She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
— from Magnhild; Dust by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Perhaps if I wait here a little longer, I may see something that will decide the matter.
— from The Squirrels and other animals Or, Illustrations of the habits and instincts of many of the smaller British quadrupeds by George Waring

I'm not going to have him in the house any longer, loafing in my chair and smoking my cigarettes.
— from Piccadilly Jim by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

a work descriptive of the city of new york in all its various phases ; with full and graphic accounts of its splendors and wretchedness ; its high and low life ; its marble palaces and dark dens ; its attractions and dangers ; its rings and frauds ; its leading men and politicians ; its adventurers ; its charities ; its mysteries , and its crimes .
— from Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe

Grandmother quietly indicated her consent or refusal with her head; then she came to me, took my head in her two hands, and looked long into my face, moving her head gently.
— from Debts of Honor by Mór Jókai

I reached home, after a miserable journey, during which all sorts of fiendish thoughts had me at their mercy, with hardly any life left in me.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Had Alexander lived longer, it might, perhaps, have ended in the establishment of another petty kingdom in Italy.
— from Europe in the Sixteenth Century, 1494-1598, Fifth Edition Period 4 (of 8), Periods of European History by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Johnson