Those deep-blue eyes, which had been lit up this evening in honor of him, must conceal treasures, treasures of heart and mind, richer than all the glories of Rome; and so when he left the party that night, he had lost it completely to the young lady.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Phyllis saw a gleam of red, and shut her eyes tight.
— from The Railway Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit

The druggist’s ears tingled as if he were about to have an apoplectic stroke; he saw the depths of dungeons, his family in tears, his shop sold, all the jars dispersed; and he was obliged to enter a cafe and take a glass of rum and seltzer to recover his spirits.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

That can scarcely be a high state of moral feeling which imagines a gentleman of repute and station, likely to be corrupted, in the discharge of his duty, by the present of a snuff-box, or a richly-mounted sword, or an Eastern shawl; and surely the Nation who reposes confidence in her appointed servants, is likely to be better served, than she who makes them the subject of such very mean and paltry suspicions.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

For the good of ruler and servant, let these be rectified.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Ole had a body-guard in which were seven kings, very ready of hand and of counsel; namely, Holti, Hendil, Holmar, Lewy (Leif), and Hame; with these was enrolled Regnald the Russian, the grandson of Radbard; and Siwald also furrowed the sea with eleven light ships.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

4. What are the principal characteristics of the giants of romance as seen in Orgoglio?
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

She has had enough of walking, and gives a gasp of relief as she unpins her hat; takes it off; sticks the pin through the crown; and puts it on the table.
— from Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw

Whatever else stops, the woman must go on reproducing, as she did in the Siluria of Pteraspis ; sex is a vital condition, and race only a local one.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

We are told of small democracies in the days of antiquity, in which the citizens met upon the public places with garlands of roses, and spent almost all their time in dancing and theatrical amusements.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

At first they played half a dozen different games and gave out riddles, and Songbird recited a poem written in honor of the occasion.
— from The Rover Boys on the Farm; or, Last Days at Putnam Hall by Edward Stratemeyer

Miss Gilmar only reaped as she sowed.
— from The Lady from Nowhere: A Detective Story by Fergus Hume

Phil merely detached one of the cloaks from its peg, and proceeded to invest himself in its folds; he placed the skull-cap on his head, after which, covering the whole with a hood, he fastened the garment around his waist with a girdle of rope, and stood before me the perfect picture of a monk of St. Benedict, as we see them represented in old pictures—the only irregularity of costume being, that instead of a rosary, the string from his girdle supported a corkscrew and a horn spoon of most portentous proportions. 'Come, my son,' said he reverently, 'indue thy garment.'
— from Jack Hinton: The Guardsman by Charles James Lever

In order to the harmony of society, there is a gradation of ranks; and social grievances result, not from the existence of social distinctions, but from their abuse.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The First Epistle to the Corinthians by Marcus Dods

This was the part the most distasteful to Lord Hardy, who would greatly have preferred being married in church according to the English form—and, in fact, Augusta would have liked that, too; but Mrs. Browne was a stanch Baptist, and opposed any deviation from the good old rule, and so Lord Hardy was compelled to submit, though his face wore the look of anything but a happy man as he went through the ordeal which made him Augusta's husband, and then received the congratulations of the guests, most of whom addressed the bride as Lady Hardy.
— from Bessie's Fortune: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

For this prince lives chiefly upon his own demesnes, seldom, except upon great occasions, raising any subsidies upon his subjects, who are bound to attend him in his wars at their own expense.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World by Jonathan Swift

Mrs. Jewkes came officiously to ask my master, just then, if she should bring a glass of rhenish and sugar before dinner, for the gentlemen and ladies:
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

O God, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness: Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
— from The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland