I wanted much the morning to break, and then listened for the bell to ring; and, after rising and dressing, I deemed prayers and breakfast slow, and all the hours lingering, till that arrived at last which brought me the lesson of literature.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

If it would be any satisfaction to the parish of Bratton Clovelly, the weather being warm, and for the quieting of minds and setting at rest all disputes, I don't object to bathing once in the river Thrustle before the feoffees of Coryndon's Charity, excepting Larry, whom from motives of delicacy I exclude.'
— from Red Spider, Volume 2 (of 2) by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

He durst not enter into th’ open greene, For dread of them unawares to be descryde, For breaking of their daunce, if he were seene; But in the covert of the wood did byde, Beholding all, yet of them unespyde: There he did see, that pleased much his sight, That even he himself his eyes envyde, An hundred naked maidens, lilly white, All raungèd in a ring and dauncing in delight .
— from A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla by Leigh Hunt

"I am really a Duchess in disguise, but I've left all my retainers in Ohio and I'm simply dying for friends.
— from The Adopting of Rosa Marie (A Sequel to Dandelion Cottage) by Carroll Watson Rankin

"Only a rather aggravating disappointment; it does not matter now.
— from The Gates of Chance by Van Tassel Sutphen

As India is still split into a multitude of sects and religions, and divided into different tribes, speaking various languages; so, as Herodotus long ago observed, it has for the most part been ever composed of a multitude of great and petty states, although from its natural boundaries it might easily have been formed into one great monarchy, and really constitutes but one country in its geographical circumscription.
— from The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 by Friedrich von Schlegel

In the hundred naked maidens lilly white All raunged in a ring and dauncing in delight to the sound of Colin's bagpipe, and who, together with the Graces and their sovereign lady, vanish at the knight's approach, it is surely not fanciful to see the gracious shadows of the idyllic poet's vision trooping reluctantly away at the call of a more lofty theme.
— from Pastoral Poetry & Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by W. W. (Walter Wilson) Greg

During the last two or three weeks of the term, the uterus sinks lower in the pelvis, and seems to spread out laterally; the lungs and stomach are not so much compressed, and respiration and digestion, if difficult, become more easy, and often the patient becomes more cheerful and active.
— from Mother, Nurse and Infant A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies. by S. P. Sackett

She drew out another rose and dropped it deliberately.
— from The Colonel of the Red Huzzars by John Reed Scott

Upon looking amongst the trees, when he reaches it, he sees a shepherd piping to his love, in the midst of An hundred naked maidens, lily-white , All rangèd in a ring, and dancing in delight.
— from A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla by Leigh Hunt