When they came to a hill stream, Bagheera gained, because he bounded across while Kaa swam, his head and two feet of his neck clearing the water, but on level ground Kaa made up the distance.
— from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

She was pronounced beautiful by all who knew her though, as folks often said, she was more a Giltrap than a MacDowell.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

But what dismayed him was to find the nature of his burden as well known to everybody as though he had gone about all that time carrying it on his shoulders.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

Certainly, he said; they will in this way be united against the barbarians and will keep their hands off one another.
— from The Republic by Plato

It had evidently been newly tuned and put in apple-pie order, but, perfect as it was, I think the real charm lay in the happiest of all happy faces which leaned over it, as Beth lovingly touched the beautiful black and white keys and pressed the bright pedals.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

My father was a clergyman of the north of England, who was deservedly respected by all who knew him; and, in his younger days, lived pretty comfortably on the joint income of a small incumbency and a snug little property of his own.
— from Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

Be a woman, Kate,’ he whispered, proudly, ‘and do not make me one, while he looks on.’
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Stepan Arkadyevitch was not merely liked by all who knew him for his good humor, but for his bright disposition, and his unquestionable honesty.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

But an ominous exception was made in this proclamation of mercy: Avery, a notorious buccaneer, and William Kidd were not included.
— from Dutch and English on the Hudson: A Chronicle of Colonial New York by Maud Wilder Goodwin

The huntsman, with a tenderness that spoke the most passionate love, and with his cheek close to hers, whispered the softest vows of fidelity in her ear, and cried, 'Don't, my dear, believe a word Kate Willow says; she is spiteful, and makes stories because she loves to hear me talk to herself for your sake.'
— from The Coverley Papers, From 'The Spectator' by Steele, Richard, Sir

But, as we know, the south-eastern part of the Malay Archipelago and all Australasia and the Pacific islands are singularly deficient in the types of mammal now existing in Asia.
— from Pioneers in Australasia by Harry Johnston

His demeanour was generally somewhat cold and repellent, and though he was thoroughly honourable, and respected by all who knew him, he was not a man of many warm personal friends.
— from The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volume 3 (of 4) by John Charles Dent

His death was much regretted, as he was respected and well liked by all who knew him.
— from Two Years Among the Savages of New Guinea. With Introductory Notes on North Queensland. by W. D. Pitcairn