The facility with which base treachery is thus taken into favour, as if it were nothing more than an amiable weakness, would have been extremely revolting, if there had been anything serious in this array of tragical incidents.
— from Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by August Wilhelm von Schlegel

Fortunately it was found possible to give her a bed; Emma remained in the hospital for seven weeks.
— from Demos by George Gissing

[15] If this note could hope to meet the eye of any of the Managers, I would entreat and beg of them, in the name of both the Galleries, that this insult upon the morality of the common people of London should cease to be eternally repeated in the holiday weeks.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 1 Miscellaneous Prose by Charles Lamb

Utterly baffled, Edith rushed into the house and hastily swallowed a cup of coffee.
— from What Can She Do? by Edward Payson Roe

But everybody rejoiced in the honours showered upon Sir Hans, and tailoring immediately grew fashionable and has so continued ever since.
— from River Legends; Or, Father Thames and Father Rhine by Brabourne, Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, Baron

And the rich misers who live in a poor lodging and spend nothing, would be effectually reached in the heavy property tax, on their funds, wherever invested.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 by Various