de Restaud and shrugged his shoulders, as who should say, “If he is going to discuss nautical matters with that fellow, it is all over with us.”
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

As long as their disunion remained a secret, he cherished an expectation of re-awakening past tenderness in her bosom; now that we were all made acquainted with these occurrences, and that Perdita, by declaring her resolves to others, in a manner pledged herself to their accomplishment, he gave up the idea of re-union as futile, and sought only, since he was unable to influence her to change, to reconcile himself to the present state of things.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

552 And having felt the sweetness of the spoil, With blindfold fury she begins to forage; Her face doth reek and smoke, her blood doth boil, And careless lust stirs up a desperate courage, 556 Planting oblivion, beating reason back, Forgetting shame’s pure blush and honour’s wrack.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The cousin arrived at last, leading an ass in foal, with a pack-saddle covered with a parti-coloured carpet or sackcloth; Sancho saddled Rocinante, got Dapple ready, and stocked his alforjas, along with which went those of the cousin, likewise well filled; and so, commending themselves to God and bidding farewell to all, they set out, taking the road for the famous cave of Montesinos.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Aunt continued her operations, and uncle became somewhat more tentative than usual, when aunt, finding by placing her hand on his prick that it was mere useless desire, rose and scolded him.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

Whenever Becky made a little circle for herself with incredible toils and labour, somebody came and swept it down rudely, and she had all her work to begin over again.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

[Pg 35] d reserve, and she had listened—until the very last.
— from The Business of Life by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

That he had not fixed to go to England, in preference, seemed one of his deep regrets; and so hopeless were the views he expressed of the whole enterprise before him, that, as it appeared to Mr. Barry, nothing but a devoted sense of duty and honour could have determined him to persist in it.
— from Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore

"He is a very agreeable and highly educated gentleman," the entry of that day records, "and should he act as he speaks, I hope he will be successful in the object of his appointment."
— from Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume 2 (of 2) Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries, from 1812 to 1883 by Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady

Ugly was at first rather disappointed at the prospect of being separated from us for the night, but as Harry’s harangue proceeded and he began to comprehend the honour of the duty required aboard ship, he bristled up and grew as stiff and important as his inches would allow.
— from Captain Mugford: Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors by William Henry Giles Kingston

He was picked up in company with a deserter, riding a stolen horse near Natural Fort, sixteen miles from Cheyenne, making his way eastward.
— from Hands Up; or, Thirty-Five Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plains Reminiscences by General D. J. Cook, Chief of the Rocky Mountains Detective Association by D. J.‏ ‎(David J.) Cook

As they turned into the lane, he could see the woods—could almost see the tree around which he had circled drunk, raging, and shooting his pistol, and his face burned with the memory.
— from The Heart of the Hills by Fox, John, Jr.

" The dog rose and stretched himself, and followed his master down the path until it terminated at the edge of the water.
— from The Dragon and the Raven; Or, The Days of King Alfred by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty