But now that he imagined the moment of her knowledge come, he awaited the result in anguish.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

I and my companions halted, and, turning round, I saw his men were forming a semi-circle round their chief.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Thir dread Commander: he above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent 590 Stood like a Towr; his form had yet not lost All her Original brightness, nor appear'd Less then Arch Angel ruind, and th' excess Of Glory obscur'd: As when the Sun new ris'n Looks through the Horizontal misty Air Shorn of his Beams, or from behind the Moon In dim Eclips disastrous twilight sheds On half the Nations, and with fear of change Perplexes Monarchs.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ’d Thir dread Commander: he above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a Towr; his form had yet not lost All her Original brightness, nor appear’d Less then Arch Angel ruind, and th’ excess Of Glory obscur’d: As when the Sun new ris’n Looks through the Horizontal misty Air Shorn of his Beams, or from behind the Moon In dim Eclips disastrous twilight sheds On half the Nations, and with fear of change Perplexes Monarchs.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

I could not but remark the striking difference of his attention, and that of Lord Orville: the latter has such gentleness of manners, such delicacy of conduct, and an air so respectful, that, when he flatters most, he never distresses; and when he most confers honour, appears to receive it!
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

In America, Sir Charles, expecting censure, had arranged to reply in the North American Review to his censors; but there was so little adverse comment that he chose another subject.
— from The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 by Stephen Lucius Gwynn

Certainly, from his own point of view of what his position entails, they can hardly, as the radicals in Germany claim, be considered as unconstitutional or beyond his prerogative.
— from Germany and the Germans from an American Point of View by Price Collier

Nevertheless, yielding to his desire to heighten the prestige of his country, he adds: "The Russian is not partially European, but essentially so, in the very largest sense of the word, because he watches, with an impartial love,
— from Contemporary Russian Novelists by Serge Persky

I believe it is constitutional and legitimate and necessary; but I believe Congress has authority to regulate it.
— from History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by William Horatio Barnes

A race was finally agreed upon between Captain H—— and this remarkable individual, which in the horse records of New Brunswick has no precedent, the case being unparalleled at home or abroad.
— from Lady Rosamond's Secret: A Romance of Fredericton by Rebecca Agatha Armour

To the demand that we should worship what we do not comprehend, he answers that reason is the only basis of certitude, and alone decides on the divinity of the Scriptures, by a consideration of their contents.
— from History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg

“Bound to have the last word, of course,” he answered, taking refuge in that old and quite false slur against women in general; for a man suffers from his spleen if he can not put the quietus on every argument.
— from The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man by George Randolph Chester

In truth, none could have attained the room in which the light burned, from the front.
— from Clash of Arms: A Romance by John Bloundelle-Burton

Joseph Wilmot walked up to it, looked at himself for a few moments in silent contemplation, and then shook his clenched hand at the reflected image.
— from Henry Dunbar: A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

He raised, accordingly, as large a force as his kingdom would furnish, and, taking his brother Alfred as his second in command, he advanced toward Reading in a very resolute and determined manner.
— from King Alfred of England Makers of History by Jacob Abbott