All the men looked at her, asked her name, sought to be introduced.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

This work, however, xvi is not a ‘Natural History’ in the modern acceptation of the term, but rather a vast Encyclopædia of ancient knowledge and belief upon almost every known subject—“not less varied than Nature herself,” as his nephew says.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

Another point of good-breeding is to be punctual at meals, for a host and hostess never sit down without their guest, and dinner may be getting cold.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

The conquest of Zara had scattered the seeds of discord and scandal: the arms of the allies had been stained in their outset with the blood, not of infidels, but of Christians: the king of Hungary and his new subjects were themselves enlisted under the banner of the cross; and the scruples of the devout were magnified by the fear of lassitude of the reluctant pilgrims.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

But now that he is beginning to feel what love is, he also knows what a tender affection may bind a man to what he loves; and in the zeal which keeps you busy on his account, he now sees not the bonds of a slave, but the affection of a friend.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

But your quarrel was with one who, though his actions had not so far been impious or criminal, was shown to have a treasonable purpose, and you brought proofs to make that treason manifest.)
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

Lovesick [5369] Chaerea, when he came from Pamphila's house, and had not so good welcome as he did expect, was all amort, Parmeno meets him, quid tristis es ?
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

I should say he knew nothing about her and had never seen her, so he can give me no information.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

“It looks better than any house around here now, since you fixed it up and painted it,” said Sol.
— from The Bondboy by George W. (George Washington) Ogden

Thelma saw it, standing under her house-porch, where her father had joined her,—Sigurd saw it,—he had come out from some thicket where he had been hiding, and he now sat, in a humble, crouching posture at Thelma's feet.
— from Thelma by Marie Corelli

The idea, that any full-grown, sensible man should have any other notion than that of getting the most work for the least money out of his assistants, had never suggested itself to him.
— from The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Dryden's bosom, it must be owned, seems to have afforded him no such means of information; the licence of his age, and perhaps the advanced period at which he commenced his literary career, had probably armed him against this more exalted strain of passion.
— from The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by Walter Scott

A paroled prisoner returned from Richmond said to me that terror was terrible in Richmond—that Lee and his army had no supplies.
— from Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

The whole sentence would then be construed thus: “For they were most anxious to recover their captives while Brasidas was yet in good fortune; while they were likely, if he should go at more, and put himself as he now stood into hostile contention, to remain deprived of their captives; and even in regard to their successes, to take the chance of danger or victory in equal conflict.”
— from History of Greece, Volume 06 (of 12) by George Grote

Her father, by some chance, had that night, turned his steps in the same direction that they had, and he now stood before them.
— from The Desultory Man Collection of Ancient and Modern British Novels and Romances. Vol. CXLVII. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James