Pope seems to have glanced over a great variety of subjects with a rapid rechercé eye, not examined any one with a quiet, deep, longing, lingering, exhaustive look.
— from The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Alexander Pope

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— from Green Stockings: A Comedy in Three Acts by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

In another room rouge et noir was going on, and the double as well as the single Napoleons easily changed hands, yet all was smiling and serene.
— from Audubon and His Journals, Volume 1 (of 2) by John James Audubon

And Rome, Rome, eternal, never-to-be-forgotten Rome, where so long as we dwell there, we grow out of ourselves, increase in strength and intellectual power, and which makes us wretched with longing when it lies behind us.
— from The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 02 by Georg Ebers

As repeated ringings elicited no response, we thought something was wrong, and forced an entrance."
— from Little Nobody by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.

And at any rate,” rejoined Eugenia, “nous n’en sommes pas là!”
— from The Europeans by Henry James

It is necessary to orient his map so as to make both his outgoing and return routes extend nearly due north and south, instead of north-east and south-west, in order to reconcile his geography at all with the modern maps.
— from The Yellowstone National Park: Historical and Descriptive by Hiram Martin Chittenden

The whole party followed, and walked along the road at a rapid rate, every now and then looking behind them as if they expected to be pursued.
— from Digby Heathcote: The Early Days of a Country Gentleman's Son and Heir by William Henry Giles Kingston