The streets swarm strangely with busy crowds, pacific yet restless and loquacious; at intervals, is seen the gleam of military muskets; especially about the Palais, where Parlement, once more on duty, sits querulous, almost tremulous.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

As morning mowers, who side by side slowly and seethingly advance their scythes through the long wet grass of marshy meads; even so these monsters swam, making a strange, grassy, cutting sound; and leaving behind them endless swaths of blue upon the yellow sea.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

At the thought, the ambitious father almost consented, in his heart, that, if the devil's power were needed to the accomplishment of this great object, Maule might evoke him.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

These gifts of money may, either in part or entirely, be substituted by provisions, if this sort of aid is more easily afforded with regard to lodging, nourishment, and clothing.
— from Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes in a Considerable Portion of America and Europe Being the preface to the foreign communications contained in the appendix to the Poor-Law Report by Nassau William Senior

I told her that the money which I had gained on my mercantile expedition to the Dukhun was now nearly expended; and although, in her society, and in the enjoyment of happiness such as I had never hoped for, I had been hitherto unwilling to leave my home, yet I could delay to do so no longer without absolute ruin staring us in the face.
— from Confessions of a Thug by Meadows Taylor

I brought thee each gift of my mother, Each gift of my generous aunt; The pistol belonged to my brother— I'd like to restore it, but can't: For, uncle, thy fingers are sticky,
— from Southerly Busters by George Herbert Gibson

I had caught a previous glimpse of Mr. Murden elegantly dressed, and I expected every moment his appearance in the ball-room.
— from Secresy; or, Ruin on the Rock by E. (Eliza) Fenwick

"Promise me, Mina, that thou wilt ever seek to be angelic and joyous, and in the midst of the world to live retired from it, that the weaknesses and griefs of men may ever remain far from thee and never afflict thee.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 05, April 1867 to September 1867 by Various

This doctrine was controverted by Mr. Erskine in his speech for the Dean of St. Asaph, and maintained by the judge who tried the case; and on the ground of misdirection, Mr. Erskine moved for a new trial.
— from The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 3 (of 7) by Arthur Thomas Malkin

The lectern—strong, ornamental, and weighty—is the gift of M. Myres, Esq.
— from Our Churches and Chapels: Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus

At any rate, he got off much more easily than he would have thought possible.
— from Northern Diamonds by Frank Lillie Pollock