Then she began to jump about and shake herself, encouraging Sisa to imitate her.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

Messer Forese, as he rode, hearkening to Giotto, who was a very fine talker, fell to considering his companion from head to foot and seeing him everywise so ill accoutred and in such scurvy case, burst out laughing and without taking any thought to his own plight, said to him, 'How sayst thou, Giotto?
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

She was a fleshless spinster of fifty, grey-haired, nimble, rich of speech, and thought Lady Caroline more beautiful than anyone she had ever seen; and so did Domenico; and so did the boy Giuseppe who helped Domenico and was, besides, his nephew; and so did the girl Angela who helped Francesca and was, besides, Domenico's niece; and so did Francesca herself.
— from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

In which Janetta was quite right, and showed her excellent sense.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

She turned the pages, looked at one picture after the other, and suddenly her eyes shone and her cheeks reddened.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

He stood there in dismay, his arms swinging, his eyes staring, his mouth agape.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Her glossy hair was cluster'd o'er a brow Bright with intelligence, and fair, and smooth; Her eyebrow's shape was like th' aerial bow, Her cheek all purple with the beam of youth, Mounting at times to a transparent glow, As if her veins ran lightning; she, in sooth, Possess'd an air and grace by no means common: Her stature tall—I hate a dumpy woman.
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Slowly, like humidity entering the dying stem of a tree, filling it slowly and making it rot, the world and sloth had entered Siddhartha's soul, slowly it filled his soul, made it heavy, made it tired, put it to sleep.
— from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

She was loud in her praises of my indefatigable prick, which, with its vigour and superb dimensions, was beyond all she had ever seen or felt, and just fitted her large and luscious cunt, which had never before been so well filled.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

Before PAGE'S house Enter JUSTICE SHALLOW, SLENDER, and SIR HUGH EVANS SHALLOW.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

And it is rather surprising, and shows how entirely Scott had the priority in this field, that it was not for six or seven years at least that any noteworthy attempts in his manner appeared, while it can scarcely be said that in England anything of very great value was published in it before his death.
— from A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury

Sally Ferguson turned over languidly and slit her eyes slightly.
— from The Hospital Murders by Means Davis

A relapse followed, coming almost immediately after father and son had exchanged stories and detail.
— from The Boy Land Boomer; Or, Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma by Edward Stratemeyer

As to the first of these, Curiosity, it is onelie the inticement of Magiciens , or Necromanciers : and the other two are the allureres of the Sorcerers , or Witches , for that olde and craftie Serpent, being a spirite, hee easilie spyes our affections, and so conformes himselfe thereto, to deceaue vs to our wracke. Chap.
— from Daemonologie. by King of England James I

Solemnly and not with any anger, Sister Humphreys' eyes searched the eyes of the man and woman before her, while the spectators held their breath.
— from Stories That End Well by Octave Thanet

To the surprise of all, Ælfhere seemed much better this morning: whether it were that the treatment of Malachi had really done any good, or that the excitement of the evening before, combined with the delightful satisfaction of having been saved by his own son, and seeing his enemies slain, had roused him from his despondent torpor, and so produced this good effect.
— from Cædwalla; or, The Saxons in the Isle of Wight: A Tale by Frank Cadogan Cowper

Drummer, somber-faced, returned Narval's gaze and saw his eyes shrink into lumpy flesh.
— from The Universe — or Nothing by Meyer Moldeven

So kind, so thoughtful, so affectionate a little creature as she had ever shown herself to me.
— from The Doctor's Daughter by Vera