He glanced round upon Gabriel.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Says he, 'Give me a clear sky overhead, a good road underfoot, good company by my side, and my old buggy and my old mare, and I can travel [157] from sunup to sundown and ask no odds o' the railroad.'
— from The Land of Long Ago by Eliza Calvert Hall

The general recognised us, gave a heavy groan, and, turning on his back, fell dead.
— from Percival Keene by Frederick Marryat

They had spent those ten years in freedom and good repute, under God's blue sky, in His glad air and sunshine.
— from Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

'Sweden will have cause to remember that unlimited sovereignty for some generations,' remarked Ulrika, glancing at the splendid watch hanging at her girdle.
— from Tales from the German. Volume I. by C. F. van der (Carl Franz) Velde

Popovič (Georg), Recht und Gericht in Montenegro .
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck

According to the apostle Paul, the host of Jews and Gentiles reconciled unto God through Jesus Christ constituted "one new man" in Christ.
— from The Revelation Explained An Exposition, Text by Text, of the Apocalypse of St. John by F. G. (Frederick George) Smith

We all did our best to console him, and after a time from being very sad he grew rather uproariously gay.
— from An Isle in the Water by Katharine Tynan

No wonder these Christians capture our ships, if this is the mettle of our crews!” Goaded by his words, the men made a general rush upon Gervaise, and, in spite of his desperate efforts, threw him on to the deck and bound him; then the captain, seizing a heavy stick in his left hand, his right being still powerless, showered blows upon him until Gervaise almost lost consciousness.
— from A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

The grateful Syrian would gladly have pressed upon Elisha gifts of high value, but the holy man resolutely refused to take any thing, lest the glory redounding unto God from this great act should in any degree be obscured.
— from Bible Characters by Dwight Lyman Moody