It may have been too that in this she did not quite succeed, for it is very difficult to resist confidence, and she knew she had Georgiana's.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

On whom could the sweet soft voice, the light step, the delicate hand, the quiet, cheerful, noiseless discharge of those thousand little offices of kindness and relief which we feel so deeply when we are ill, and forget so lightly when we are well—on whom could they make so deep an impression as on a young heart stored with every pure and true affection that women cherish; almost a stranger to the endearments and devotion of its own sex, save as it learnt them from itself; and rendered, by calamity and suffering, keenly susceptible of the sympathy so long unknown and so long sought in vain?
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

That cheerless autumn some kind soul, evidently wishing to alleviate my existence, sent me from time to time tea and lemons, or biscuits, or roast game.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

As the shades of evening closed, and the long shadows of the poplars stretched across the road, a man carrying a small kettle stopped and gazed, first at the bill and then at the house.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

THE CAT AND THE COCK A Cat pounced on a Cock, and cast about for some good excuse for making a meal off him, for Cats don't as a rule eat Cocks, and she knew she ought not to.
— from Aesop's Fables; a new translation by Aesop

But I have been often enough picked up and set down upon this coast, and should ken something of the lie of it.”
— from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

They hire people to sing and weep at their funerals, burn benzoin, bury their dead on the third day in strong coffins, and sometimes kill slaves to accompany their deceased masters.")
— from The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by William Marsden

But despite her calm assurance she knew she did not feel so entirely safe as if it had been one of her own ranch boys on the other side of the fire, or even that other vagabond who had made so direct an appeal to her heart.
— from Wyoming: A Story of the Outdoor West by William MacLeod Raine

She read them clearly, and she knew she must begone.
— from Prince Otto, a Romance by Robert Louis Stevenson

But it all looked well enough from a distance, and there was colour in Mrs. Compton's cheeks as she kissed Sigrid.
— from The Hermit Doctor of Gaya: A Love Story of Modern India by I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross) Wylie

But at last Tad’s fist shot up in a vicious uppercut on the man’s chin, and Sandy Ketcham settled to the floor as the boy leaped out of the way.
— from The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska; Or, The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass by Frank Gee Patchin

The American consul at St. Kentigern stepped gloomily from the train at Whistlecrankie station.
— from The Bell-Ringer of Angel's, and Other Stories by Bret Harte

In 1841, it had reached as high as 1,239,738 cwt., and subsequently kept steady for a few years at 1,100,000 cwt.—and for the last four years has averaged 1,400,000 cwt.
— from The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. (Peter Lund) Simmonds