Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy; whereupon the puppy jumped into the air off all its feet at once, with a yelp of delight, and rushed at the stick, and made
— from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

For though I tried to move his arm—unlock his bridegroom clasp—yet, sleeping as he was, he still hugged me tightly, as though naught but death should part us twain.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

In the one we went into the furniture was of different sorts, picked up here and there, and all utterly worthless.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Dessalles slept propped up on four pillows and his Roman nose emitted sounds of rhythmic snoring.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Dì siya patambúngun ug parti sa kunsirbatib níyang Pápa, Her conservative father will not allow her to attend parties.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

This lightened her sense of disgrace very much, so, leaving a part of her money to repair damages, she packed up her dilapidated wardrobe, and, making Hepsey promise to report progress from time to time, Christie went back to Mrs. Flint's to compose her mind and be ready à la Micawber "for something to turn up."
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

And what price did she put upon herself?
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

As early as 1861 we find him advertising in the City Directory , "spices put up in every variety of package."
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

"Nothing but death shall part us.
— from The Shadow of the Czar by John R. Carling

Quis enim non doleat in ejusmodi casibus, aut quis non dolorem fratris sui suum proprium computet cum loquatur apostolus Paulus et dicat: Si patitur unum mem
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes

[119] 5 tunnel funnel furnish burnish savor flavor tumor rumor suet cruet frequent eloquent describe subscribe description subscription Place un— before envied, noticed, settled, erring, foreseen, christian, known, married, merciful; as, unenvied.
— from The Alberta Public School Speller Authorized by the Minister of Education for Alberta by Anonymous

He then started to walk, savagely patrolling the deck, sweeping past us so close as to brush us with his coat, then crossing athwartships and madly pacing the other side of the deck, sometimes stopping with a passionate violent suddenness at the binnacle, at the card of which he seemed to stare, then with denunciatory gesture resuming his stormy striding [186] now lengthwise, now crosswise, now swinging his great figure into an abrupt stand to view the sea, first to starboard then to larboard, now standing aloft; and all with airs and gestures as though he shouted orders to the crew and cried aloud to himself, though saving his swift deep breathing that, when he passed us close, sounded like the panting of bellows in angry or impatient hands, no syllable broke from him.
— from The Death Ship: A Strange Story, Vol. 2 (of 3) by William Clark Russell

Duchess Sirs, put up your swords: It is most meet that I should hear this man.
— from The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde

Mervan, our friendship is rivetted, bound, now; nothing but death or disaster shall part us--nothing; till at least, this journey is concluded.
— from Across the Salt Seas: A Romance of the War of Succession by John Bloundelle-Burton

Rather irritably she tried to dismiss the matter from her thoughts, but it persisted in occupying the foreground of her mind, and at last, in desperation, she picked up her discarded book and began to read.
— from The Vision of Desire by Margaret Pedler