The two unhappy beings, exhausted, had almost loosened their grasp.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Her black eyes had a lustre in them, which all her softness could not extinguish.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Meanwhile Gerwazy, exposed to the blows of stools and bottles, was already tottering; already the servants, doubling up their fists, were rushing on him from all sides in a crowd, when, fortunately, Zosia, seeing the assault, leapt up, and, filled with pity, sheltered the old man by extending her arms like a cross.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

From Heidelberg he went to Leipzig, then famous for the new studies in psychology which were making the science of the mind almost as exact as that of the body, and became interested in the comparison of race characteristics as influenced by environment, history and language.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

Kirillov seemed pleased to see him; he had evidently been expecting him a long time with painful impatience.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[253] In America these movements, for reasons that could perhaps be explained historically, are likely to be along the meridians, east and west, rather than north and south.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

We were armed to the teeth, having with us muskets, pistols, and cutlasses; besides, each had a long kind of seaman’s knife, somewhat resembling the bowie knife now so much used throughout our western and southern country.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

You may hurl a man so low, beneath the level of his kind, that he loses all just ideas of his natural position; [204] but elevate him a little, and the clear conception of rights arises to life and power, and leads him onward.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

With sticks of gold the drum they smote, Which thundered out its deafening note, Blew loud the sounding shell, and blent Each high and low-toned instrument.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

In academic work, where artistic feeling is less important than the discipline of your faculties, you may, of course, do so, but even here as little as possible.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

Bruin evidently had a long start on the pack, and having climbed up from the gulf, had passed through Grassy gap, and descended to the Pigeon.
— from The Heart of the Alleghanies; or, Western North Carolina by Wilbur Gleason Zeigler

I fancy he'd be enjoying himself a lot right now, if he had hung around."
— from Dave Dawson in Libya by Robert Sidney Bowen

Bumpus even had a little color creep back into his cheeks, though he still continued to quiver at times, and suck in his breath with gasps.
— from The Boy Scouts Afoot in France; or, With the Red Cross Corps at the Marne by Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917

"I haven't got it," he threw out both empty hands and looked up at her from under his brows with the expression of a naughty child.
— from The Beauty by Woodrow, Wilson, Mrs.

But Elam had a long time to wait before he could see the major, for the latter did not return until nearly nightfall.
— from Elam Storm, the Wolfer; Or, The Lost Nugget by Harry Castlemon

Even now, with her blackest cares behind her, with hope and confidence in the future, Michelle’s lovely face was still serious in repose, and her dark blue eyes held a lingering sad watchfulness that did not suit her sixteen years.
— from Captain Lucy in the Home Sector by Aline Havard

There was nothing conventional about it; there never had been; her curling hair took a wayward way of its own; her brown eyes had a look of thoughtfulness mingled with childlike innocence; they always had it more or less; now the wisdom was more sweet and the innocence more spiritual.
— from The End of a Coil by Susan Warner

In one such case within our knowledge the private branch exchange has a larger number of stations than the total census population of the town, resulting in an apparent telephone development considerably greater than one hundred per cent.
— from Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by American School of Correspondence

But when Dad DID approach Jack, which was n't until he had talked a great deal to him across a big log, the latter did n't show any desire to take life, but allowed himself to be escorted home and locked in the barn quietly enough.
— from On Our Selection by Steele Rudd