He relapsed into silence, and continued to gaze at the opposite wall just above the bowed and sombre head of the woman.
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

True, he had differences of opinion with them, and serious differences at that; but always these were skilfully adjusted by his slapping the offended ones jovially on the shoulder, drinking a glass of tea with them, promising to call at their houses and play a game of chess, asking after their belongings, and, should he learn that a child of theirs was ill, prescribing the proper medicine.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

She told him, smiles and tears between, All she had heard; the king with sighs Sadly replied:—"I fear me much!
— from Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan by Toru Dutt

All the brothers and sisters had the same arms exemplified, each with a bordure wavy of a different colour .
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

After visiting the church, &c., we went out of the towne, by the help of a stranger, to find out one Blinkhorne, a miller, of whom we might inquire something of old Day’s disposal of his estate, and in whose hands it now is; and by great chance we met him, and brought him to our inn to dinner; and instead of being informed in his estate by this fellow, we find that he is the next heir to the estate, which was matter, of great sport to my cozen Thomas and me, to see such a fellow prevent us in our hopes, he being Day’s brother’s, daughter’s son, whereas we are but his sister’s sons and grandsons; so that, after all, we were fain to propose our matter to him, and to get him to give us leave to look after the business, and so he to have one-third part, and we two to have the other two-third parts, of what should be recovered of the estate, which he consented to; and after some discourse and paying the reckoning, we mounted again, and rode, being very merry at our defeat, to Chatteris, my uncle very weary, and after supper, and my telling of three stories, to their good liking, of spirits, we all three in a chamber went to bed. 19th.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

As soon as the Government was settled, by promoting other Officers in the room of those that were kill’d by the Portugueze , the Company resolv’d to revenge Captain Davis ’s Death, he being more than ordinarily respected by the Crew for his Affability and good Nature, as well as his Conduct and Bravery upon all Occasions; and pursuant to this Resolution, about 30 Men were landed in order to make an Attack upon the Fort, which must be ascended to by a steep Hill against the Mouth of the Cannon.
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

So march'd the leaders of the Cretan train, And their bright arms shot horror o'er the plain.
— from The Iliad by Homer

By careful saving, he was able to build a stone house.
— from Rizal's own story of his life by José Rizal

It must be remembered that she had been very deeply absorbed in the book about the Bastille, and she had had to recall several things rapidly when she realized that she must go and take care of her adopted child.
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

So home and to supper, and then to the office, where late, Mr. Bland and I talking about Tangier business, and so home to bed.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

To all the brothers and sisters he had become a symbol of their life of endeavor, of their love for their mother, of all the touching memories from the years of struggle and failure.
— from Invisible Links by Selma Lagerlöf

He pretended rather absurdly to be a seaman himself and was already credited with an ill-defined and vaguely illegal enterprise in the Gulf of Mexico.
— from Notes on My Books by Joseph Conrad

Then a stroke, as though by a sledge hammer, and I knew nothing more.
— from And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses by J. Wilbur (John Wilbur) Chapman

Seeing everybody laugh, he went on working at the box, and singing his favourite refrain— J’aime le vin, l’amour et la gaîté, Les plaisirs, la gloire, Et je suis, sans vanité, L’enfant de la gaîté.
— from Soyer's Culinary Campaign: Being Historical Reminiscences of the Late War. With The Plain Art of Cookery for Military and Civil Institutions by Alexis Soyer

At first alone in his chamber, in a state of exasperation difficult to describe, Marshal Simon had begun to walk hastily up and down, his handsome, manly face inflamed with rage, his eyes sparkling with indignation, while on his broad forehead, crowned with short-cut hair that was now turning gray, large veins, of which you might count the pulsations, were swollen almost to bursting; and sometimes his thick, black moustache was curled with a convulsive motion, not unlike that which is seen in the visage of a raging lion.
— from The Wandering Jew — Volume 10 by Eugène Sue

This access of vitality was apparent to Bertha, and should have brought joy to her as to him; but it did not, for with returning vitality his attitude towards her became less of the invalid and more of the lover.
— from Money Magic: A Novel by Hamlin Garland

In every monarchy the monarch appears as the representative of the sovereignty of the State and thereby becomes a Sovereign himself, a fact which is recognised by International Law.
— from International Law. A Treatise. Volume 1 (of 2) Peace. Second Edition by L. (Lassa) Oppenheim

When, however, Oliver flew at the boy, and struck him some fierce blows, Stephen came down, drove the little girl and the baby into the house, and locked them in, and then went to help Roger with his strong arm.
— from The Settlers at Home by Harriet Martineau

When soft, break the skins, put into each a teaspoon butter and serve hot.
— from Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners: A Book of Recipes by Elizabeth O. Hiller

Nevertheless, owing to the swing of my arm, the stroke fell also partly upon his horse's back, which affrighted the beast and set him harder than ever to the running.
— from The Grey Man by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett