Gladstone having thus arranged, with Palmerston and Russell, for intervention in the American war, reflected on the subject for a fortnight from September 25 to October 7, when he was to speak on the occasion of a great dinner at Newcastle.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

Forever alive, forever forward, Stately, solemn, sad, withdrawn, baffled, mad, turbulent, feeble, dissatisfied, Desperate, proud, fond, sick, accepted by men, rejected by men, They go!
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

'First and foremost, Faguey,' said Toby. 'Yes, yes!' interposed the Jew, drawing up his chair.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

for even within these accursed walls, where, as thou well sayest, guilt shrouds itself in inscrutable mystery, even there has the name of Cedric been sounded—and I, wretched and degraded, have rejoiced to think that there yet breathed an avenger of our unhappy nation.—I also have had my hours of vengeance—I have fomented the quarrels of our foes, and heated drunken revelry into murderous broil—I have seen their blood flow—I have heard their dying groans!—Look on me, Cedric—are there not still left on this foul and faded face some traces of the features of Torquil?” “Ask me not of them, Ulrica,” replied Cedric, in a tone of grief mixed with abhorrence; “these traces form such a resemblance as arises from the graves of the dead, when a fiend has animated the lifeless corpse.”
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

I am not saying that I do not love her still; I am grateful to her for a few fairly sweet moments; I would give my life for her—only I am bored with her...
— from A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov

The stillness continued; the master searched face after face for signs of guilt.
— from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

From the highly developed structure of the shoveller's beak we may proceed (as I have learned from information and specimens sent to me by Mr. Salvin), without any great break, as far as fitness for sifting is concerned, through the beak of the Merganetta armata, and in some respects through that of the Aix sponsa, to the beak of the common duck.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

It was very early in September; the season was fine, and from first seeing the place under the advantage of good weather, they received an impression in its favour which was of material service in recommending it to their lasting approbation.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

'Walnut trees', as I haue saide before very many, some haue bene seen excellent faire timber of foure & fiue fadome, & aboue fourescore foot streight without bough.
— from A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia by Thomas Harriot

I love not travelling; at least have had enough to cure me for all fondness for such journeys, and, therefore, am even now sitting down to write to his majesty, declining the cold honour thus intended for me."
— from Arabella Stuart: A Romance from English History by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

The man with the broken nose fixed his light eyes on the Captain's for a full five seconds.
— from The Black Buccaneer by Stephen W. (Stephen Warren) Meader

The sand banks, shoals, and flats in that neighborhood furnish admirable facilities for seine fisheries, and enormous quantities of mullets were taken every year on those sandy shores, packed in barrels, and sent to the West Indies.
— from Jack in the Forecastle; or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by John Sherburne Sleeper

Each column can be expressed as far as five figures, so that these fifteen figures constitute about one ninth part of the larger engine.
— from On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Charles Babbage

Our vessel was well named; she was a smart little schooner, with raking masts and heavy ordnance, and exacted black mail on friend and foe for seven years.
— from The Weird of the Wentworths: A Tale of George IV's Time, Vol. 2 by Johannes Scotus

The votes were nearly equal: four voted for Austria, four for Saxony, and three for Russia.
— from The Life of Napoleon I (Complete) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

And yet— Now, the trees, denuded of their gay attire, spread forth their thousand branches against the gray sky, and present as endless a variety of form and feature for study and observation, as they did when dressed in all the flaunting fashions of midsummer.
— from Mirror of the Months by P. G. (Peter George) Patmore

I found them together, behind some stables at the back of the auberge, chaffering with a sturdy farmer of the neighbourhood in regard to a proposed exchange of Master Moric Endem's piece of lean cattle for a fine, fresh, sturdy, but rather vicious horse belonging to the other.
— from The Man-at-Arms; or, Henry De Cerons. Volumes I and II by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James