He did not look at me while I spoke, but kept his glance fixed upon my bust of Cicero, which, as I then sat, was directly behind me, some six inches above my head.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

The carts used in Kashgar, as described by Mr. Shaw, seem to resemble these latter.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

He said, moreover, 'Now, the righteous man shall live by faith in God, but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.'"
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

He did not look at me while I spoke, but kept his glance fixed upon my bust of Cicero, which as I then sat, was directly behind me, some six inches above my head.
— from Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street by Herman Melville

The other, which is never properly called deformity, being more substantial, strikes deeper in.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

It dashed by me so swiftly that I could only get a glimpse of a red beard.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Fitz-Eustace, loitering with his bow, To practise on the gull and crow, Saw her, at distance, gliding slow, And did by Mary swear— Some lovelorn fay she might have been,
— from Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field by Walter Scott

When more composed she sent for her and told how in the midst of her sermon, when she felt herself surpassing anything she ever had done, she heard a gentle snore, and looking down beheld Mr. Smith sound asleep!
— 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

I'd draw the bolts to-night, for thy desire; But mother's sleep so light has grown,
— from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Dear, blessed Mother," she said, kneeling at the shrine, "help thy little child!
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

And the fact that they are attracted in a slight degree by musical sounds shows that they possess the germ from which music itself is born.
— from The Speech of Monkeys by R. L. (Richard Lynch) Garner

North has, consciously or unconsciously, made a striking distinction between mere social service work, which aims at the alleviation of human need and suffering, and inner mission work, which seeks to help men spiritually as well as physically.
— from The Story of Our Hymns by Ernest Edwin Ryden

And that distill'd by magic sleights Shall raise such artificial sprites As by the strength of their illusion Shall draw him on to his confusion.
— from Macbeth by William Shakespeare

"How can we enjoy a frank and happy friendship through coming years, after—after—you feel differently from what you do now, when you will not even hear the name of him who will one day be my second self?"
— from Opening a Chestnut Burr by Edward Payson Roe

The Attorney General, Mr. E. James, Q.C., with several other counsel, conducted the prosecution, and Palmer was defended by Mr. Serjeant Shee, Messrs. Grove, Q.C., Gray, and Kenealy.
— from Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries by C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel) Thompson