The Winding Stairs begin after the candidate has passed within the Porch and between the pillars of Strength and Establishment, as a significant symbol to teach him that as soon as he has passed beyond the years of irrational childhood, and commenced his entrance upon manly life, the laborious task of self-improvement is the first duty that is placed before him.
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

I can’t contain myself!—I shall lose my senses’—‘Nay, thou hast lost them already, I believe (said the ‘squire, peevishly), prithee, Clinker, be quiet—What is the matter?’—Humphry, fumbling in his bosom, pulled out an old wooden snuff-box, which he presented in great trepidation to his master, who, opening it immediately, perceived a small cornelian seal, and two scraps of paper—At sight of these articles he started, and changed colour, and casting his eye upon the inscriptions—‘Ha!—how!—what! where (cried he) is the person here named?’
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

The instant Uncas had struck the blow, he moved out of the circle, and cast his eyes up to the sun, which was just gaining the point, when the truce with Magua was to end.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

At these words, Rogero, confused, abashed, cast his eyes upon the ground, and knew not what to answer.
— from Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch

" At these words, Rogero, confused, abashed, cast his eyes upon the ground, and knew not what to answer.
— from Legends of Charlemagne by Thomas Bulfinch

He was strong, and he lifted Celia as if she had been a child, and carried her easily up the steep stairs.
— from The Second Violin by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond

To see Tracy Gray Joyce lay his hand upon the left side of his cravat and cast his eyes upward always made Luck shiver; yet Tracy Gray Joyce would he have for leading man, and none other.
— from The Phantom Herd by B. M. Bower

Seeing Mr. Thom was very much concerned, and casting his eyes up towards St. George’s bell, just across the street, his countenance brightening up as if a new idea had struck him, queried: “Well, Mr. Thom, won’t you let the Presbyterians come [Pg 209] to church by St. George’s bell?”
— from The History of the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia by S. J. (Silvanus Jackson) Quinn

[Pg 51] CHAPTER FIVE B.J. Dickson When Sidney Wyeth's work among the domestics was an assured success, he decided to rent desk space in the large office building referred to, get a typewriter, do a little circularizing, and concentrate his efforts upon securing agents elsewhere, for the purpose of distributing his work.
— from The Forged Note: A Romance of the Darker Races by Oscar Micheaux

After the institution thus created and constituted had existed, uninterruptedly and usefully, nearly fifty years, the legislature of New Hampshire passed the acts in question.
— from The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Edwin Percy Whipple