And I must confess I am afraid: her brother and she have a strange way of thinking; they look at things strangely, you know, and her disposition is very impetuous.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

" One of the women (she was ashamed to drink before a stranger) heaved a sigh and said: "Well, I'll have another drink on account of the mushrooms. .
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The master of the show then began a second harangue, and said much of the great force of example, and how much the inferior part of mankind would be deterred from vice, by observing how odious it was in their superiors; when he was unluckily interrupted by an incident, which, though perhaps we might have omitted it at another time, we cannot help relating at present, but not in this chapter.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Therewithal she fell into such a passion of woe that she was like to cast herself down from the tower to the ground; but, the sun being now risen and she drawing near to one side of the walls of the tower, to look if any boy should pass with cattle, whom she might send for her maid, it chanced that the 395 scholar, who had slept awhile at the foot of a bush, awaking, saw her and she him; whereupon quoth he to her, 'Good day, madam; are the damsels come yet?'
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

But now it's gane, and something mair— I'll go and be a sodger! H2 anchor Song—“No
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Presently a man came by and saw her, and stood still, for he thought it was the Evil One who was grovelling so among the roots.
— from Grimm's Fairy Stories by Wilhelm Grimm

At last went away and did nothing, only concluded upon giving L50 for a fine pair of black horses we saw this day se’nnight; and so set Mr. Dickering down near his house, whom I am much beholden to, for his care herein, and he hath admirable skill, I perceive, in this business, and so home, and spent the evening talking and merry, my mind at good ease, and so to bed.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

From thence to our office, where we met and did business, and so home and spent the evening looking upon the painters that are at work in my house.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

He reached over, and put his hands on his brother, and shook him, and said to him, “Get up.
— from Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people by George Bird Grinnell

Apart Achilles stood, And when enough wood was heap'd on, he cut his golden hair, Long kept for Sperchius the flood, in hope of safe repair To Phthia by that river's pow'r; but now left hopeless thus, Enrag'd, and looking on the sea, he cried out: "Sperchius, In vain my father's piety vow'd, at my implor'd return To my lov'd country, that these curls should on thy shores be shorn, Besides a sacred hecatomb, and sacrifice beside Of fifty wethers, at those founts, where men have edified A lofty temple, and perfum'd an altar to thy name.
— from The Iliads of Homer Translated according to the Greek by Homer

For some men have seen him slit a man from knee up to the breast and slay him all stark dead at one stroke so that he never spake thereafter.
— from The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting by of Norwich Edward

Wyecoller Hall, near Colne, is visited once a year by a spectre horseman; and some years ago Hackwood House, an old mansion near Basingstoke, purchased from Lord Bolton by Lord Westbury, was said to have its haunted room, the phantom assuming the appearance of a woman clothed in grey.
— from The Ghost World by T. F. (Thomas Firminger) Thiselton-Dyer

As Melton left his card and turned to go away, Joby quietly walked in, crossed the hall, and went upstairs, while his master, who was biting his lips, turned sharply back and slipped half a sovereign into the butler’s hand.
— from Lady Maude's Mania by George Manville Fenn

Marjorie could only think that she was sorry again, but as she had already said that three times, she remained awkwardly silent.
— from Marriage by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

K. got it by degrees—his descent of the staircase, leaving Wilson lying on the landing above; his resolve to walk back and surrender himself at Schwitter's, so that there could be no mistake as to who had committed the crime.
— from K by Mary Roberts Rinehart

I do not think it matters much which of the two is used for ordinary riding, but if the latter, it should be quite an inch in breadth, and should have a slit worked in it, button-hole fashion, at each end (leaving a good piece of the stuff beyond the slit), and by this means be made to fasten to two buttons, stitched very firmly, one on either side of the hem of the leg—on the inside, of course.
— from Riding for Ladies: With Hints on the Stable by O'Donoghue, Power, Mrs.

That frock was of a delicate buff, and she had a suspicion that it enhanced the clearness of her complexion, and the kind and deep loveliness of her eyes.
— from Alice Lorraine: A Tale of the South Downs by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

He hurried through the anteroom with a threatening tread, advanced to the door of the sitting-room, and stopped upon the threshold, making such a deep and ceremonious bow, and swinging his arm so comically, that Simon was compelled to laugh aloud.
— from Marie Antoinette and Her Son by L. (Luise) Mühlbach