Pearl, looking at this bright wonder of a house, began to caper and dance, and imperatively required that the whole breadth of sunshine should be stripped off its front, and given her to play with.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Scott has the following note here: "The deep and implicit respect paid by the Highland clansmen to their chief, rendered this both a common and a solemn oath.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

Five?” With my heart beating like a heavy hammer of disordered action, I rose out of my chair, and stood with my hand upon the back of it, looking wildly at him.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Of one thing I give you my word, that to please you I have resolved not to wait to see the opera, but intend to leave this the day after I receive the present I expect.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“Well, pardieu!” said Aramis, “it was only this: I had a dream, and I related it to her.”
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

I do; and I release you.
— from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

After a few more of her downright and invigorating remarks, she introduced Mrs. Stanton, who was robed in quiet black, with an elegant lace shawl over her shoulders and her beautiful white hair modestly ornamented with a ribbon.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

‘ right ,’ due, straight ( of direction, as in right on, due east ), outright , CP, Met : precisely, exactly, just , AO, Bl, Bo, Ps : rightly, duly, well, correctly, truly, properly, fairly, justly , B, Bl, Lk : directly, immediately , Æ. ðǣr rihte thereupon, straightway .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

That honesty of sentiment, everywhere so carefully exhibited, which [Pg 137] requires to be regarded as above all suspicion; that deep indignation, which is stirred by the smallest sign of a doubt in this direction, and is ready to break out into furions anger;—to what are we to attribute these symptoms?
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

" "Shall I tell you the story of my friend's disappearance as I read that story, my lady?" asked Robert.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

When they have served their purpose in compiling total material and labor costs, the material requisitions and time-cards are sorted by job numbers, direct and indirect, repair and [172] construction cards being kept separate.
— from Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 02 (of 10) by American School of Correspondence

He wound himself more and more closely to me, nudging me with his elbow to drive into me the urgency of his schemes and dreams, and I recognized the reality of them.
— from Up and Down by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

He went out at the back door, and is run clear away, I'm afraid.
— from The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip to the Jubilee: A Comedy, in Five Acts by George Farquhar

The sorrows of life which are not the direct and indirect results of indiscretions, and violations of natural laws, we regard as an inheritance and not a punishment, and we endeavor in all conceivable ways to lighten them and make them easier to bear.
— from The Man from Mars: His Morals, Politics and Religion by William Simpson

The next day was a repetition of this one, but the day after it rained.
— from Rudder Grange by Frank Richard Stockton

Georgina went, and soon returned, ushering in a well formed youth with the head of an Apollo, who reverently bowed to the dame, and immediately resumed his erect military position.
— from Tales from the German. Volume I. by C. F. van der (Carl Franz) Velde

Continual experiments with different forms of burner, illustrated in Plate 12 , occupied the time, with delays and imperfect results, which were trying to the investigator, but are omitted as of little interest to the reader.
— from Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 27 Number 3, Publication 1948, 1911 by Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly