As Jones had the vices of a warm disposition, he was entirely free from those of a cold one; and if his friends must have confest his temper to have been a little too easily ruffled, his enemies must at the same time have confest, that it as soon subsided; nor did it at all resemble the sea, whose swelling is more violent and dangerous after a storm is over than while the storm itself subsists.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

There have been at least two expensive reprints of his Works of late years.
— from Immortal Memories by Clement King Shorter

2 Esdr 11:7 And I beheld, and, lo, the eagle rose upon her talons, and spake to her feathers, saying, 2 Esdr 11:8 Watch not all at once: s
— from Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha by Anonymous

309 But at last the eyelids raised, the eyes gazed at him.
— from In the Shadow of the Hills by George C. (George Clifford) Shedd

The birds seemed to Nelly to hover about the carts for some time; but at last they evidently remembered that it was the hour for them to feed, and they turned round and flew home.
— from The Little Girl Lost A Tale for Little Girls by Eleanor Raper

I kept to my bed, and left the enterprising reporter to do the best he could.
— from Pictures of Canadian Life: A Record of Actual Experiences by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

The "problem" of the book, at least to English readers, lies in the person whom it is impossible to call the hero—Armand Duval.
— from A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury