The scene which met my eyes was charming, the different colours having a most pleasing effect.
— from The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq

The site of the city was originally occupied by Camp Greeley, later known as Camp Hancock, a military post established in 1872 for the protection of railroad crews.
— from North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State by Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North Dakota

Will you come here a moment, please? EILEEN ( her face growing very pale ).
— from The Straw by Eugene O'Neill

She laid both her hands on his head, feverishly pressed to the fold of her dress, but her calmness had a more powerful effect on him than if she had repulsed him.
— from Virgin Soil by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

The Prince Poniatowski and Comte Valeski followed in sledges of the ordinary Russian shape, and the whole cavalcade had a most picturesque effect.
— from The Idler in France by Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of

These motors are superior to horses because they can reach the fire more quickly, and can carry heavier and more powerful engines.
— from Firebrands by George Moses Davis

Tyrwhit , occupied on his “Chaucer,” had a more percipient ear for these Anglo-Saxon metres, and discovered that this prose was strictly metrical; but he surely advanced no farther—he did not discover the writer’s design that “the Ennglisshe writ” was for “Ennglisshe menn to lare”—to learn.
— from Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli

"Pity and a gentle look from so much beauty," replied Sir James Hamilton, with affected gravity, "must certainly have a most powerful effect on the heart of any man—assuredly still more on that of one so devoted as De Montfort's appears to be."
— from Mystery and Confidence: A Tale. Vol. 3 by Elizabeth Sibthorpe Pinchard