" Ilbrahim, seated by the side of his adopted mother and retaining fast hold of her hand, assumed a grave and decorous demeanor such as might befit a person of matured taste and understanding who should find himself in a temple dedicated to some worship which he did not recognize, but felt himself bound to respect.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

'Hateful to God,' as divine Dante sings, 'and to the Enemies of God, 'A Dio spiacente ed a' nemici sui!'
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

The announcement of the severance from the command of the army of one who has been for so many years its distinguished chief, can but awaken in the minds, not only of the army, but of the people of the United States, mingled emotions of regret and gratitude--regret at the withdrawal from active military service of an officer whose lofty sense of duty has been a model for all soldiers since he first entered the army in July, 1840; and gratitude, freshly awakened, for the services of incalculable value rendered by him in the war for the Union, which his great military genius and daring did so much to end.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Aunt Josephine went scarlet with pleasure; Auntie Con gave a deep, deep sigh.
— from The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

Her pale, yellow, wasted face dropped back, her mouth fell open, her leg moved convulsively, she gave a deep, deep sigh and died.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It also has the advantage of giving a dull dry surface of more brilliancy than a shiny one.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

" Ilbrahim, seated by the side of his adopted mother, and retaining fast hold of her hand, assumed a grave and decorous demeanor, such as might befit a person of matured taste and understanding, who should find him self in a temple dedicated to some worship which he did not recognize, but felt himself bound to respect.
— from Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

He had seen that while practically the whole population of the North would stand by him in a war for the preservation of the Union, there must be a very great and dangerous defection, should he make the war one for the extirpation of slavery in those states in which the institution existed under protection of the Federal Constitution.
— from The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume 2 (of 2) A Narrative and Critical History by George Cary Eggleston

Like the Charge to the Grand Jury , it is a grave argumentative document, dealing seriously with luxury, drunkenness, gaming, and other prevalent vices.
— from Fielding by Austin Dobson

She went out, softly closing the door behind her, without giving Jacqueline her good-night kiss, but [Pg 49] Jacqueline called after her in a voice tremulous with gratitude and delight, “Dear, sweet mamma!”
— from Throckmorton: A Novel by Molly Elliot Seawell

Dey promenade up to de gate and de drum say a-dr-um-m-m-m-m, and de man in de blue uniform he git down to open de gate.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 by United States. Work Projects Administration

‘Oh, go away, do, devil!’ shrieked Pyetushkov, not stirring from his place, however, nor raising his head.
— from A Desperate Character and Other Stories by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev