The priest waited a few seconds to see if he would not say more, and closing his eyes he said quickly, with a broad, Vladimirsky accent: “Doubt is natural to the weakness of mankind, but we must pray that God in His mercy will strengthen us.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Mr. Hopkins also expresses his belief that sedimentary beds of considerable horizontal extent have rarely been completely destroyed.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

When he closed his eyes, he saw again the sailor's face peering through the mist-stained glass, and horror seemed once more to lay its hand upon his heart.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

And so he gave them merry words and blows until they could scarcely stand, and whenever he saw one like to clear his eyes he threw more flour in his face.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

I never saw a more interesting creature: his eyes have generally an expression of wildness, and even madness; but there are moments when, if any one performs an act of kindness towards him, or does him any the most trifling service, his whole countenance is lighted up, as it were, with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I never saw equalled.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

When he became drowsy and closed his eyes, he raised a hand and with it groped about in the darkness.
— from Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson

“My father turned ashy pale and muttered, his throat contracted, his eyes haggard.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Next year, in order to continue his education, he accompanied the English ambassador to France, where he is said to have busied himself chiefly with the practical studies of statistics and diplomacy.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

" She then related her whole history, and at its close Haiatelnefous embraced her warmly, and assured her of her entire sympathy and affection.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

Fortunately, they were sufficiently well off to be able to maintain their guests in comfort; and indeed the presents of game, fish, and other matters, frequently sent in by other members of the clan, had enabled her to feel that her maintenance was no great burden on her faithful friends.
— from With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

The Bishop of Chichester, however, expressed his disappointment in a letter to the Editor of "The Times": "The Foreign Secretary is about to make a statement in the House of Commons on the result of the Bermuda Conference, and the policy of His Majesty's Government with regard to refugees.
— from The Grey Book A collection of protests against anti-semitism and the persecution of Jews issued by non-Roman Catholic churches and church leaders during Hitlers rule by Johan M. Snoek

He could have excused her if she had weakened or made some mistake, but she had betrayed him deliberately and willfully; and as he sat off by himself, mulling it over in his mind, his eyes became stern and hard.
— from Shadow Mountain by Dane Coolidge

Frere had first-hand evidence of the enthusiasm which was reigning in Madrid on the first day of December, having spoken to several persons who had just left the capital, including a French émigré colonel, one Charmilly, to whose care he entrusted his last letter to the Commander-in-chief.
— from A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809 From the Treaty of Fontainbleau to the Battle of Corunna by Charles Oman

The boy had gallantly helped them out of the car, carried in their suitcases and satchels 17 and placed them in a pile, and Miss Campbell had extended her hand with the usual tip, when a muscular-looking man with smooth face and burnsides, touched the chauffeur respectfully on the shoulder.
— from The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine by Katherine Stokes

She broke the seal, advanced to the lamp, and cast her eye hastily over the letter.
— from The Romance of a Shop by Amy Levy

This self-eulogium having elated her spirits, her haste to depart sufficiently slackened, to give her time to make a farther demand, whether her cousin had executed her commission.
— from The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 2 of 5) by Fanny Burney

Her intimacy with Miss Hargrove, and the latter's early confidences, had enlarged her ideas on some subjects.
— from Nature's Serial Story by Edward Payson Roe

Without delay, or any written agreement, Audubon and his family were again (1818) in new surroundings, and the work being congenial, he entered heartily into it with Mr. Robert Best.
— from Audubon and His Journals, Volume 1 (of 2) by John James Audubon

"See here, Charon," Sir Walter Raleigh had said, after Charon had expressed himself as deeply sympathetic, but unable to shave the terms upon which the vessel could be had, "you are an infernal old hypocrite.
— from The Pursuit of the House-Boat by John Kendrick Bangs