Toad sat up slowly and dried his eyes.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

He bid her dry her eyes and be comforted; for, wherever she went, he would accompany her.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

But the other doctor, who is a freeman, attends and practices upon freemen; and he carries his enquiries far back, and goes into the nature of the disorder; he enters into discourse with the patient and with his friends, and is at once getting information from the sick man, and also instructing him as far as he is able, and he will not prescribe for him until he has first convinced him; at last, when he has brought the patient more and more under his persuasive influences and set him on the road to health, he attempts to effect a cure.
— from Laws by Plato

“That you and she—” She paused, then drooped her eyelids.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

First he went up to Teucer and Leitus, the hero Peneleos, and Thoas and Deipyrus; Meriones also and Antilochus, valiant warriors; all did he exhort.
— from The Iliad by Homer

God can only be simple; any kind of combination would destroy His essence; such is the God announced by our prophet, who must be the same for all men and in all times.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

When he is forced to obey the needs of the body he is not the slave of opinion, nor does he wait for a cook and sauces and a savoury smell, nor does he ever look about for Phryne or Lais or So-and-so's wife or young daughter or serving-maid.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

On discovering his error, to turn her from the house seemed the best, though to his feelings an inadequate proof of his resentment towards herself, and his contempt of her family.
— from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Against the being of Parliament, I am satisfied, no designs have ever been entertained since the revolution.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

Both the opera and a new ballet, “Cinderella”, were immediately shelved, and Prokofieff dedicated his energies and talents to expressing in music the determination of the Soviet people to resist the Nazi invasion and join in the world struggle to crush Fascism.
— from Serge Prokofieff and His Orchestral Music by Louis Leopold Biancolli

The girl had something savage in her eye when she looked at her father; reproach sat enthroned on that innocent brow; she gave herself up, it is true, to happy thoughts, and yet, at times, remorse seemed to dull her eyes.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Fritz mounted the mule, I rode Lightfoot, Jack and Franz took their usual steeds, and, with the two dogs, we galloped off—first to visit the euphorbia to collect the gum, and then to discover whether the ostrich had deserted her eggs in the sand.
— from The Swiss Family Robinson; or, Adventures on a Desert Island by Johann David Wyss

Agamemnon swore' and curs'd, And damn'd his eyes
— from A Burlesque Translation of Homer by Bridges, Thomas, active 1759-1775

His genial and kindly disposition has endeared him to us all.
— from Duty, and other Irish Comedies by Seumas O'Brien

"Now, you tell us all about this queer game!" commanded Dave Darrin, his eyes flashing warningly.
— from The Grammar School Boys Snowbound; or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

Upon my seeming to admire at this furniture, the servant told me with a smile that these had been very good friends of his lady, and had done her eminent service in the lower world.
— from A Journey from This World to the Next by Henry Fielding

Of course Alfred consoled them: reminded them it was only for a week, and carried off his lovely prize, who in the carriage soon dried her eyes upon his shoulder.
— from Hard Cash by Charles Reade

Despite her efforts at self control, she burst out laughing.
— from Green Eyes by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

Did his enemies allow for the misery of this internal conflict?
— from Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by Thomas De Quincey