If one did drag one's self out of bed at such an hour, and come down fresh and radiant to the monotony of note-writing, some special recognition of the sacrifice seemed fitting.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

With clenched hands, and teeth ground together so firm and tight that no locking of the jaws could have fixed and riveted them more securely, Ralph stood, for some minutes, in the attitude in which he had last addressed his nephew: breathing heavily, but as rigid and motionless in other respects as if he had been a brazen statue.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Rodolphe leant forward and removed them as they rode along.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

I was creeping along, my feet almost refusing to move.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Always consider well whether the articles of dress, which you wish to purchase, are suited to your age, your condition, your means; to the climate, to the particular use to which you mean to put them; and let the principles of good taste keep you from the extremes of the fashion, and regulate the form, so as to combine utility and beauty, whilst the known rules of harmony in colors save you from shocking the eye of the artist by incongruous mixtures.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

It is necessary, however, that the lost soul should be soon found and restored to its owner or he will die.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Cries of joy burst forth all round; the needful explanations are quickly given, and Friedrich sullenly demands to be set before the judgment-seat of the returning King.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

There was the sound of the splash of water, and stars reflected in the water danced under the horses’ feet and round the wheels.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

to her cost she found that they were the first and readiest to do her the injury.
— from The History of John Bull by John Arbuthnot

They ran forward and recognized their old friend the dwarf.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Early in the following morning they left Toronto for a rapid trip through Western Ontario.
— from The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V by J. Castell (John Castell) Hopkins

"Oh, mamma, just a little piece more!" pleaded Freddie, and received the piece, much to his satisfaction.
— from The Bobbsey Twins Or, Merry Days Indoors and Out by Laura Lee Hope

This was granted to the king with great reluctance; not that Quinctius did not wish to see war concluded under his own auspices, partly by arms, and partly by negotiation: for he knew not, yet, whether one of the new consuls would be sent out as his successor, or whether he should be continued in the command; a point which he had charged his friends and relations to labour for with all their might.
— from The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livy

To issue such universal warrants allowing the menials of the custom house, on mere suspicion, and perhaps from motives of personal enmity, to invade the home of any citizen, without being held responsible for any rudeness they might commit there,—such, he said, was “a kind of power, the exercise of which cost one king of England his head and another his throne;” and he plainly declared that even an act of Parliament which should sanction so gross an infringement of the immemorial rights of Englishmen would be treated as null and void.
— from The American Revolution by John Fiske

We, for our part, are to go direct into one of the Royal Yachts, which swing at anchor here, and to wait in the same till his Majesty have done seeing Frankfurt, and return to us."
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 07 by Thomas Carlyle

Fear and remorse together made him honest.
— from From Place to Place by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

Meanwhile Captain Morgan sent another party to hunt in the woods, who killed a huge number of beasts, and salted them: the rest remained in the ships, to clean, fit, and rig them, that, at the return of their fellows, all things might be in a readiness to weigh anchor and follow their designs.
— from The Pirates of Panama or, The Buccaneers of America; a True Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and Other Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main by A. O. (Alexandre Olivier) Exquemelin

He had, in the impetuous ardour of youth, cleared away the accumulated papers on the floor, and raided the swarming cockroaches.
— from Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City: His Progress and Adventures by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett