Magua paused, and for an anxious moment, it might be said, he doubted; then, casting his eyes on Cora, with an expression in which ferocity and admiration were strangely mingled, his purpose became fixed forever.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

One of the strangest events which occurred at that time was the yearly production of the Ninth Symphony of Beethoven; after the first three movements had been played straight through like a Haydn symphony, as well as the orchestra could manage it, Pohlenz, instead of having to conduct a vocal quartette, a cantata, or an Italian aria, took his place at the desk to undertake this highly complicated instrumental work, with its particularly enigmatical and incoherent opening, one of the most difficult tasks that could possibly be found for a musical conductor.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

Nagtabisay ang dugù gíkan sa kílay nga nasìsì, Blood flowed from the cut eyebrow.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

It was said that when Gania entered the prince’s room, he came with anything but friendly feelings, and in a condition of despair and misery; but that after a short conversation, he had stayed on for a couple of hours with him, sobbing continuously and bitterly the whole time.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

SYN: Blaze, flame, flash, scintillate, glisten.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

There is certainly no present hope that such a demand can be fulfilled from the existing native materials; if the same be true when the demand arises, no theoretical positions, like the Monroe doctrine, will prevent interested nations from attempting to remedy the evil by some measure, which, whatever it may be called, will be a political interference.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

From under his big fat fingers that clumsily pick out the stops and keys of the accordion comes a steady flow of thin, tinkling sounds which blend into a simple, monotonous little tune; he listens to it, and is evidently much pleased with his performance.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Wing Biddlebaum, forever frightened and beset by a ghostly band of doubts, did not think of himself as in any way a part of the life of the town where he had lived for twenty years.
— from Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson

This business, unfit for a youth of gentle birth to mention, or so much as hear spoken of, whether the youth finds it out for himself or learns it from those of greater experience, leaves many scars on the soul; and even a respectable citizen ought to be free from all this, not a king or general alone.)
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

To Runjeet Singh your interference is beneficial, as he finds himself involved in serious difficulties by the possession of Peshawur, and he is too glad of your good offices to escape from a place [201] which is a burden to his finances, but by that escape a debt of gratitude is exactible from him and not from me; and if your government will look into this matter, they will soon discover my opinions to be far from groundless, and my conclusions the only safe policy I can pursue.”
— from History of the War in Afghanistan, Vol. 1 (of 3) Third Edition by Kaye, John William, Sir

I will soon be far from the living, but I shall die in the arms of the Lord Jesus."
— from Paula the Waldensian by Eva Lecomte

Does a single bosom burn for fame and power?
— from Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy

As soon as he was alone he listened to the conversation which was being carried on between Favorinus, Florus, and their Greek guests.
— from The Emperor — Volume 06 by Georg Ebers

I have never been in better form for painting than I am to-day.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The tocsin was about to sound that was to call millions of rosy lads from their mothers, splendid youths from their girls, sober middle-aged men away from their accustomed place in church and chapel, from the office stool, from the warm companionable bed and the lovely music of children's voices, to strange destinies in unknown seas, on remote deserts, beside alien rivers; calling them in a voice that was not to be denied to lay their bones far from the village church-yard and the graves of innumerable ancestors, in rotting swamps, on sun-bleached mountains, with none to attend their obsequies save the nosing jackal and raw-necked vulture.
— from One Woman: Being the Second Part of a Romance of Sussex by Alfred Ollivant

The yield varies from ten to forty bushels and upwards per acre, weighing, per bushel, from fifty-eight to sixty-seven pounds.
— from The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. (Peter Lund) Simmonds

The [Pg 71] dolls are not quite well, because Fanny fell under old Hans’ waggon, and the waggon went over her face and squashed it.
— from Ruby: A Story of the Australian Bush by Molly E. Jamieson

Bake for forty minutes in a moderate oven.
— from One Thousand Ways to Make Money by Page Fox

We left the Vinuesa and entered a boat with a couple of sturdy rowers, who offered to pull us across the Bay for five dollars.
— from Romantic Spain: A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by John Augustus O'Shea