Pale and uneasy, all stared at one another, while one terrified señora caught hold of Padre Salvi.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

He was received with great enthusiasm by the employer, who congratulated him on possessing so valuable a slave.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

And since, in most cases, her own prospects suffer most immediately, her folly is infinitely greater than her crime.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer

A very considerable hoard of precious stones, nearly all diamonds, and all of them loose, without any setting whatever.
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

I do not rhyme to that dull elf, Who cannot image to himself, That, all through Flodden’s dismal night, Wilton was foremost in the fight; That when brave Surrey’s steed was slain, ’Twas Wilton mounted him again; ’Twas Wilton’s brand that deepest hewed, Amid the spearmen’s stubborn wood: Unnamed by Holinshed or Hall, He was the living soul of all; That, after fight, his faith made plain, He won his rank and lands again; And charged his old paternal shield With bearings won on Flodden Field.
— from Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field by Walter Scott

The plotter, who, I think, had expected any answer but this, and, it may be, had never considered his own position, should the Duke stand firm, roared out a furious "You lie!"
— from Shrewsbury: A Romance by Stanley John Weyman

Or did the classic harmonies of Pindar sweep over their souls, ruffling the surface merely, but leaving the deeps untouched, as the soliloquies of Hamlet or the profound philosophy of Troilus and Cressida must have been lost upon the groundlings of Elizabeth's days, who caught with eagerness at the queen's poisoned goblet or the by-play of Sir Pandarus?
— from Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol 1 of 2) by John Addington Symonds

One boy not much older than themselves stared at the carroty head of Pete Stubbs, and laughed aloud.
— from The Boy Scout Fire Fighters; Or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed by Robert Maitland

The Decapods (cuttle-fishes [ Sepia ], &c.), have only posterior salivary glands, of smaller dimensions in proportion to the size of the body.
— from Venoms: Venomous Animals and Antivenomous Serum-therapeutics by A. (Albert) Calmette

An inspired work is supposed to mean a work to which God has communicated his own perfections; so that the slightest error or defect of any kind in it is inconceivable, and that which is other than perfect in all points cannot be inspired.
— from The Christian Life: Its Course, Its Hindrances, and Its Helps by Thomas Arnold

Everybody has noticed the predilection with which he lends such characters his own poetic spirit and charm.
— from The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story by Frank Harris

Twenty privy gentlemen, seven grooms of his chambers, thirty chief women, and two master cooks constituted his own peculiar servants.
— from The life and times of George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, Volume 2 (of 3) From original and authentic sources by Thomson, A. T., Mrs.