The decision of the German Higher Command to exploit to the full the Portuguese debacle resulted in the using up of nearly the whole German reserve, and undoubtedly led towards their final collapse.
— from The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 by F. W. (Frederick William) Bewsher

He sees the gold gleaming in the crevices of the caves, the gems, rough and unpolished, lying in the matrix.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV by Alexander Maclaren

Let anyone watch an exciting game of tennis, or better still perhaps a game of billiards, he 34 will find himself doing in sheer sympathy the thing he wants done, reaching out a tense arm where the billiard cue should go, raising an unoccupied leg to help the suspended ball over the net.
— from Ancient Art and Ritual by Jane Ellen Harrison

Fifteen minutes after the draught, he came in sight of his house, and beholding it, he could have called it a gentlemanly residence aloud under Lady Camper’s windows, his insurgency was of such violence.
— from Complete Short Works of George Meredith by George Meredith

I want my money, and if I don't get it in cash, I'm going to beat it out of that dirty little swindler's hide," Gresham replied, an ugly look appearing on his face.
— from Murder in the Gunroom by H. Beam Piper

If these calamities, I say, apprehend us, so that we see nothing but the oppression of good men, and of all godliness, and that wicked men without God reign above us; let us accuse and condemn ourselves, as the only cause of our own miseries.
— from The Pulpit Of The Reformation, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. by Hugh Latimer

On the other, tall grass, reeds and undergrowth led away to the river.
— from The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series by Elliott Whitney

His hearer gave rather an uneasy look at the clear eyes, and remarked sharply: "You thought they deserved more than hanging once, sir."
— from On the Face of the Waters: A Tale of the Mutiny by Flora Annie Webster Steel

There are some people who, though habited in the best and richest clothes, never appear well-dressed; their garments, rumpled and untidy, look as if they had been pitched on them, like hay, with a fork; while others, whose dress consists of the most homely materials, appear well-dressed, from the neatness and taste with which their clothes are arranged.
— from Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, January, 1854 by Various