She continued to sit with her cheek leaning against the back of the chair, her eyes directed outward through the windows.
— from The Mettle of the Pasture by James Lane Allen

The doctor, whose face at the beginning of the conversation had expressed deep anxiety, said, 'Perhaps it may be that she has exerted herself too much in singing when over-young, or her inherited temperament may be the cause.
— from The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann

The custom of selecting certain men to act in the name and on the behalf of the community had existed during Anglo-Saxon times in local government.
— from Early European History by Hutton Webster

We have said above however that as the beasts of the creation had each different gifts, so the serpent excelled all other creatures in the gift of guile, and therefore it was the best adapted for this stratagem of Satan.
— from Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 1: Luther on the Creation by Martin Luther