She then repeated some warm personal praise which she had drawn from Mr. Elton, and now did full justice to; and Harriet blushed and smiled, and said she had always thought Mr. Elton very agreeable.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

And thus she seyde, `Al were it nought to done, To graunte him love, yet, for his worthinesse, It were honour, with pley and with gladnesse, 705 In honestee, with swich a lord to dele, For myn estat, and also for his hele.
— from Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

de parler—par une divine fantaisie, mettre en action tel ou tel muscle, un seul ou plusieurs muscles a la fois, lorsqu'il a voulu que les signes caracteristiques des passions, meme les plus fugaces, lussent ecrits passagerement sur la face de l'homme.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

This chapter is written after the lapse of a considerable time since the end of my voyage, and after a return to my former pursuits; and in it I design to offer those views of what may be done for seamen, and of what is already doing, which I have deduced from my experiences, and from the attention which I have since gladly given to the subject.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

My dear friend, my energies are all prostrated: she can do with me what she pleases.
— from The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Still I saw not how that righteousness, which good and holy men obeyed, did far more excellently and sublimely contain in one all those things which God commanded, and in no part varied; although in varying times it prescribed not every thing at once, but apportioned and enjoined what was fit for each.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

My money was all gone, I had nothing left to dispose of; I was hungry, thirsty, and worn out; and seemed as distant from my end as if I had remained in London.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

"I'm glad to hear you say so, dear, for I was afraid home would seem dull and poor to you, after your fine quarters," replied her mother, who had given her many anxious looks that day; for motherly eyes are quick to see any change in children's faces.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

"I care not for the wealth of golden Gyges," and, "I never had or envy or desire To be a god, or love for mighty empire, Far distant from my eyes are all such things."
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

I felt more at ease and breathed more freely, but my whole soul was full of a dumb, sweet yearning, as though a veil had been drawn from my eyes as though at a foretaste of something.
— from White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

These two new professors, MM. Durfort and Desponts, finished my education; and I regretted that they did not come sooner.
— from Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 01 by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

That "the state most favorable to this phenomena was an atmosphere of about eighty degrees Fahrenheit, moderate exercise, and social enjoyment.
— from The Spirit Land by Samuel B. (Samuel Bulfinch) Emmons

Throughout the war, this Proctor had displayed far more enterprise and address as a plunderer than as a fighter, and now his sole end and aim was the conveying of his precious booty and his precious body as speedily as possible to some place of security before he should be overtaken.
— from Burl by Morrison Heady

In the second document Prince Sobiesky displays far more energy and spirit in resisting the overbearing demands of King George, whom he persistently styles throughout the whole of this second paper "elector of Hanover."
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 20, No. 33, November 1877 by Various

When sleep departed from my eyes, as it frequently did, I would spend most of the night in prayer to God.
— from Memoir of Rev. Joseph Badger Fourth Edition by E. G. (Elihu Goodwin) Holland

I helped myself to one mechanically, and lit it, Dominguez following my example, and then politely offering me precedence up the companion ladder.
— from A Pirate of the Caribbees by Harry Collingwood

A cruel device for more effectually accomplishing this was employed by the officials.
— from History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott

Hassan and Denviers followed my example, and then the latter remarked:— "We may as well make the most of Wimpai's permission to enrich ourselves," and he raised several wedges of gold, which he proceeded to carry towards the entrance of the cave.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 05, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

" "It's only that I'm so used to discouragement from my elders and betters that I'm familiar with the signs," returned Elsie.
— from Elsie Marley, Honey by Joslyn Gray

Since the invention of gunpowder, some quadrupeds have completely disappeared from many European and Asiatic countries where they were formerly numerous.
— from Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh