We had all shaken hands cordially, and neither Herbert's eyes nor mine were quite dry, when I saw a four-oared galley shoot out from under the bank but a little way ahead of us, and row out into the same track.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Who was he, then, an thou knowest him so well?" "Why, yon same is a right stout fellow whom men hereabouts do call Robin Hood, which same—" "Now, by'r Lady!" cried the Tinker hastily, and in a deep voice like an angry bull, "thou didst see me come into thine inn, I, a staunch, honest craftsman, and never told me who my company was, well knowing thine own self who he was.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

I explained to him that General Hood had broken our railroad; that we were a strong, hungry crowd, and needed plenty of food; that Uncle Sam was deeply interested in our continued health and would soon repair these roads, but meantime we must eat; we preferred Illinois beef, but mutton would have to answer.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

When it was done she was quite overjoyed at her work, and said, "How clean and neat it does look, to be sure!"
— from Grimm's Fairy Stories by Wilhelm Grimm

If she was tired of her posture, he could raise her or lay her down and settle her cushions as no one else could; if she was strong enough to listen, he could talk to her; if she was too weak, he could be silent.
— from Vagabondia 1884 by Frances Hodgson Burnett

All these views are tenable because though Hindu life may be cut up into castes and sects, Hindu creeds are not mutually exclusive and repellent.
— from Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

Antonia saw her coming and narrowed her eyes the better to see.
— from Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall Brownell

"The people of Helium asked that I be named with my father's name, but my mother said no, that you and she had chosen a name for me together, and that your wish must be honoured before all others, so the name that she called me is the one that you desired, a combination of hers and yours—Carthoris.
— from The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The elder had watched the old man's botanical researches, and saw him collect a number of roots of " brusnika and other rubbish," and saw him also plant four posts in the wood, digging holes for each and putting them in and piling earth to keep them steady.
— from Clutterbuck's Treasure by Frederick Whishaw

He alone saved his command a number of times by turning on his horse in the retreat.
— from Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and Life on the Frontier Also a History of the Sioux War, and a Life of Gen. George A. Custer with Full Account of His Last Battle by Frances Fuller Victor

It was the first time they had been really alone since her coming; and now he was silent, so silent that Eleanor could scarcely bear it.
— from The Old Helmet, Volume II by Susan Warner

Although she had cradles and nurses and lovely baby clothes all ready, there was no baby.
— from Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks by William Elliot Griffis