“Ah!” said Rostopchín, hurriedly turning away his eyes from the young man in the fur-lined coat and pointing to the bottom step of the porch.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

In Henchard's somewhat lonely life he evidently found the young man as desirable for comradeship as he was useful for consultations.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

The lady and gentleman of whom you are so rudely unaware, happen to be Mr. and Mrs. Worldly, and you have entirely forgotten that you are a hostess, and furthermore that you have the whole evening, beginning at supper, when you can talk to these friends of yours!
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

"Heaven and the immortal gods," he exclaimed, "forbid that you should leave my house to go on board of a ship.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

Telimena perceived that his first sight of Zosia had made a great impression on him; she did not guess all, but she seemed rather distracted as she entertained the guests, and did not take her eyes from the young man.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

“Yes, always,” she replied, without knowing what she said, for her thoughts had wandered far from the subject, as soon afterwards appeared by her suddenly exclaiming, “I remember hearing you once say, Mr. Darcy, that you hardly ever forgave, that your resentment once created was unappeasable.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

"Yes, always," she replied, without knowing what she said, for her thoughts had wandered far from the subject, as soon afterwards appeared by her suddenly exclaiming, "I remember hearing you once say, Mr. Darcy, that you hardly ever forgave, that your resentment once created was unappeasable.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Mr. Lewis made no remonstrance when he saw how his eyes followed the young man.
— from The Sheep-Stealers by Violet Jacob

To be prepared for instant war had been his effort for three years, and when that time came France found herself nearly as well prepared for the conflict as was Germany, which had prepared for twenty-five years.
— from Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller

He could not take his eyes from the youthful phenomenon.
— from A Man Four-Square by William MacLeod Raine

The baker’s shop at No. 44, “A l’Industrie,” claims to have existed from the year 1679.
— from Historic Paris by Jetta Sophia Wolff

Partly from offended pride, on not being himself sought for by the envoy, and partly to disguise from Massoni the jealousy he always felt on the score of Cardinal York’s superior rank, Caraffa protested that the tidings had no interest for him whatever; that any sentiments he entertained for the young Chevalier were simply such as a sincere pity suggested; that he never heard of a cause so utterly hopeless; that even if powerful allies were willing and ready to sustain his pretensions, the young man’s own defects of character would defeat their views; that, from all he could hear—for of himself he owned to know nothing—Gerald was the last man in Europe to lead an enterprise which required great daring and continual resources, and, in fact, none could be his partisan save from a sense of deep compassion.
— from Gerald Fitzgerald, the Chevalier: A Novel by Charles James Lever

It sets forth with a reasonable degree of fulness the views that I have entertained for three years in regard to President McKinley's policy in the acquisition and control of the islands in the Caribbean Sea and in the Pacific Ocean, and it presents a history of my relations to political movements through a long half century.
— from Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 by George S. (George Sewall) Boutwell

Indeed, there was alteration in the absence of the blue and gold, and, still more, in the loss of the lightsome, hopeful expression from the young face.
— from Chantry House by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Gottskowski did not personally manage the manufactory, but placed it under the management of the Commissioner Grunenger, which led to his employment from the year 1763 to 1786 as the head of the royal porcelain manufactory at Berlin.
— from The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods by William Chaffers

A truck farm or a small country place near town, which may have either fallen to you by inheritance or which you may have purchased, or which you have for kennels or for your horses, can also be used for entertaining.
— from The Complete Bachelor: Manners for Men by Walter Germain

Neville drooped suddenly, as he replied in a lowered voice: ‘I am not hardy enough for that, yet.
— from The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens