Thus while the busy dame bustled about the house or plied her spinning-wheel at one end of the piazza, honest Balt would sit smoking his evening pipe at the other, watching the achievements of a little wooden warrior who, armed with a sword in each hand, was most valiantly fighting the wind on the pinnacle of the barn.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

What striking difference do you find between his early poems and those of Shelley and Byron?
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

At which words he withdrew, the parson interposing to prevent the squire from stopping him, in which he easily prevailed, as the other, though he made some efforts for the purpose, did not seem very violently bent on success.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Thus, while the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel at one end of the piazza, honest Balt would sit smoking his evening pipe at the other, watching the achievements of a little wooden warrior, who, armed with a sword in each hand, was most valiantly fighting the wind on the pinnacle of the barn.
— from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

All in good time Hugo strolled off to a neighbouring village with his prey; and the two drifted slowly up and down one street after another, the one watching sharply for a sure chance to achieve his evil purpose, and the other watching as sharply for a chance to dart away and get free of his infamous captivity for ever.
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

Its relations with the plays of his earlier periods are therefore of especial interest.
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson

And him Argus, helpless in his evil plight, addressed: "That one Phrixus an Aeolid reached Aea from Hellas you yourselves have clearly heard ere this, I trow; Phrixus, who came to the city of Aeetes, bestriding a ram, which Hermes had made all gold; and the fleece ye may see even now.
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius

All this was at present unknown to her, and she could only console herself with the recollection that the Times would have every particular about the ordinations whenever they took place, and Henry Halford's name was sure to be mentioned if he were among the candidates.
— from Englefield Grange; or, Mary Armstrong's Troubles by Paull, H. B., Mrs.

He had enjoyed posing as the only man who could pet that beautiful wild animal, but he had no desire to be within reach when the royal beauty learned of the indignity which had been put upon him.
— from Scott Burton on the Range by Edward G. (Edward Gheen) Cheyney

he said, while he laid his enormous paw as tenderly on the young man's forehead as Mary might have done.
— from Inchbracken: The Story of a Fama Clamosa by Robert Cleland

One day, as they were chatting o'er their wine, Fair Janko said unto his faithful friend: "My wife has keener eyes than any man's, And sharper wits besides; our sex is dull; No man has ever played a trick on her."
— from The Pobratim: A Slav Novel by P. Jones

I have everywhere protested against this outrage and urged the women to demand that the railway companies should give them separate cars, with no smoking allowed.... Leamington , October 1.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

Mr. Lane quieted his excited partner and turned once more to Jack.
— from Jack Haydon's Quest by John Finnemore