The visits to the church were festive occasions, but among the fisherman's house one was especially looked forward to; this was, in fact, the visit of the brother of Jurgen's foster-mother, the eel-breeder from Fjaltring, near Bovbjerg.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

"I'm in favor of breaking new ground tomorrow, Doc," he observed with energy, looking across at his employer.
— from The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood

Gwen reached home so spent and exhausted with her long tramp through the snow, that she had only wits enough left wearily to thank Mr. Rawlins for his escort, and to stumble in at the front door.
— from The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story by Angela Brazil

[57] The word faith points, no doubt, to 'coming by hearing,' and has possibly a reminiscence, for Paul, of his not having with his own waking eyes, like the original disciples, seen Jesus, and of his special mission being to Gentiles who had not seen Jesus either.
— from St. Paul and Protestantism, with an Essay on Puritanism and the Church of England by Matthew Arnold

Her heart had begun to warm at once to this poor, pale, eager-looking little woman, who had had the doubtful happiness of winning Ernest Le Breton’s love.
— from Philistia by Grant Allen

White yaks' tails hung from beneath the embroidered saddle-cover on both sides, and his head, encased in a headstall of white enamelled leather and silver, topped with tall aigrettes, was tied down by an embroidered scarf to give his neck the requisite curve."
— from Peeps at Many Lands—India by John Finnemore

I feebly attempted to imagine what a herd of wild elephants looked like.
— from The Gland Stealers by Bertram Gayton

Approaching the town the roads were camouflaged with burlap curtains hanging on wires every little way, so that it was impossible to see down the streets very far in either direction.
— from The War Romance of the Salvation Army by Grace Livingston Hill

One man after another had come into her life, passing across the field of her mental vision when it was most susceptible to impression, each influencing her life in his own way, each loving her in his own way, each claiming her love.
— from The Grey Lady by Henry Seton Merriman

Sybil’s body hung fastened to her own with entwining limbs ...
— from Honeycomb: Pilgrimage, Volume 3 by Dorothy M. (Dorothy Miller) Richardson

And so it proved, for there are now few happier homes than the cheerful, hospitable household over which Emily Lewis presides.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVII, No. 3, September 1850 by Various