what a bloom of full health, and such a pretty height and size; such a firm and upright figure!
— from Emma by Jane Austen

“For you,” I rejoined, “it might be a happy thing; but I should be the loser, who would thereby be deprived of so great, so wise, and so steadfast a friend, a friend whose place I should never see supplied.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

But the fact is, that the stomach of poor Sancho was of necessity not so delicate as that of his master, and so, before vomiting, he was seized with such gripings and retchings, and such sweats and faintness, that verily and truly he believed his last hour had come, and finding himself so racked and tormented he cursed the balsam and the thief that had given it to him.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Some were looking up towards the Heavens in a thoughtful Posture, and in the midst of a Speculation stumbled and fell out of Sight.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

She came nearer and spitefully shook a finger in my face.
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

There’s someone who’s pleased with himself,” she thought, as she saw a fat, rubicund gentleman coming towards her.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

In short, every species of goods which New Spain produces were here to be found; and everything put me in mind of my native town Medina del Campo during fair time, where every merchandise has a separate street assigned for its sale.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

the bones are So Soft and fine that they form no obstruction in eating this fish.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

When he saw a blue-coat start toward him, however, his heart failed him, and he dashed down a side street and fled a couple of blocks.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

I move and third, and Sarah seconds and fourths, that we send him a resolution of condolence.”
— from Tom, Dick and Harry by Talbot Baines Reed

So was all mingled together, and for a minute or two was a confused clamour over which rose a clatter like the riveting of iron plates, or the noise of the street of coppersmiths at Florence; then the throng burst open and the steel-clad sergeants and squires and knights ran huddling and shuffling towards their horses; but some cast down their weapons and threw up their hands and cried for peace and ransom; and some stood and fought desperately, and slew some till they were hammered down by many strokes, and of these were the bailiffs and tipstaves, and the lawyers and their men, who could not run and hoped for no mercy.
— from A Dream of John Ball; and, A King's Lesson by William Morris

Nevertheless they no longer quite satisfy; the better minds among Puritans try instinctively to give some fresh turn or development to them; they are no longer, to minds of this order, an unquestionable word and a sure stay; and from this point to their final transformation the course is certain.
— from St. Paul and Protestantism, with an Essay on Puritanism and the Church of England by Matthew Arnold

Then, all together, they wheeled about sharply, as if worked on a single spring, and fled off in enormous bounds over and through the thickets.
— from Hoof and Claw by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir

If we reckon valuable lands as the primary commodities, then the secondary commodities will be of two classes, namely, (1) the produce of these valuable lands, whether animal or vegetable or mineral, such as cattle and cereals and coal; and (2) vendible material products obtained by human efforts from non-valuable land and sea, such as furs and fish.
— from Principles of Political Economy by Arthur Latham Perry

Or take a single suggestion,-- Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

The two men arrived before the rising of the curtain, and in the crowded lobby a stranger spoke a few words to Hanaud, but what he said Ricardo could not hear.
— from The Four Corners of the World by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

At the sight of him a sudden, simultaneous apprehension filled both their faces, and they drew closer together.
— from The Loudwater Mystery by Edgar Jepson