She evinced no consciousness of my surprise, but cheerfully helped the old man with his cloak, and when he was ready took a candle to light us out.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

By V. Werestchagin By permission of the Berlin Photographic Co., London, W No clang of bells greeted the Conqueror as he made his triumphal entry, no crowds of men and women craned their necks to get a glimpse of the mighty Emperor.
— from The Story of Napoleon by Harold Wheeler

On the entire northern chain of mountains this wild cypress often grows at the height of 2000 feet to 3000 feet above the sea.
— from Cyprus: Historical and Descriptive by Franz von Löher

Ours being a large family of limited means and, among the five boys of the family, unlimited appetites, we often used the cheaper, though equally nutritious, cuts of meat.
— from A Mind That Found Itself: An Autobiography by Clifford Whittingham Beers

A man whose evil nature caused other men to shun him; a man who scoffed at virtue; who saw no good in anything?
— from The Boss of the Lazy Y by Charles Alden Seltzer

But I have not considered it necessary, Lady Elizabeth Norris, for the son of my father to withhold his affections from the chosen of his heart, till he was assured he should gain all the honour by the selection which a union with Lady Eastcombe's niece could bestow;... nor should I have mentioned my belief in this connexion, by way of a set-off to the equally near claim of Mrs. Barnaby, had you not questioned me so particularly."
— from The Widow Barnaby. Vol. 3 (of 3) by Frances Milton Trollope

I could not move a limb, nor open my mouth to scream, for terror; but my blood streamed faster in my throbbing veins, and kept my inner senses active, though they could exercise no control over my organs, which were paralyzed as with a spasm of death.
— from The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann