“He got up, choking, took my hands and kissed them as if they had belonged to a prince, cried, nearly fainted, embraced Rivet and even kissed Madame Morin, who gave him such a push as to send him staggering back into his chair; but he never got over the blow; his mind had been too much upset.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Edna felt extremely restless and excited.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

I can not better show my unselfishness than by asking you to forget my honest exertions for equal rights and equal pay for women, and to shut me out of The Revolution in future, in order to bring in again "the apostates.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

There is no more invariable rule in the history of society: the further electoral rights are extended, the greater is the need of extending them; for after each concession the strength of the democracy increases, and its demands increase with its strength.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

"Ha, my fine fellow!" exclaimed Randall, as, evading the boy's grasp, he lifted them beyond his reach.
— from Charlie Codman's Cruise: A Story for Boys by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

Indeed, the people, finding the fate of the Sforza sealed, appeared to have looked about for any means of emancipation from ecclesiastical rule; and, ere Galeazzo had quitted the capital, the council entertained a proposal to petition the Sacred College in favour of Francesco Maria as his successor.
— from Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 2 (of 3) Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630. by James Dennistoun

Fifth Edition, revised and enlarged, with additional Illustrations, fcap.
— from A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy by Alexander Hughes Bennett

Fifth Edition, revised and enlarged by Wyatt Papworth .
— from A Book About Words by G. F. (George Frederick) Graham

What delicious warm air filled every room, and every staircase, and every lobby!
— from Trading by Susan Warner

By JOSEPH CAMPBELL, M.A., F.G.S., M.I.M.E. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged (completing the twelfth thousand).
— from Five Months at Anzac A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force by Joseph Lievesley Beeston

Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged.
— from Rome and Turkey in Connexion with the Second Advent by Edward Hoare