The latter-a gallant old graybeard—cursed the Rebel bitterly and snapped his now empty revolver in his face.
— from Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons by John McElroy

Everybody liked him but Lucy, and she had no especial reason for disliking him.
— from The Carter Girls' Mysterious Neighbors by Nell Speed

And she had not even reached that stage!
— from On the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Wilhelmine von Hillern

She had always been more or less delicate, and she had never entirely recovered the effect of the distress she had brought upon herself by that foolish crime towards her little cousin.
— from That Stick by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

He had spoken to her again, and she had not even responded.
— from Aunt Rachel A Rustic Sentimental Comedy by David Christie Murray

In vain, as Mrs. Martin expected, the hundred delighted little eyes before her dwelt at first eagerly and hopefully upon his face, but, as she HAD NOT expected, recognizing from the blankness of his demeanor that the previous performance was intended for them exclusively, the same eager eyes were presently dropped again upon their books in simple imitation, as if he were one of themselves.
— from Colonel Starbottle's Client by Bret Harte

It should be remembered that the parts of a sentence have not equal rank; and that the difference in rank should, as far as possible, be indicated by the marks of punctuation.
— from English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster