The mirthful expression that had laughed in her eyes and dimpled over her countenance when I beheld her faint beauty in the fountain was laughing and dimpling there now.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

King Boiorix was slain, not unrevenged, fighting bravely in the field."
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus

His well-fed saintship said no more, But in their faces shut the door.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

For the only purposeful behavior in the face of imminent danger would be the cool appraisal of one's own strength in comparison with the extent of the threatening danger, and then decide which would presage a happier ending: flight, defense, or possibly even attack.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

Since not only judgments have their awards, but mercies their commissions, snatch not at every favour, nor think thyself passed by if they fall upon thy neighbour.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

She put the book in the front room on top of the family Bible.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

The corporal was for beginning the demolition, by making a breach in the ramparts, or main fortifications of the town—No,—that will never do, corporal, said my uncle Toby, for in going that way to work with the town, the English garrison will not be safe in it an hour; because if the French are treacherous—They are as treacherous as devils, an' please your honour, said the corporal—It gives me concern always when I hear it, Trim, said my uncle Toby;—for they don't want personal bravery; and if a breach is made in the ramparts, they may enter it, and make themselves masters of the place when they please:—Let them enter it, said the corporal, lifting up his pioneer's spade in both his hands, as if he was going to lay about him with it,—let them enter, an' please your honour, if they dare.—In cases like this, corporal, said my uncle Toby, slipping his right hand down to the middle of his cane, and holding it afterwards truncheon-wise with his fore-finger extended,—'tis no part of the consideration of a commandant, what the enemy dare,—or what they dare not do; he must act with prudence.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

I have been able to gather here more than 200 terra-cotta idols of Hera, more or less broken, in the form of a woman or in that of a cow.
— from Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns by Heinrich Schliemann

Cleggett, as he looked about the boat in the first pale light, could not resist a slight feeling of depression, courageous as he was.
— from The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis

But in the forefront of the pursuit might be seen one wild, strange figure with flying hair and fiery eyes.
— from French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America by Evelyn Everett-Green

Consider carefully what you'd like to be in the future: clerk or business man.
— from Swirling Waters by Max Rittenberg

But in the forest or on the wave, he is superb.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various

Not many of the boys knew about it, but all the little wild dwellers of fur and feathers, who lived near by in the forest, knew all about that pool, and often came there to drink and bathe.
— from The Three Bears of Porcupine Ridge by Jean M. (Jean May) Thompson

Two or three minutes, that meant—but all the sea-suits had to go back into the fourth compartment!
— from Under Arctic Ice by Harry Bates

He'd be wantin' to do that himself, I know; and sure I have the Bishop in the front room, so ye'll stay here please.
— from Charred Wood by Kelley, Francis Clement, Bp.

Tall, hard, withered, full of pretensions, which did not show themselves until they were mortified, talking much, and catching, by dint of talking (as one cannons at billiards), a few ideas, which gave her the reputation of wit, endeavoring to humiliate Parisians, whenever she met them, with an assumption of country wisdom and patronage, humbling herself to be exalted and furious at being left upon her knees; fishing, as the English say, for compliments, which she never caught; dressed in clothes that were exaggerated in style, and yet ill cared for; mistaking want of good manners for dignity, and trying to embarrass others by paying no attention to them; refusing what she desired in order to have it offered again, and to seem to yield only to entreaty; concerned about matters that others have done with, and surprised at not being in the fashion; and finally, unable to get through an hour without reference to Nantes, matters of social life in Nantes, complaints of Nantes, criticism of Nantes, and taking as personalities the remarks she forced out of absent-minded or wearied listeners.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Keeping one's balance is the finest art of the Marquesan fisherman, and he will stand firm while the boat rises and falls, rolls and pitches, his body swaying and balancing with the nice adjustment that is second nature to him.
— from White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien