So straightway Allan took up his harp in his hand, and, without more asking, touched the strings lightly till they all rang sweetly, then he sang thus: " Gentle river, gentle river, Bright thy crystal waters flow, Sliding where the aspens shiver, Gliding where the lilies blow, "Singing over pebbled shallows, Kissing blossoms bending low, Breaking 'neath the dipping swallows, Purpling where the breezes blow.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

The people, kept back by Louvieres, had not made another step forward; but the awful murmuring, which indicates an angry people, continued.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

But it is done now.' 'Maharanee,' Kim began, but led by the look in her eye, changed it to the title of plain love—'Mother, I owe my life to thee.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

I will remain The loyal'st husband that did e'er plight troth; My residence in Rome at one Philario's, Who to my father was a friend, to me Known but by letter; thither write, my queen,
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

“No,” said Kitty, blushing, but looking at him all the more boldly with her truthful eyes; “a girl may be so circumstanced that she cannot live in the family without humiliation, while she herself....”
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

George E. Crater, Jr., writes: Margin trading on the New York Stock Exchange is the most dangerous and destructive form of gambling known, because, being "legal" and therefore "respectable," it allures hundreds of thousands of people who would never think of risking their money at "faro," "rouge-et-noir," "roulette," or any of the other games of chance.
— from My Adventures with Your Money by George Graham Rice

ON THE KENAI PENINSULA THE GREAT KADIAC BEAR BROUGHT LOW ARTHUR YOUNG OUTWITS THE ALASKA BIGHORN Hunting with the Bow and Arrow
— from Hunting with the Bow & Arrow by Saxton T. (Saxton Temple) Pope

"Yes, it looks like it, but we shall know better before long," said the latter.
— from The Heart of a Mystery by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight

Two fine rifles, cartridges, bags of sugar and coffee, cases of trading gear—store-clothing, cheap knives, blankets, beads, looking-glasses, powder, lead, and other rich and rare things which were being got out for purposes of trading and with a view to re-settling the contents of the waggon after the confusion of a long trek.
— from From Veldt Camp Fires by H. A. (Henry Anderson) Bryden

Straightway Ralph came forth from the bushes with his drawn sword in his hand, and even therewith what with the two knights being both low upon the earth, what with the woman herself coming from out the shadow of the oak boughs, and turning her toward Ralph, he saw her clearly, and stood staring and amazed—for lo!
— from The Well at the World's End: A Tale by William Morris

The first centre of the revolt of the disinherited was at Kenilworth, but before long the younger Simon abandoned the castle to join a numerous band which had found a more secure retreat in the isle of Axholme, amidst the marshes of the lower Trent.
— from The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by T. F. (Thomas Frederick) Tout

Now and then, in his zeal to manifest and impart his knowledge, he would forget himself, and stray beyond the prescribed bounds, into the ring,—to the lashing resentment of its comptroller, Mr. William Soames; who, after some hints of a practical nature, to "keep back," began laying about him with indiscriminate and unmitigable vivacity,—the Peripatetic signifying to his pupil,—"My eyes!
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various