Beside herself with grief and terror, Estelle clasped her hands over her eyes that she might not see him drown.
— from Chatterbox, 1906 by Various

Grote and Thirlwall each composed histories of Greece which are the fruit of thorough and enlightened scholarship.
— from Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading by George Park Fisher

This was very satisfactory, and we added a second rouble in the joy of our hearts; at which evidence of our generosity Alexander, the elder, crossed himself and prayed aloud for the welfare of our souls.
— from Clutterbuck's Treasure by Frederick Whishaw

Besides deceiving my grandsire, as he had all his life, I now learned that he had further deceived him:—that, graduating from West Point, he had been appointed to the army, but even before he went on duty, he had been caught in an act unbecoming a soldier and gentleman, and to escape courtmartial had resigned.
— from Jack Ballington, Forester by John Trotwood Moore

"Champlain, in whose Voyages this romantic story is to be found, seems to have been a passionate admirer of the conduct of De Gourgues, and thus enthusiastically concludes his account of the expedition: "'Ainsi ce genereux chevalier repara l'honneur de la nation Françoise, que les Espagnols avoient offensée; ce q'autrement eust été un regret à jamais pour la France, s'il n'eust vengé l'affront receu de la nation Espagnolle.
— from The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 2 by George Warburton

To her hut at Itu came Government and trade experts, consulting her on all manner of subjects, and obtaining information which no other one could supply.
— from Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary by W. P. (William Pringle) Livingstone

Should the rule be the guide, and the Executive Committee have the management, or should lodges be allowed to stop their colliery in opposition to the constitution, and suffer none of the consequences?
— from A History of the Durham Miner's Association 1870-1904 by John Wilson

It has all sorts of superior qualities, but it has also, and English life, generally, and the English character have, a certain number of great plump flourishing uglinesses and drearinesses which offer themselves irresistibly as pin-cushions to criticism and irony.
— from The Letters of Henry James (Vol. I) by Henry James

And, later in the day, when he saw Haydon ride in, dismount and cast a surprised glance at the empty corral, he knew that the moment for which he had planned, had come.
— from 'Drag' Harlan by Charles Alden Seltzer

George appeared to enjoy caressing him, as it were, with that opprobrium.
— from The Lesson of the Master by Henry James