M., who looked pale and agitated, and—I can never forget that moment—in one instant my face was flooded with colour, glowed and burned like fire; I don't know what happened to me, but confused and frightened by my own feelings I timidly dropped my eyes to the ground.
— from White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

White is the glassy deck, without a stain, Where on the watch the staid lieutenant walks: Look on that part which sacred doth remain For the lone chieftain, who majestic stalks, Silent and feared by all: not oft he talks With aught beneath him, if he would preserve That strict restraint, which broken, ever baulks Conquest and Fame: but Britons rarely swerve From law, however stern, which tends their strength to nerve.
— from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

V. be ungrateful &c. adj.; forget benefits; look a gift horse in the mouth.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Sentence 6 contains a scornful address to his companions; the magician in prospect sees himself sailing ahead towards the mountains; as he turns round, the Kitava men, that is his companions, are far behind on the beach of To’uru, and the whole sea-arm of Pilolu still lies before them.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

CHAPTER VIII Having infused by persistent importunities some sort of heat into the chilly interest of several licensed victuallers (the acquaintances once upon a time of her late unlucky husband), Mrs Verloc’s mother had at last secured her admission to certain almshouses founded by a wealthy innkeeper for the destitute widows of the trade.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

Nearly all perfects of the first conjugation are formed by adding -vî to the present stem.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Cheese it, the coves are fly; be silent, the people understand our discourse.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Standing booted under the open sky on the ground, you catch a frog by the head, spit into its mouth, ask it to carry away the ache, and then let it go.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Of the incidents of the combat, beside fair sleight of fence, there is the continual occurrence of the sword-blunting spell, often cast by the eye of the sinister champion, and foiled by the good hero, sometimes by covering his blade with thin skin, sometimes by changing the blade, sometimes by using a mace or club.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

In the hurry of transcribing, Mr. Chappell (as your correspondent A. F. B. suggests) misread the MS. note.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Chassepot , a French breech-loading rifle named from the inventor.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

I quite agree with this author that the evidence is conclusive as to the climate and food being "all the animals could have desired," and that [Pg 67] they must have "had their choice of the best."
— from Illogical Geology, the Weakest Point in the Evolution Theory by George McCready Price

He was accustomed to being called a fool; but that was by a man with a terrifying pair of ginger whiskers.
— from Once on a Time by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne

Here was dancing, music, and cards; a faro bank for those who were disposed to lose their money; two military bands for the youngsters to dance to: and a sutler's room, where was every species of [182] refreshment at most moderate prices.
— from The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War, 1793-1815 by A. F. (Augustus Ferryman) Mockler-Ferryman

And, as perhaps you do not know, twenty-five years ago all births along the coast, and far beyond Desolada, were registered in Belize.
— from A Bitter Heritage: A Modern Story of Love and Adventure by John Bloundelle-Burton

In concert with the Duke d’Alencon she had caused a flying bridge to be thrown across the Seine opposite St. Denis.
— from A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by François Guizot

Lord Milner confessed that he had approached the subject "with a bias in favour of the soldier," and showed how completely he had overcome it by finally talking about "Prussian methods"—a phrase that Lord Sumner characterised as "facile but not convincing." Lord Curzon hoped that the Peers would not endorse such methods, but would be guided by the example of "Clemency" Canning .
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 by Various

But will the revelation, upon which Judaism and Christianity are founded, bear the test of this criterion?
— from Christianity Unveiled Being an Examination of the Principles and Effects of the Christian Religion by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

Harry did not see his viscount again, until three months after, at Bois-le-Duc, when his grace the duke came to take the command, and Frank brought a budget of news from home: how he had supped with this actress, and got tired of that; how he had got the better of Mr. St. John, both over the bottle, and with Mrs. Mountford, of the Haymarket Theatre (a veteran charmer of fifty, with whom the young scapegrace chose to fancy himself in love); how his sister was always at her tricks, and had jilted a young baron for an old earl.
— from Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by William Makepeace Thackeray