamahuche, and both greedily swallowed the double result, and continued our caresses of both parts, until they were again in full vigour, and inspired with a desire for more solid enjoyments.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

Hence in 1901 the alleged joyous sobs of welcome with which the Filipino people are, in effect, described in the report [ 530 ] of the Philippine Commission for that year as having received the “benign” civil government, said sobs or other manifestations having spread, if the Commission’s report is to be taken at its face value, “like wild-fire.”
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

The little path climbed on, pursued a tortuous way, and suddenly brought her out to the east of the château, and in full view of its ruined pile, where the blackened mass of it still smoked faintly, and one high skeleton wall towered gaunt and bare, its empty window spaces like the eyeless stare of a skull.
— from A Marriage Under the Terror by Patricia Wentworth

It was Audrey, in full view of a buffet laden with shell-fish and fruit, who first suggested lobster, and lobster was chosen, nothing but lobster.
— from The Lion's Share by Arnold Bennett

Accordingly I approached, for the first time a little alarmed; for, although I felt very weak, I did not feel ill; and strength, one always fancies, is a thing that may be picked up when we please.
— from In a Glass Darkly, v. 3/3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

I remember a few years ago I felt very anxious for a man who was present at a meeting like this.
— from Moody's Anecdotes And Illustrations Related in his Revival Work by the Great Evangelist by Dwight Lyman Moody

"I don't hardly know, sir; but the stupid horses won't budge an inch farther!" "Very well; we can remain here till morning.
— from Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described by J. B. (John Beauchamp) Jones

Why, she wore a large hoop, and, I fear, very uncomfortable corsets, with a stiff board down the front; high-heeled shoes, and mitts reaching to her elbows, and a ruffled or embroidered apron.
— from Abigail Adams and Her Times by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

"I do not yet despair," replied the doctor, "although I fear very much her case is hopeless.
— from The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution by Alex. St. Clair (Alexander St. Clair) Abrams

He seemed to know everything and had a way of making one understand very difficult matters such as fractions and irregular French verbs.
— from The Seventh Noon by Frederick Orin Bartlett

The top of the next hill was reached, and in full view, only a few rods away, rose the beautiful village of Bellevue.
— from Thirty Years on the Frontier by Robert McReynolds

In politics, war, literature, above all in finance, victory is with the eyes.
— from Oxford by Edward Thomas