Petion is afraid the Queen's looks may be thought scornful, and produce provocation; she casts down her eyes, and does not look at all.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

The debate had ended at three in the morning.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

It is powerful cold down here,” Ethan assented; and with lowered head he went up in his wife's wake, and followed her across the threshold of their room.
— from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

The neighboring states of Arabia, Armenia, and Persia, dreaded her enmity, and solicited her alliance.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Mrs Quilp too was the partner of young Trent, and for every look that passed between them, and every word they spoke, and every card they played, the dwarf had eyes and ears; not occupied alone with what was passing above the table, but with signals that might be exchanging beneath it, which he laid all kinds of traps to detect; besides often treading on his wife’s toes to see whether she cried out or remained silent under the infliction, in which latter case it would have been quite clear that Trent had been treading on her toes before.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

Instead of assaulting the capital, he successfully directed his efforts against the Port of Ostia, one of the boldest and most stupendous works of Roman magnificence.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

"If there's no money there will be no porridge," he added grimly as he went down the stairs, and just at the door he ended: "And I have seven children, sir."
— from White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The next, she built a loftier nest; 'twas vain; The beetle found and dash'd her eggs again.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

96 Previous to his own journey the emperor Manuel despatched his envoys and orators to implore the compassion of the Western princes.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

quid autem tam absurdum, quam si domini iussu ita praeco praedicet: 'Domum pestilentem vendo?'" 56 Sic ergo in quibusdam causis dubiis ex altera parte defenditur honestas, ex altera ita de utilitate dicitur,
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

"Here—we've got to act quickly—that devil has escaped again," he hissed.
— from The Exploits of Elaine by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

I have done hating ’em, and am now come to despise ’em; the next thing I have to do is eternally to forget ’em.
— from The Way of the World by William Congreve

“Go on,—read,” returned the doctor, with a nonchalant wave of his hand; and Mrs. Kendall dropped her eyes again to the paper.
— from The Turn of the Tide: The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

Davison had exhausted argument in defence of the acceptance by the Earl of the authority conferred by the States and had gained nothing by his eloquence, save abuse from the Queen, and acrimonious censure from the Earl.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

Hastily Mrs. Perlmutter dried her eyes and ran to the kitchen, so that it was not until the rescued dinner smoked on the dining-room table that Morris learned the reason for his wife's tears.
— from Abe and Mawruss: Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Montague Glass

Hitherto some doubt had existed as to the legality of employing the military to put down riots, but on this occasion the King sought the advice of the Attorney-General, [154] who gave it as his opinion, that, as soldiers were also citizens, they could constitutionally be used to prevent felony, even without the Riot Act being read.
— from A History of Police in England by W. L. Melville (William Lauriston Melville) Lee

The person who first seeks to acquire a general survey of a science, and then gradually to descend to details, will never attain to sound and exact knowledge, but will for ever dissipate his energies, and, knowing many things, will yet know nothing.
— from Louis Agassiz as a Teacher; illustrative extracts on his method of instruction by Lane Cooper

The Dutch had established a colony on the Hudson River.
— from The Leading Facts of English History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery

What did he expect Apeman to do?
— from Astounding Stories, June, 1931 by Various