The whole thing goes horizontally, too, at least it seems so, and I exhaust myself in trying to distinguish the order of its going in that direction.
— from The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

At last I stood still and said with an effort: "He is not coming back."
— from The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Then Panurge would have caused his head to be shaven, to see whether the lady had written upon his bald pate, with the hard lye whereof soap is made, that which she meant; but, perceiving that his hair was very long, he forbore, considering that it could not have grown to so great a length in so short a time.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

“‘We’ll soon have a light,’ I said, striking a match and putting it to a wax candle which I had brought with me.
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

He had pulled it off in the paroxysm of his fever, at least I suppose so, and flung it down upon the rock-floor.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

p. 3., says, "that in the reign of Henry VII., when Cardinal Wolsey was only a schoolmaster at Lymington, in Somersetshire, Sir Amias Paulett, for some misdemeanor committed by him, clapped him in the stocks; which the Cardinal, when he grew into favour with Henry VIII.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

If he were here, he could tell you many strange and interesting facts as to the nature and habits of these shrubs; for he has spent a lifetime in such studies, and this garden is his world.
— from Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

" Anne looked in some surprise at the white garment spread over Miss Cornelia's ample lap.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Much of the ancient life is still shrouded and will forever be hidden by envious forces that have covered up bygone glory and grandeur.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

Then the great stone image of St. Christopher again nodded its head quite quickly and then more and more slowly, until at last it stood still again.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

Here there was restlessness in the camp; all looked at Randi; she rocked and rocked, and at last it sounded slowly and quietly: "Worldly song, and music and dancing, afford no rest, for such excite the lust and desires of the flesh.
— from The Fisher Girl by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Place the bowl in a pan of ice-water and let it stand, stirring all the time, until it begins to thicken.
— from Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper Designed Especially to Aid Beginners; Economical Receipts for Those Who Are Cooking for Two or Three by Maria Parloa

On this element it has reached us, and at length in so serious a degree, that the Legislature of the nation has thought it necessary to withdraw our citizens and property from it, either [357] to avoid, or to prepare for engaging in the general contest.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 5 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

In addition to her many and varied family and official duties at the Institute Mrs. Washington has always been a leader in social service and club work among the women of her race throughout the country, and has besides all this come to be a kind of mother confessor, advisor, and guide to hundreds of young men and women.
— from Booker T. Washington, Builder of a Civilization by Lyman Beecher Stowe

During this time, Eisendecker had attached himself particularly to me; and although I had always hitherto preferred Von Muhry, the feeling of the other’s unhappiness, a sense of compassion for suffering, which it was easy to see was great, drew me closer in my friendship towards him; and, at last, I scarcely saw Adolphe at all, and when we did meet, a mutual feeling of embarrassment separated and estranged us from each other.
— from Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Charles James Lever

If, however, Charlie had been a very close observer—which was unfair to expect at such a time—he might, perhaps, have noticed that at long intervals she stole a rapid glance at Narcisse when she knew his head was turned away from her—a gentle, caressing look that either of them would have been delighted to intercept.
— from A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories by F. Clifford (Frank Clifford) Smith

But, praise be, they mature at last into sensible sessile adults.
— from Junior by Robert Abernathy

Alii opinati sunt, hanc genealogiam, cum diversa sit ab ea quæ in Matthæi commentariis reperitur, cum laxiori vinculo superioribus annexa sit, non a Luca ipso, sed serius additam esse.”
— from Unitarianism Defended A Series of Lectures by Three Protestant Dissenting Ministers of Liverpool by John Hamilton Thom