But there was something more: the mare was strangely, visibly agitated at the sight of the glen before her, and reared back with outstretched trembling forelegs, lifted ears, and distended, frightened eyes.
— from Seth's Brother's Wife: A Study of Life in the Greater New York by Harold Frederic

One day, the following letter, enclosing a dollar bill for the Association, was addressed to Isaac T. Hopper: "Should the humble mite here enclosed be the means of doing one-sixteenth part the good to any poor convict that the sixteenth of a dollar has done for me, which I received through your hands more than once, when I was destitute of money or friends, then I shall have my heart's desire.
— from Isaac T. Hopper: A True Life by Lydia Maria Child

Lycurgus, as regent, reformed the laws by subjecting every person to military rule, forbidding lucrative employments, and discouraging all intercourse with foreign nations.
— from A Manual of Ancient History by M. E. (Mary Elsie) Thalheimer

They have had the doubtful “glory” of having their army debauch some island possessions, maneuver for local entertainments and do some society stunts while on “post leave”—which
— from Postal Riders and Raiders by W. H. Gantz

C8-277 It has also used other Federal law enforcement agents during Presidential visits to cities in which such agents are stationed.
— from Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by United States. Warren Commission

His son, Thibaut V, married the daughter of St. Louis and brought her in state to Provins, “ où ils firent leur entrée accompagnés d’une grande foison de barons ,” wrote Joinville, who had helped to arrange the match.
— from How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

He flushed, looked embarrassed, and drummed with his fingers upon the table.
— from Up the Hill and Over by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay