Her hands move finely, with a dignity and control a duchess might envy, and they say more than mere words could.
— from A Northern Countryside by Rosalind Richards

Under ordinary circumstances a dog most effectively attacks an animal behind or on the flank, but the oryx, without breaking his stride, can give a lightning-quick sweep with his formidable horns and impale anything within four feet of his heels or on either side.
— from Lodges in the Wilderness by W. C. (William Charles) Scully

Suddenly—I no longer had any fear—I threw myself on it, seized it as one would seize a thief, as one would seize a wife about to run away; but it pursued its irresistible course, and despite my efforts and despite my anger, I could not even retard its pace.
— from A Selection from the Writings of Guy De Maupassant, Vol. I by Guy de Maupassant

I can and do make every allowance.”
— from Mr. Witt's Widow: A Frivolous Tale by Anthony Hope

What is thus remembered of our thoughts in sleep, we call a dream, more especially applying the term to such of our thoughts and conceptions in sleep, as have some [Pg 352] degree of coherence and connection between themselves, so as to constitute a sort of unity.
— from Mental Philosophy: Including the Intellect, Sensibilities, and Will by Joseph Haven

You can also imagine my wonder when by following out the plan I have indicated, the subjoined sentences appeared, which, if somewhat incoherent at times—as could only be expected from the limited means at his command—certainly convey a decided meaning, especially after receiving the punctuation and capital letters, which, after long study and some after-knowledge of affairs, I have ventured upon giving them: "My sin is ever before me.
— from The Mill Mystery by Anna Katharine Green

Just now I was obliged, to comfort a dying man--" "Even as Chancellor of the Kingdom, he does not forget the duties of the priest," said Gelimer, turning to his brothers.
— from The Scarlet Banner by Felix Dahn

In the Louisianian capital there is more of holidaymaking, and less of unremitting money-seeking; there are to be found gay dinners, agreeable pastimes, music in the streets and coffee-houses, manners more courtly and dress more elegant, an opera and a vaudeville.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 427, May, 1851 by Various