Six or seven years before, she would have been happy in the possession of this little Aladdin's palace; but she had wandered out of the circle of careless, pleasure seeking creatures, she had strayed far away into a desolate labyrinth of guilt and treachery, terror and crime, and all the treasures that had been collected for her could have given her no pleasure but one, the pleasure of flinging them into a heap beneath her feet and trampling upon them and destroying them in her cruel despair.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Now was the sun in western cadence low From noon, and gentle airs, due at their hour, To fan the earth now waked, and usher in The evening cool; when he, from wrath more cool, Came the mild Judge, and Intercessour both, To sentence Man: The voice of God they heard Now walking in the garden, by soft winds Brought to their ears, while day declined; they heard, And from his presence hid themselves among The thickest trees, both man and wife; till God, Approaching, thus to Adam called aloud.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

The sovereign, as Marquis of Antwerp, was solemnly sworn to govern according to the ancient charters and laws.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

The rooms are far too hot for anyone to feel hungry, the band plays, and the leader of it grins all the time, and capers about on his little platform like a monkey on an organ.
— from My War Experiences in Two Continents by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan

"Now how on earth are we going to pass through here?" asked George, as they turned a corner and saw a long string of camels coming toward them.
— from Nabul, Our Little Egyptian Cousin by Blanche McManus

The nature of the ground gave advantage to the Austrian cavalry, and the French were barely able to support their charges.
— from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume II. by Walter Scott

Up he goes agin to the A cho, and says, "Tell me, aff ye plase, what is't brings ould Father Mahony so everlastingly to my country seat in the bog of Bally Keeran?"
— from Bentley's Miscellany, Volume I by Various

Into a long, narrow room, dignitaries grouped at the top and candidates at the bottom, with guests seated in rows on either side, sweeps the Vice-Chancellor in his [226] gorgeous red and white.
— from From Gretna Green to Land's End: A Literary Journey in England. by Katharine Lee Bates

Before going to the telephone, Beatrix lit another cigarette, gave a tilt to a comfortable arm-chair that stood near the little table, sat down, crossed one round leg over the other in a most leisurely way and took up the instrument.
— from Scandal: A Novel by Cosmo Hamilton

I glanced across the table at Charley and Talbot eating their breakfast, with the slanted sunlight from the window turning their curls into real gold, and I had not the heart to tell them what had happened.
— from The Little Violinist by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

“An' 'imself, too, struck Muldown two pokes, 'efore he lave de hancuffs be pat upon him, at all!” said another of the guardmen; and then turning around, caught a glimpse of poor little Tommy, who had been standing up near a desk, during the scene, nearly “frightened out of his wits.”
— from Manuel Pereira; Or, The Sovereign Rule of South Carolina by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams

Brockway glanced at the ticket and called attention to the conditions in the contract.
— from A Romance in Transit by Francis Lynde