She was overwhelmed, and huddling and shrinking together, seemed ten years older all at once, while he thought her beautiful and expressed his rapture aloud: "How lovely she is!"
— from The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

[141] Martha and Dr. Mant are as bad as ever; he runs after her in the street to apologize for having spoken to a gentleman while she was near him the day before.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

That this Odin, in his wild Norse vesture, with his wild beard and eyes, his rude Norse speech and ways, was a man like us; with our sorrows, joys, with our limbs, features;—intrinsically all one as we: and did such a work!
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

When he was out of breath and exhausted, he rose and went toward the dressing table to prepare a glass of eau sucree with orange flower, for he felt as if he should faint.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

The singer announced “The Accursed Bread,” and, extending his right arm, which made his coat ruck up into his neck, he began.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

On the morning of the eleventh day the priest, having been announced, entered her room, his face grave and pale, and said, without taking the chair she offered him: “Madame, your son is very ill and wishes to see you.”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

"I never meant it should be anything else," he replied.
— from The Trial by Franz Kafka

She agreed that it was a great blessing, and expressed herself ‘right down thankful for it’; adding, ‘If it please God to spare my sight, and make me so as I can read my Bible again, I think I shall be as happy as a queen.’
— from Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

He believed that he had made the matter of the final cost so very plain that the possibility of its being again exceeded had really never entered his head.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property by John Galsworthy

I saw that Benet looked eagerly at me as though he would speak, but by an effort he restrained himself.
— from Mistress Nancy Molesworth: A Tale of Adventure by Joseph Hocking

Editor William T. Harrington, whose prose is so rapidly acquiring polish and fluency, contributes two brief but able essays: "History Repeats" and "How Great Britain Keeps Her Empire".
— from Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft

This luxuriant flowing forth, in stone carving, of foliage, flower, boss and emblem, has resulted in an ensemble of indescribable charm, the dazzling light stone of Bourré, of which the château is built, lending itself harmoniously to the elaborate Renaissance decoration.
— from In Château Land by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton

They indeed see the place where the Lord had lain; for an angel, by an earthquake, had rolled away the stone; at whose appearance the keepers became as dead men; but to the women, filled with sorrow and surprise on not finding the body of their Lord, this heavenly messenger proclaimed the resurrection of that Jesus whom they sought.
— from Jesus, The Messiah; or, the Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled in the New Testament Scriptures, by a Lady by Anonymous

Lloyd Moore, to begin with, was no respecter of persons, ancient or modern; his wit was ruthless and occasionally bitter, as Edwin had reason to know; his language, particularly in moments of stress, was unvarnished and foul, even in the presence of women.
— from The Young Physician by Francis Brett Young

The long arcades of beech and elm had reminded him from the first of the solemn aisles of a cathedral.
— from Aurora Floyd, Vol. 2 Fifth Edition by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

What if -- But the thought was too repellent to be seriously pursued, and shaking it off by an effort, he raised his voice and called his brothers by name.
— from The Lord of Dynevor: A Tale of the Times of Edward the First by Evelyn Everett-Green

There was a finality about the treatment that must have baffled and exasperated his rivals.
— from Reynolds by S. L. (Samuel Levy) Bensusan