Yet her engaging face, being an open as well as a perceptive one, was not without her husband's latent smile.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

This afternoon there was a couple of men with me with a book in each of their hands, demanding money for pollmoney, [Pepys seems to have been let off very easily, for, by Act of Parliament 18 Car.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Her powers of body were almost exhausted, but her eyes flashed brightly, and on her cheeks was a rosy flush.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

The old fellow was quite taken aback by this, but entered, followed by a few more, who tried to appear at their ease.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

that they are not ashamed to sin, and yet are ashamed to repent; not ashamed of the action for which they ought justly to be esteemed fools, but are ashamed of the returning, which only can make them be esteemed wise men.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

your la'ship hath money enough for both; and where can your la'ship bestow your fortune better?
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Unless his consciousness were something more than cognitive, unless it experienced a partiality for certain of the objects, which, in succession, occupy its ken, it could not long maintain itself in existence; for, by an inscrutable necessity, each human mind's appearance on this earth is conditioned upon the integrity of the body with which it belongs, upon the treatment which that body gets from others, and upon the spiritual dispositions which use it as their tool, and lead it either towards longevity or to destruction.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

A trained midwife was engaged for Boguchárovo at his expense, and a priest was paid to teach reading and writing to the children of the peasants and household serfs.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

For each true word a blister, and each false Be as a cauterizing to the root o' th' tongue, Consuming it with speaking!
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

He only derives enjoyment from books and pictures in which there is woman.
— from The Duel and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Tourism is the leading foreign exchange earner, followed by agricultural exports.
— from The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Not a minute elapsed before the rebellious goddesses were equipped for battle, and ready to swoop like eagles on the heads of the hated Trojans.
— from Stories from the Iliad by H. L. (Herbert Lord) Havell

His election followed by a decisive majority.
— from Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men by Various

The authors of the most admired essays receive the personal congratulations of the King and examiners, followed by a feast given by their parents and friends.
— from Corea or Cho-sen: The Land of the Morning Calm by Arnold Henry Savage Landor

His body was exhumed far below and decently buried, yet it was said that it was so often seen walking about the mouth of his old shaft that other men avoided the spot.
— from Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 08 : on the Pacific Slope by Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner

The lumber path could not be very easily found, but at last he turned into a place which looked very much like it, and walked on for some distance.
— from Lost in the Cañon The Story of Sam Willett's Adventures on the Great Colorado of the West by A. R. (Alfred Rochefort) Calhoun

"Now an outrage is committed not only when a man shall be struck with the fist, say, or with a club, or even flogged, but also if abusive language has been used to one."
— from The Right to Privacy by Samuel D. (Samuel Dennis) Warren

Sam was all for doing things for himself, even for being allowed to get up and have his breakfast downstairs, but when, at Mr. York’s request, he gently bent that right knee, he concluded that he was not, after all, quite ready to assert his independence.
— from Catcher Craig by Christy Mathewson

“I've always thought I'd like to know more about famous people: what they eat for breakfast, and how they do their back hair and—” “Don't be silly, Abby,” Miss Daggett bade her sharply.
— from An Alabaster Box by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Ferdinand Cortes , the conqueror of Mexico, died, aged 63, leaving a character eminent for bravery and ability, but infamous for perfidy and cruelty.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell