The expression of trusting simplicity in Marner's face, heightened by that absence of special observation, that defenceless, deer-like gaze which belongs to large prominent eyes, was strongly contrasted by the self-complacent suppression of inward triumph that lurked in the narrow slanting eyes and compressed lips of William Dane.
— from Silas Marner by George Eliot

He published another poem called Limon, of which Donatus has preserved four lines in the life of Terence, in praise of the elegance and purity of that poet’s style.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Coming in contact later on with Dr. Heinrich Ditmar, the author [266] of a universal history, he learned from him to know the Gospel, and he and his wife and three children were baptized in 1833.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

Idris passionately loved her brother, and could ill brook an absence whose duration was uncertain; his society was dear and necessary to me—I had followed up my chosen literary occupations with delight under his tutorship and assistance; his mild philosophy, unerring reason, and enthusiastic friendship were the best ingredient, the exalted spirit of our circle; even the children bitterly regretted the loss of their kind playfellow.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

I told him I thought it would render me useless; whereupon he did very frankly, after my seeming denials for a good while, cause it to be writ over again, and that clause left out, which did satisfy me abundantly.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

There has been company here all day, part of which I have spent most happily: for after tea, when the ladies played at cards, Lord Orville, who does not, and I, who cannot play, were consequently at our own disposal; and then his Lordship entered into a conversation with me, which lasted till supper-time.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

Little by little he was fashioning the wood into a capital but slightly caricatured likeness of worthy doctor Bell--a likeness which the jovial medico would be the first to recognize and laugh at when finished.
— from In the Dead of Night: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 3) by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight

Here was born that too celebrated lady, of whom Dryden says— p. 35 “Jane Clifford was her name, as books aver, Fair Rosamond was but her nom de guerre .”
— from The Wye and Its Associations: A Picturesque Ramble by Leitch Ritchie

1902 Tweedy, Arthur H., Esq., Widmore Lodge, Widmore, Bromley, Kent. 1847 United States Congress, Library of, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 1899 United States National Museum (Library of), Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 1847 United States Naval Academy Library, Annapolis, Md., U.S.A. 1899 University of London, South Kensington, S.W. 1847 Upsala University Library, Upsala, Sweden (c/o Simpkin, Marshall). 1905 Van Norden, Theodore Langden, Esq., 22, West 59th Street, New York City, U.S.A. 1911 Van Ortroy, Professor F., Université de Gand, Belgium. 1899 Vernon, Roland Venables, Esq., Colonial Office, Downing Street, S.W. 1899 Victoria, Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery of, Melbourne, Australia. 1847 Vienna Imperial Library (K. K. Hof-Bibliothek), Vienna. 1905 Vienna, K. K. Geographische Gesellschaft, Wollzeile 33, Vienna. 1887 Vignaud, Henry, Esq., LL.D., 2, Rue de la Mairie, Bagneux (Seine), France.
— from The War of Quito by Pedro de Cieza de León

So saying, Eskeles Flies opened the door, and the count looked out with dismay.
— from Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach