[Pg 359] all, he heard a ringing note of triumph that swelled onward and upward until the vision shone clear, and the true import of their lives stood revealed.
— from When Dreams Come True by Ritter Brown

In all reciprocating-shuttle machines a certain loss of power is incurred in driving forward, stopping, and bringing back the shuttle at each stitch; also, the machines are rather noisy, owing to the striking of the driver against the shuttle at each stroke.
— from The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Grace Rogers Cooper

Since all children be tatched with evil manners, and think only on things that be, and reck not of things that shall be, they love plays, game, and vanity, and forsake winning and profit.
— from Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century

As he spoke there was a sound of hurrying footsteps in the passage outside, and immediately afterwards the door opened and revealed none other than the sentimental author of Bosher’s diary himself.
— from The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed

They did not say a word to each other—they bent down over the prints and pictures with a sudden impulse of self-command and restraint: no one took the slightest notice of them; they stood quite alone in these magnificent rooms, which were slowly filling with strange faces.
— from The Athelings; or, the Three Gifts. Vol. 1/3 by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

If, for example, it was true that acts of insight and acts of noble love are not to be measured as to their inner worth in terms of one another, it is now clear that at any rate neither of these two sides may be entirely neglected at the expense of the other.
— from The Origin of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong by Franz Brentano

She turned away from the table where the Moving Fortress stood, threatening her with its mimic guns, and reminding Nicky of the things she most wanted him to forget.
— from The Tree of Heaven by May Sinclair

For example, to indicate eight, they turn in the thumb and all the fingers of the right hand, and afterwards the thumb and two fingers of the left hand, separately, and one alter another, until the right position is reached; and similarly as regards numbers over ten, they solemnly turn down all the fingers one after another, and then point to the toes one after another, until they get to the right one for indicating the desired number.
— from The Mafulu: Mountain People of British New Guinea by Robert Wood Williamson

When the children entered, Roy ran up to his father confidently—he had never been afraid of any one in his life—and wanted a ride now on the tall, strong shoulder.
— from A London Baby: The Story of King Roy by L. T. Meade