She did not think it necessary to add how singularly absurd she had thought both gentleman and lady on the occasion, or with how great a risk of choking her effort to suppress her laughter had been.
— from The Younger Sister: A Novel, Volumes 1-3 by Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) Hubback

Chiltern Hills , a range of chalk hills extending about 70 m. NE. from the Thames in Oxfordshire through Bucks, from 15 to 20 m. broad, the highest Wendover, 950 ft.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

It was late on the evening of the 15th of July, and on a number of gently sloping fields, interspersed with vineyards and dotted with trees, a Christino brigade, including a regiment of cavalry, had established its bivouac.
— from Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various

Ladye stands at right of center, head erect, Knight again kneeling--but in reverse position.
— from Dramatized Readings: Recitations in Poetry and Prose, Illustrated with Tableaux Preston Library No. 1 by Lucy A. Yendes

In company with John Brown, subsequently manager of a big corporation at Bradford and now a resident of Chicago, he engaged in oil-shipments on an extensive scale.
— from Sketches in Crude-oil Some accidents and incidents of the petroleum development in all parts of the globe by John J. (John James) McLaurin

With respect to the Incarnation, Birth, Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ, he evidently derives it from certain documents which he repeatedly cites, as "The Memoirs of the Apostles" ([Greek: Apomnêmoneumata tôn Apostolôn]).
— from The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself by M. F. (Michael Ferrebee) Sadler

Ralph's visit to the priory, culminating in the passionless salutation of him in the cloister as being a guest and therefore a representative of Christ, had ended that stage in the development of the monk's character.
— from The King's Achievement by Robert Hugh Benson

His voice had a ring of challenge, his eyes were sharp, while his mouth smiled.
— from Pembroke: A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman