“He promised to come to me as soon as he could disengage himself from Knightley; but he and Knightley are shut up together in deep consultation.—Mr.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

Anna Pávlovna Schérer on the contrary, despite her forty years, overflowed with animation and impulsiveness.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

And as to thy fire, did not Decius, the general of the Romans, anticipate it for himself, having piled up a funeral pyre between the two armies, and sacrificed himself to Cronos, dedicating himself for the supremacy of his country?
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

For, seen at distance, and but seen behind, His form recall'd Machaon to my mind; Nor could I, through yon cloud, discern his face, The coursers pass'd me with so swift a pace.
— from The Iliad by Homer

But when June came down, her face was pinched and piteous; there was a strained, pathetic look in her eyes.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property by John Galsworthy

[Mei Tao-ch`en constructs one of the chains of reasoning that are so much affected by the Chinese: "In attacking a powerful state, if you can divide her forces, you will have a superiority in strength; if you have a superiority in strength, you will overawe the enemy; if you overawe the enemy, the neighboring states will be frightened; and if the neighboring states are frightened, the enemy's allies will be prevented from joining her."
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

Here is what he said about the famous folk-lorist, the late Mr. J. F. Campbell, with whom he often worked in Barra, and for himself:— Michael Buchanan’s Deposition Concerning Fairies ‘I was with the late Mr. J. F. Campbell during his first and second tour of the Island of Barra in search of legendary lore strictly connected with fairies, and I know from daily conversing with him about fairies that he held them to be spirits appearing to the naked eye of the spectator as any of the present or former generations of men and women, except that they were smaller in stature.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

This, with the tears coursing down her fair old face.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Their coarse, dark, heavy features; their great eyes, rolling enviously on each other; their barbarous, guttural, half-brute intonation; their dilapidated garments fluttering in the wind,—were all in admirable keeping with the vile and unwholesome character of everything about the place.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

He had not given a dozen strokes in this disgusting manner, before Ronald shook off his apathy; and grasping him by the cope, dragged him fiercely backwards, commanding them at once to desist from a proceeding so distressing.
— from The Romance of War; or, The Highlanders in Spain, Volume 2 (of 3) by James Grant

Then, a blind curiosity drove him forward to find out whom she spoke to.
— from Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson

Colonel de Haldimar, for the first time, cast a glance towards his son, whose drooping head, and sorrowing attitude, spoke volumes to his heart.
— from Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy — Volume 3 by Major (John) Richardson

He bought the stable of Mr. Tufton, senior, and, leaving it in the cautious hands of old William Cobbett at Newmarket, was content during his first season to compete in a few minor handicaps and selling-plates.
— from The Vanity Girl by Compton MacKenzie

Paris is a strange bottomless gulf, my poor sister; you can dine here for less than a franc, yet the simplest dinner at a fashionable restaurant costs fifty francs; there are waistcoats and trousers to be had for four francs and two francs each; but a fashionable tailor never charges less than a hundred francs.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

The air is warm and still; the street lamps, which have been lit, illuminate a vivid kinematographic picture, as omnibuses, chaises and cabs drive home from the parks, filled with holiday-makers in their best clothes, who sing, blow horns, and shout at the passers-by.
— from Legends: Autobiographical Sketches by August Strindberg

"She can defend her from bandits, I suppose?" "My dear, there will be Señor Menéndez, and they tell me the tales of violence are largely newspaper stuff,—as I've told you repeatedly.
— from Play the Game! by Ruth Comfort Mitchell