William E. Gladstone, when very young, gave such evidence of uncommon intellectual ability and promise of future greatness that his father resolved upon educating him in the best schools of England.
— from The Grand Old Man Or, the Life and Public Services of the Right Honorable William Ewart Gladstone, Four Times Prime Minister of England by Richard B. (Richard Briscoe) Cook

While the cavalier was yet speaking, a little boat from the brigantine, the heavy oars of which they had long since heard, though they could scarce trace it in the gloom, shot against the causeway; and an officer of a powerful frame and forbidding aspect, just rendered visible by the fire, rising up, extended his hand to Guzman, who immediately jumped aboard, and took a seat at his side.
— from The Infidel; or, the Fall of Mexico. Vol. II. by Robert Montgomery Bird

From her thin blue lips curses most fearful rolled until even her courtiers shuddered.
— from The Great White Queen: A Tale of Treasure and Treason by William Le Queux