Charlie followed, to coax and console her, and, of course, got into her again.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

Mrs. Jennings, in the meantime, talked on as loud as she could, and continued her account of their surprise, the evening before, on seeing their friends, without ceasing till every thing was told.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

I never saw such a figure as the fellow cut in what he called a Corsican habit, at one of Mrs. Cornely’s balls, at Carlisle House, Soho.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

Pulling a quid out of his pocket, he thrust it into his cheek, and, crossing his arms on his breast, listened patiently—though not profitably, seeing that he did not understand a word—to the dialogue that followed.
— from Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

"What's to be done, gentlemen?" said De Marsanne, seating himself calmly, and crossing his arms on his breast.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851 by Various

But the spring came and carried her away on its torrent.
— from The Daughters of Danaus by Mona Caird

After agreeing to the purchase he inquired whether Andrea Contini and Company had any other houses of the same description building and if so where they were situated, adding that he liked the firm's way of doing things.
— from Don Orsino by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Then, suddenly making a last effort over himself, and resuming his cold and impassive appearance, he regained his composure, and crossing his arms on his breast— "It is impossible," said he; "obey, Captain."
— from The Guide of the Desert by Gustave Aimard

Sooth to say, 't was the wiser wish: the Count Proved wanting in ambition,—let us avouch, Since truth is best,—in callousness of heart, And winced at pin-pricks whereby honors hang A ribbon o'er each puncture: his—no soul Ecclesiastic (here the hat was brushed), Humble but self-sustaining, calm and cold, Having, as one who puts his hand to the plough, Renounced the over-vivid family-feel— Poor brother Guido!
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

But a ducal secretary had received him with courtesy and conducted him at once into the audience chamber of the Doge, who bade him send for her maidens that she might be cared for tenderly, for her stay at the Palace would be indefinite.
— from A Golden Book of Venice by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.

There he's a settling her in a chair and covering her all over with shawls.
— from Our American Cousin by Tom Taylor

We do not read that John ever had the hardihood to abolish all the Constitutions and Canons, however ancient, of an independent National Church, and to substitute for them the jus commune , or common law of Constantinople.
— from An Essay on Papal Infallibility by John Sinclair