She did not always feel so absolutely satisfied with herself, so entirely convinced that her opinions were right and her adversary's wrong, as Mr. Knightley.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

Anne was of two minds whether to have her cry out then and there, or wait till she was safely in her own white room at home.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

In order to convict him of audacity in this, the Fiscal General employs two different grounds: partly, Count Struensee's impudence in mixing himself up, though a physician, in affairs of state, and in abolishing the council, whence disorder in the affairs, oppression of the nation and the nobility, and a decrease of the prosperity of the capital, are said to have emanated: partly, that the power which he obtained was royal, as he formed resolutions, and signed in the king's name, and had it in his power to lay before the king the objections sent in against the cabinet decrees, or not to do so, which is said to be opposed to articles
— from Life and Times of Her Majesty Caroline Matilda, Vol. 2 (of 3) Queen of Denmark and Norway, and Sister of H. M. George III. of England by Wraxall, Lascelles, Sir

The grass was soft and mossy, a hedge of wild roses and honeysuckle grew on either side, and the red light of the sunset streamed through the tall trees above.
— from Granny's Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne

He begged them to give him two loaded Colt revolvers, and with these and his own weapon ready at hand, he prepared to sell his life dearly.
— from The Children's Story of the War Volume 4 (of 10) The Story of the Year 1915 by Edward Parrott

His offenses were recited and he was told that he had brought upon himself the suspicion of heresy, and was liable to the penalties thereof—imprisonment or death.
— from A New Witness for God (Volume 1 of 3) by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

With the battle o’er, the victory won, And hope beaming brightly to cheer him on; With riches and honors and fame replete, He seeks but to lay them down at thy feet, E’er trusting and honoring thee, his pride, Asking only the bliss to be at thy side.
— from Canadian Battlefields, and Other Poems by J. R. (John Richardson) Wilkinson

He has his own wire rope, and his own basket, by which he sends his stuff to the surface to be washed.
— from The Life of Froude by Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield) Paul

Two or three hours of welcome rest are here employed in dinner and finishing the broken morning's nap.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

He [Pg 11] had on two revolvers; his overshirt was red, and he wore a sailor's necktie.
— from The Border and the Buffalo: An Untold Story of the Southwest Plains The Bloody Border of Missouri and Kansas. The Story of the Slaughter of the Buffalo. Westward among the Big Game and Wild Tribes. A Story of Mountain and Plain by John R. Cook

[Pg 11] II THE CHIEF MOURNER Jasper Musk remained some minutes at the grave, alone, and more than ever a mark for curious eyes; his own were raised, and his lips moved with a significance difficult to mistake, but in him yet more difficult to accept.
— from Peccavi by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung