They afterwards came to a little house, made of branches and the bark of trees; a large wild apple-tree bent over it, as if it would shower down all its blessings on the roof, where roses were blooming.
— from Andersen's Fairy Tales by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

He spent a long time in examining the box of cakes, thought a little and asked, pointing to some little cakes covered with the mildew of age: “How much are these cakes?”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

From all of these tokens Oliver concluded that a long time ago, before the old Jew was born, it had belonged to better people, and had perhaps been quite gay and handsome: dismal and dreary as it looked now.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

He kissed it, which I should have considered taking a liberty, and then she left him.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

[331] For Spencer, however, the conception that all values were in the organism was modified by the conviction that all life was involved in an irreversible process called evolution which would eventually purge the race and society of the weak, the wicked, and the unfit.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

The scared and perplexed expression on his face, little by little, changed to a look of woe and suffering; he rolled his eyes as though he were experiencing an agonizing ecstasy, and articulated, "Vachhh!" and tears slowly ran down his cheeks and trickled on his greenish coat.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

This was a compliment to a lady in his youth; but it was rather inappropriate to propose it as an honour to Miss Matty, who had been trained by her sister to hold smoking of every kind in utter abhorrence.
— from Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Hence, while each one makes a public show of his intelligence, with which he is in general quite satisfied, and tries to display it at every opportunity, the moral qualities are seldom brought to light, nay, most people intentionally conceal them; and long practice makes them acquire great mastery in hiding them.
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

Take Pippins, and pare them, and quarter them, and put as much water to them as will cover them, and let them boil till all the vertue of the Pippins are out; then strain them, and take to a pint of that liquor a pound of Sugar, and cut long threads of Orange peels, and boil in it, then take a Lemon, and pare and slice it very thin, and boil it in your liquor a little thin, take them out, and lay them in the bottom of your glass, and when it is boiled to a gelly, pour it on the Lemons in the glass.
— from A Queens Delight The Art of Preserving, Conserving and Candying. As also, A right Knowledge of making Perfumes, and Distilling the most Excellent Waters. by Anonymous

Every step Cosmo took after leaving the village, was like a revelation and a memory in one.
— from Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance by George MacDonald

“And shall you return like the mighty khans, with captive tigers and lions, led by stalwart slaves, in your train, or shall they be captive moose or grizzlies?”
— from Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Complete by Gilbert Parker

I know," he ended, with driving confidence, "that a letter was written to Mrs. De Peyster by the Duke de Crécy saying he couldn't marry her.
— from No. 13 Washington Square by Leroy Scott

These included the original Declaration of Independence, articles of confederation, federal constitution, treaties and laws and many other papers.
— from Salona, Fairfax County, Virginia by Ellen L. Anderson

An attempt to reconcile them only made matters worse; and at last the breach was rendered irremediable by Pope's writing the famous character of his rival, afterwards inserted in the Prologue to the Satires,—a portrait drawn with the perfection of polished malice and bitter sarcasm, but which seems more a caricature than a likeness.
— from The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Alexander Pope

For my part, I am disposed to believe that [223] a bit of Roman enchantment still lingers in those ancient walls; that the old gods who presided over their creation—and who continue to live on very comfortably, though a little shyly and in a quiet way, here in the south of France—have still an alluring power over those of us who, being at odds with existing dispensations, are open to their genial influences.
— from The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier

Say "unseen," dwelling on the second syllable; "shrill delight," directing shrill over the head of delight ; "keen," making it cleave the air like an arrow; "silver sphere," suggesting a moonlit path across water; "intense" and "narrows," letting the tone recede into the "white dawn"; "see," with a vanishing stress; and "feel," with a deepening note carried to the end.
— from Vocal Expression: A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation by Katherine Jewell Everts