but unfortunately what men in this world simply know is to see a play, and they don't seem to be able to enjoy the beauties contained in them."
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

Here lay Roger the King in the sternest and plainest of them, under a fretted Gothic canopy.
— from Seekers in Sicily: Being a Quest for Persephone by Jane and Peripatetica by Anne Hoyt

He came up beside her, keeping in the shadow and peering cautiously between the bars.
— from The Pursuit by Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile

I stated to them that the trial of the cause would involve a good deal of labor and time, that in the then state of political excitement, it would be very difficult to obtain a favorable result as the partisans of Mr. Kasson, if they secured a place upon the jury, would hardly give much weight to the testimony that might be produced.
— from Autobiography of Charles Clinton Nourse Prepared for use of Members of the Family by Charles Clinton Nourse

With a shout of exultation, Briggs caught up from [19] a corner a long, smooth stick, with a polished knob carved from a root—one of the clubs known in the Straits as “Penang-lawyers,” by reason of their efficacy in settling disputes.
— from Cursed by George Allan England

He went to his kennels in the snow and picked out his sturdiest dog-team.
— from Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North by Fullerton Leonard Waldo

The less energetic women fell upon their knees in the street, and prayed aloud through the anxious night.
— from History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1604-05 by John Lothrop Motley

Then came a thought that leaped like flame over his being, and an hour later the monks found him, kneeling in the sacred altar place.
— from Giant Hours with Poet Preachers by William L. (William Le Roy) Stidger

Coleman tugged at it to be certain it was secure, then twisted a knob in the side and pulled out a glistening length of pin.
— from The Velvet Glove by Harry Harrison

She knew intuitively that servants and porters and waiters would far rather serve Hyde than her father.
— from Nightfall by Anthony Pryde