As for Frankl, he locked that door upon himself, and remained there, forgetting the sanctification of the Sabbath.
— from The Lord of the Sea by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel

The old man saw that he would have to depend upon himself, and realizing this, bent all his energies to his present far-off inspection of these women, hoping against hope that he would be able at least to tell the young from the old.
— from The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Anna Katharine Green

Whatever else he said was not heard, for Arthur shut the door upon him, and returning to the library, where his brother stood, pale, trembling, and anxious for the votes he felt he had lost, he became on the instant as quiet and gentle as a child, and, consulting his watch, said in his natural tone: 'Quarter of seven, and the train is due at half-past.
— from Tracy Park: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

Sunday, September 20th, as usual we were in line at six A.M., and marched until noon, much of the distance up hill, a rather toilsome march of nine miles.
— from History of the Thirty-sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. 1862-1865 by Alonzo A. White

There was no doubt about it that she suddenly awoke to the passion of the man looking down upon her, and responded to it.
— from Leonie of the Jungle by Joan Conquest

Therefore he felt that there devolved upon him a right, to which he alone might make a claim, and which he might refuse to share with anyone else.
— from Delusion and Dream : an Interpretation in the Light of Psychoanalysis of Gradiva by Sigmund Freud

The turning from the way, the crushing of his foot against the wall, and finally the falling down under him and refusing to proceed further,—these
— from Wit and Humor of the Bible: A Literary Study by Marion D. (Marion Daniel) Shutter