aught within one of these caves, with seven children and a wife; these prayed him to give them leave to go out, and yield themselves up to the enemy; but he stood at the cave's mouth, and always slew that child of his who went out, till he had destroyed them every one, and after that he slew his wife, and cast their dead bodies down the precipice, and himself after them, and so underwent death rather than slavery: but before he did this, he greatly reproached Herod with the meanness of his family, although he was then king.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Much changed indeed:—since February gone two years, when our Constituent, then busy, spread fleur-de-lys velvet for us; and we came over to say a kind word here, and they all started up swearing Fidelity; and all France started up swearing, and made it a Feast of Pikes; which has ended in this!
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

So, the Lion being fully refreshed, and feeling quite himself again, they all started upon the journey, greatly enjoying the walk through the soft, fresh grass; and it was not long before they reached the road of yellow brick and turned again toward the Emerald City where the Great Oz dwelt.
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

If it were possible for me to love you more, I should do so for this; but from the first day I saw you I have given my whole heart and thoughts and soul unreservedly into your keeping.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet by Louis Guimbaud

From these vats, they are taken, and lie on a platform twenty-four hours, and then are spread upon the ground, and carefully stretched and staked out, so that they may dry smooth.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

So, the Lion being fully refreshed, and feeling quite himself again, they all started upon the journey, greatly enjoying the walk through the soft, fresh grass; and it was not long before they reached the road of yellow brick and turned again toward the Emerald City where the great Oz dwelt.
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

In her heart also there are springing up strange desires.
— from A Room with a View by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

But though he heaved, and toiled, and strained, Unmoved Ikshváku's son remained.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

It was with a twitch of this kind, and a certain indescribable twinkle of his somewhat melancholy eye, as he seemed intuitively to form a hasty conception of the oddity of his appearance to a stranger unused to the bush, that he welcomed me to his clearing.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

She tossed her head, and took a step upward.
— from Polly of Lady Gay Cottage by Emma C. Dowd

High above them all shoots up the tall, gaunt stem of a blasted pine-tree; and, in his eager longing for a view of the surrounding objects, he strains every muscle to ascend.
— from The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman

Weary was so busy close-herdin' the Chinaman that I got a chanst t' sneak out the back door uh Rusty's place, climb on m' horse and take a shoot up around by the stockyards and pull fer camp.
— from The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories by B. M. Bower

Whoever dared to oppose his autocratic tyranny, and stand up for any other laws than those which his will dictated, was to be swept out of the way.
— from The Empire Makers: A Romance of Adventure and War in South Africa by Hume Nesbit

She pressed her handkerchief against them and sat upright.
— from Daniel Deronda by George Eliot

On one occasion a party of the 13th Light Infantry, consisting of a serjeant and six privates, who had been entrusted with the care of from fifteen to eighteen camels, fell asleep on their posts, being overcome by the excessive heat, and the Affghans, stealing upon them whilst in this state, put one man to death, and severely wounded two others, the whole of the camels of course falling into their hands.
— from Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan by William Taylor

High over his head a gigantic eagle was wheeling and circling, floating upon the air, now darting down towards him, and then again shooting upwards, sporting, as it seemed, with an anticipated prey.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various