Gratifying.' 'Eugene,' resumed Mortimer, disregarding the light interruption, and laying a hand upon Eugene's shoulder, as he, Mortimer, stood before him seated on his bed, 'you are withholding something from me.' Eugene looked at him, but said nothing.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

So at the last moment he clung to his Konigsberg post with great eagerness, regarded me as his deadly enemy, and, spurred on by his instinct of self-preservation, used every means in his power to make my stay in Konigsberg, and the already painful position I occupied while awaiting his departure, a veritable hell to me.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

A cry more prolonged than the others and ending in a series of groans effectually roused me from my drowsy lethargy.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Among other topics, the subject of war was introduced, on which the general declaimed with great eloquence, recounting many of his own exploits by way of illustration.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

“Good evening, Rachel,” Marilla said briskly.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

And, by God, every rich man todos los ricos que mueren who dies should want to see que su voluntad cumplieren the living celebrate their memory los vivos, como esta vez.
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

'But you have had the rudiments of a good education,' remarked Mr. Hale.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

His grieved eyes reproached me.
— from The Brightener by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

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— from The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 03 (1820) by Various

I cannot be the conscience for this church; but if I [20] were, I would gather every reformed mortal that desired to come, into its fold, and counsel and help him to walk in the footsteps of His flock.
— from Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy

“I was sure our house was gone,” earnestly resumed Mrs. Kerr, “and I expected nothing else than the death of all of us.”
— from Scenes in the West; or, The Sunday-School and Temperance by Anonymous

SEE GRIFFITH, ERNEST R. Myth and society in Attic drama.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1970 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

The sight of her occasioned me a surprise by no means of a pleasing nature; and the involuntary start I gave, evidently recalled me to her recollection.
— from Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry With Minute Details of Her Entire Career as Favorite of Louis XV by Lamothe-Langon, Etienne-Léon, baron de

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— from Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader by John Ludwig Hülshof

“At a quarter to eight.” “Good evening,” returned Montriveau, and he hurried home to ask the porter whether he had seen a lady standing on the doorstep that evening.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Guide explains Rich Man here on a pilgrimage.
— from Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker

Doubtless that miniature of an unknown girl which caused so much consternation in the mind of sober Mrs. Rebecca was no other than the "Molly" whose gray eyes reminded me of Charlotte Halliday.
— from Birds of Prey by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon