All right!” said the Englishman; “don’t upset yourself!” Vronsky once more took in in one glance the exquisite lines of his favorite mare; who was quivering all over, and with an effort he tore himself from the sight of her, and went out of the stable.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

" "You are right," said the emperor, and began to cry like a little child.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

One animal no less hideous, which I encountered several times, was the enormous crab that Mr. Darwin observed, to which nature has given the instinct and requisite strength to eat coconuts; it scrambles up trees on the beach and sends the coconuts tumbling; they fracture in their fall and are opened by its powerful pincers.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

The first chapter will contain, in a regular series, the emperors who reigned at Constantinople during a period of six hundred years, from the days of Heraclius to the Latin conquest; a rapid abstract, which may be supported by a general appeal to the order and text of the original historians.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

But, as regards space, there exists in it no distinction between progressus and regressus; for it is an aggregate and not a series—its parts existing together at the same time.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

The avenue is obstructed by a rough stage, temporarily erected for the performance of amateur theatricals, and which screens the lake from view.
— from The Sea-Gull by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

“All right,” said the Englishman.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

He opened it and remained some time examining it and muttering to himself as he translated it.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

But in all countries, and under every form of government, the rational man, who renounces the useless conversation of the world, who lives a retired life, and who, independently of all that he sees, of all that he hears, forms his notions in tranquillity, by an intercourse with the heroes of Greece, of Rome, and of Great Britain, will acquire a steady and uniform character, obtain a noble style of thinking, and rise superior to every vulgar prejudice.
— from Solitude With the Life of the Author. In Two Parts by Johann Georg Zimmermann

Before Bosworth could resume, the girl spoke, her voice again raised so that every word reached Griswold.
— from The Little Brown Jug at Kildare by Meredith Nicholson

It was the morning of the twins' twelfth birthday, and a March snow-storm was covering the housetops and pavements with a white fur coat, "Just like my own pretty coat," Gerda said, turning slowly round and round so that everyone might see the warm white covering.
— from Gerda in Sweden by Etta Blaisdell McDonald

Shops are raided so that every patriotic picture post-card (especially the portraits of the Royal Family) may be seized, and even the intimacy of the private home is not respected.
— from Through the Iron Bars: Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium by Emile Cammaerts

[111] The treatment of Briviesca, Trugillo and Ribera serve to explain why the frailes were so anxious to avoid the inquisitorial jurisdiction of which the familiars were so eager to avail themselves.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2 by Henry Charles Lea

The girls took their places and Rex started the engine.
— from The Deserted Yacht Madge Sterling Series, #2 by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt

In Tonty’s absence, Le Blanc seemed to be moving about like a restless spirit, talking earnestly among the men.
— from The Man with the Iron Hand by John Carl Parish

You must leave Venice, and return straight to England, and your home.
— from Three Weeks by Elinor Glyn