A faint blush died away from her pale cheek as she put her hand in his and looked up at him timidly.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

One half of it—that moiety in which the comfortable proprietress was then seated—was carpeted, and so partitioned off at the further end as to accommodate a sleeping-place, constructed after the fashion of a berth on board ship, which was shaded, like the little windows, with fair white curtains, and looked comfortable enough, though by what kind of gymnastic exercise the lady of the caravan ever contrived to get into it, was an unfathomable mystery.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

In this central expanse the sea presented that smooth satin-like surface, called a sleek, produced by the subtle moisture thrown off by the whale in his more quiet moods.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

This will mean whatever forces act in the human spirit, whether good or evil, whether personal passion or impersonal principle; doubts, desires, scruples, ideas—whatever can animate, shake, possess, and drive a man's soul.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

SYN: Cognitive, apprehensive, sensitive, percipient.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

For with the credit and sup Page 489 port which they are known to have, though for the greater part in places which are only a genteel excuse for salary, they possess all the influence of the highest posts; and they dictate publicly in almost everything, even with a parade of superiority.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

I began to think—it is hard to confess this, but I must suppress nothing from beginning to end of the terrible story that I now stand committed to reveal—I began to think, with a hateful eagerness of hope, of the vague charges against Sir Percival Glyde which the anonymous letter contained.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

The reports of this research will be distributed to the coffee trade throughout the country, and should prove valuable in all branches of coffee merchandising.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

The One-Eyed Doe A DOE blind in one eye was accustomed to graze as near to the edge of the cliff as she possibly could, in the hope of securing her greater safety.
— from Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend by Aesop

The Meta has its source in the union of two rivers which descend from the paramos of Chingasa and Suma Paz.
— from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt

Natural hazards: severe droughts and floods occur in central and southern provinces; devastating cyclones Environment - current issues: a long civil war and recurrent drought in the hinterlands have resulted in increased migration of the population to urban and coastal areas with adverse environmental consequences; desertification; pollution of surface and coastal waters Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Mozambique People Population: 19,371,057 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected; the 1997 Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246 (July 2001 est.)
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

It would not be easy to arrange the map of the United States from blocks, each containing a small part of it, taken one at a time from a box.
— from English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

The examination which he here underwent was published, and contains a striking proof of the extent and accuracy of his information, and the facility with which he communicated his sentiments.
— from Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, Selected with Care from All His Published Productions, and Comprising Whatever Is Most Entertaining and Valuable to the General Reader by Benjamin Franklin

She would expound the truths of Christianity, as St. Philomena.
— from In Our Convent Days by Agnes Repplier

They bring a basin of curds, a small portion of which they offer at the snake's grave, kneeling on the ground and touching the earth with their foreheads.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 08 of 12) by James George Frazer

He was obliged to include a pianoforte in the orchestra (following the example of the leading theatres); the instrument was placed beside the conductor's chair, and Schmucke played without increase of salary—a volunteer supernumerary.
— from Poor Relations by Honoré de Balzac

In India they often become chequered, and sometimes pied with white; the croup also, as I am informed by Mr. Blyth, becomes nearly white.
— from The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 by Charles Darwin

But even with the words her heart grew chill as she pondered how that meeting might be, and how, even did he escape present danger, they, whom circumstances had called to enmity rather than love, might hope to meet to plight their troth in happier days.
— from A Maid of Brittany: A Romance by Mabel Winifred Knowles

In the photographic dark-room a deep red light is safe for all emulsions excepting the panchromatic, and lamps of this character are standard products.
— from Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh