A deep silence prevailed, while a chill wind blew through the room and made the blue flames of the sepulchral lamps flicker.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal
When did she pass Weatherbury?" "Last Saturday night.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
It is five years, all but a few days, since Philippe, within these same stone walls, stood up with an air of graciosity, and asked King Louis, "Whether it was a Royal Session, then, or a Bed of Justice?"
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
Mr Boffin hurried out, and found her on the dark staircase, panting, with a lighted candle in her hand.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Only one hour in the twenty-four did she pass with her fellow-servants below; all the rest of her time was spent in some low-ceiled, oaken chamber of the second storey: there she sat and sewed—and probably laughed drearily to herself,—as companionless as a prisoner in his dungeon.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë
He found at the door several policemen, who warned him to guard well and in a safe place anything of value he might have about his person.
— from The Old Helmet, Volume II by Susan Warner
* GENERAL APPEARANCE—That of a well-proportioned bright and active sporting dog, showing power without lumber and raciness without weediness.
— from Dogs and All about Them by Robert Leighton
To his great delight, so perfectly was his theory borne out in practice, that this model, though less than two feet long, performed its voyage about the basin at the rate of three English miles an hour.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various
At Maçon also there is a certain 'Curé de S. Pierre,' who is greatly beloved, and of whom many beautiful stories are told.
— from The Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare
‘I suppose now life will be all duty,’ said Pauline, with a sigh.
— from A Princess in Calico by Edith Ferguson Black
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