It was fortunate the Tin Woodman had no heart at that moment, for it would have beat loud and fast from terror.
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

As she leans, so sweet and soft, Flitting oft, O'er the mirror to and fro, Seems that airy floating bat, Like a feather From some sea-gull's wing of snow.
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

Elsewhere also the vowel before ns and nf appears to have been lengthened: as, fōns , fountain ; pēnsus , weighty (Gell.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

This, indeed, he might easily have been if he had been less absorbed, for footsteps fell noiselessly on the sandy ground outside; but even my entrance failed to rouse him.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

All the majesty was gone, or did but lurk and faintly flicker through her laughing eyes, like lightning seen through sunlight.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

After that there was still time to review, one by one, the familiar countenances in the first rows; the women's sharp with curiosity and excitement, the men's sulky with the obligation of having to put on their frock-coats before luncheon, and fight for food at the wedding-breakfast.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

An eagle swept through the air in wide circles, and on it hung a serpent, not like a prey, but like a friend: for it kept itself coiled round the eagle’s neck.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Blachevelle, Listolier, and Fameuil formed a sort of group of which Tholomyès was the head.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Bearslayer lights a fire from broken wood lying around.
— from Bearslayer A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse by Andrejs Pumpurs

At any rate, Venus had begun looking around for fresh talent.
— from Pagan Passions by Randall Garrett

True, at any relaxation, at any interval in which his brain was not actively employed, it would start out again like the writing on the wall; but for the working hours of the day, and these he determined should be long and fully filled, he believed he could to some extent crush the other out of his consciousness.
— from The Angel of Pain by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

We must also mention a boat found near Brigg (Lincolnshire), a few feet from a little river that flows into the Humber.
— from Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by Nadaillac, Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de

There should be labor and food for all.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Again, love and friendship must be LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP for SOME ONE.
— from The Gospel of the Hereafter by J. Paterson (John Paterson) Smyth