So Elaine rested in the hermitage, and ever night and day she watched and waited on Sir Lancelot, and would let none other tend him.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

Muslin curtains hung down from a golden ring overhead, in fact it was all just as it should be, and the guests who had all visited the bridal chamber had admired the decoration of it; though the bride could not endure Pseldonimov, she had several times in the course of the evening run in to have a look at it on the sly.
— from Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The fleeting nature of man’s existence revealed itself to him as he recalled the greatness of these two men in the ant-world.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

More restless than ever, when I had completed these arrangements I could not sit still, nor even remain in the house: a little time-piece in the room and the old clock in the hall simultaneously struck ten.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

the gospel, yet the enmity retires into the heart, and fortifies it the stronger, by self love and self estimation, as in winter the encompassing cold makes the heat to combine itself together in the bowels of the earth, and by this means the springs are hotter than in summer, so the surrounding light of the gospel, or education, or natural honesty, drives the heat and strength of enmity inward, where it fortifies itself more.
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

He passed by the door and walked rapidly to the end of the lane; then, turning hastily, he retraced his steps, hastening or lingering as he noticed any one passing in his neighborhood, till at length he crept along the wall to the door, and, seeing the thoroughfare almost empty, rushed into the house and disappeared.
— from The Poor Gentleman by Hendrik Conscience

The stream of visitors continued all day long, some even remaining in the house as a "guard of honour."
— from Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume 1 (of 2) Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries, from 1812 to 1883 by Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady

Indeed these rites, distinguished by sensual excess and bloody asceticism, were united by that mysterious link which in the human breast brings debauchery and pain into close connection; and hence this worship is a true copy of the Semitic mode of feeling, which wavers between luxurious enjoyment and [Pg 352] fanatical destruction, between cringing servility and stiff-necked obstinacy, between effeminate retirement in the harem, and bold achievements in the battle-field.
— from The History of Antiquity, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Max Duncker

So she had seen them go into every room in the house, and select one piece of furniture after the other, without even looking at Elizabeth Eliza's programme; she doubted if they could have read it, if they had looked at it.
— from St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, No. 07, May 1878 Scribner's Illustrated by Various

The Kempsons were decent people, their neighbours could say that of them, but they were not God-fearing and God-loving,—they had no family prayers, no Bible was ever read in their house, and
— from Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading by William Henry Giles Kingston

Then admonishing them to lock, bar, bolt, and block up every room in the house, Aunt Lisbeth perched herself on the edge of a chair, and reversed the habits of the screech-owl, by being silent when stationary.
— from Complete Short Works of George Meredith by George Meredith

They evidently did not believe the last statement, for they searched every room in the house, and tumbled things about at a great rate; but they didn’t break anything, and all I missed after they were gone was your father’s picture which he had just had taken for me in Rochdale.
— from The Buried Treasure; Or, Old Jordan's "Haunt" by Harry Castlemon

As soon as he feels that he is mastered he releases his antlers at the first opportunity, flings himself to one side, and either remains in the herd as an acknowledged subject of the victor, or else seeks fresh fields and pastures new.
— from The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observations by William T. (William Temple) Hornaday

ejaculated Ranworth, incredulously; then he added: "It's a rotten business if he is.
— from 'Midst Arctic Perils: A Thrilling Story of Adventure in the Polar Regions by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman