Then my very sweet lady made haste, and came on a sudden to a lattice window the which overlooked the courtyard.
— from The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by de Pisan Christine

It carries on a separate train a long seconds hand in addition to the hands of the ordinary watch which can be stopped without stopping the watch.
— from Time Telling through the Ages by Harry Chase Brearley

When suddenly, while at the summit of glory and prosperity, he withdrew from the world, took the vows of a severe order in a convent in one of the desolate and unhealthy plains by the sea-shore in Calabria; and after having gained the character of a saint, through a life of self-inflicted torture, he died murmuring the names of Corradino, Manfred, and Despina.
— from Tales and Stories Now First Collected by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Here ending this general survey of the facts which justify the comparison of a society to a living body; 398 let us look at them in detail.
— from Illustrations of Universal Progress: A Series of Discussions by Herbert Spencer

We have been thinking of you with great anxiety for so long, that we cannot on a sudden talk as lightly as when you used to come in every day.”
— from Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau

Forms and desks were ranged in the centre of the room and there was a narrow walk on either side leading down to the wide door at the end of the building which was continually opening and shutting to admit late arrivals and exclude a view of the festive preparations from the penniless crowd outside who could not afford the necessary coppers for entrance fee.
— from The Man with a Secret: A Novel by Fergus Hume

It was in Tripoli on a day when Captain Reynolds was walking from one dark cupboard of a shop to another, looking for some fitting gift to take home to Miranda, that he was suddenly startled by the sight of a pale face among all those dusky ones.
— from The Pool of Stars by Cornelia Meigs