Believing she had little beauty to sacrifice, she dressed such parts to the life, and played them with a spirit and ease that surprised those who had considered her a dignified and rather dull young person.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

As for the old man himself, I could see that he looked very Dutch, which implied a stubborn resolution bordering on obstinacy; unmoved adherence to what he conceived to be right; and a strong dislike to his present neighbors, in addition to other reasons, on account of their having come from the eastward; a race that he both distrusted and respected; disliked, yet covertly honored, for many a quality that was both useful and good.
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

'You sit down, and rest, Dimpey; you've had walking enough to-day;' and she went into the bedroom, and left me alone with Race.
— from Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

[65] Finally Miss Dorinda said: “You don’t think she’d do anything rash, do you, sister?”
— from The Staying Guest by Carolyn Wells

Get you upon your jennet, dame; and, Robin, do you show the way.
— from Robin Hood by Paul Creswick

In the dust of Babylonia lay the scattered members of a nation captive and exiled, a people civilly dead and religiously degraded; yet it was the faith of this worm of a people, which welcomed and understood Cyrus, it was the God of this people who claimed to be his author.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Isaiah, Volume 2 (of 2) by George Adam Smith

Well, you can’t guess, so I’ll tell you—it was a Princess’s dress; a real dress you know; a dress that I can put on and wear.”
— from Tell Me a Story by Mrs. Molesworth

So that though our friend, being at Rome, certainly did as Rome did, yet he showed himself to be a valorous and worthy Roman; and, hurlant avec les loups, was acknowledged by Mr. Wolfe himself to be as brave as the best of the wolves.
— from The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray

Then Lars said in a mild tone: "So you say that music and singing and dancing are right, do you?
— from The Fisher Girl by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Half-minims were placed on the discs of six leaves, and no inflection ensued; but after three days the glands on the discs appeared rather dry, yet to my surprise were not blackened.
— from Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin