She was so cold and hungry and tired that her face began to have a pinched look, and now and then some kind-hearted person passing her in the street glanced at her with sudden sympathy.
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

It is a pretty lake, at nearly a thousand feet elevation, with low, winding and tree-clad shores, having little islets dotted over its surface, and myriads of indented bays and jutting peninsulas which extend its shore line to over a hundred miles, though the extreme length of the lake is barely seventeen miles.
— from America, Volume 2 (of 6) by Joel Cook

Many among us, at this moment, whose professional avocations admit not of morning studies, find that the resources of a public library are not accessible to them, from the omission of the regulation of the zealous Charles V. of France.
— from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli

It's a plateau low and narrow at this end, but it runs far to the east and rises nine thousand feet.
— from The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel by Zane Grey

She was so cold and hungry and tired that her little face had a pinched look, and now and then some kind-hearted person passing her in the crowded street glanced at her with sympathy.
— from Sara Crewe; Or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's Boarding School by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Big Bill strode over to the desk, and there, under a paperweight, lay a note, addressed to Mr. Galbraith.
— from Patty's Social Season by Carolyn Wells

The few unfortunates who have any property left are now at the mercy of the soldiers.
— from The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various