Noirtier uttered a kind of hoarse, rattling sound; the old man’s eyes sparkled, and the good doctor understood that he wished to behold his child.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

When he, the king of high renown, Saw that one thought held all the town, Like some tall tree he fell and lay, Whose root the axe has hewn away.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Apart from his superb town mansion in which the king of —— had recently spent the night, and thus conferred on it an enduring honour, he had decorated his chateau at Vergy extremely well.
— from The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830 by Stendhal

“Your offer is a kind one,” he replied, still regarding her with suspicion, for he could not divine the real reason of her visit there, or why she had concealed herself, unless she had done so to learn, if possible, his secret.
— from The Under-Secretary by William Le Queux

At the top he kindled one highest red star, shining down on everything below.
— from The Bride of the Mistletoe by James Lane Allen

Upon the fourth leafe, the first syde in the sixth chapter of S. Mathew, 'Seke ye first the kingdome of heaven,' read, 'Seke ye first the kingdome of God.'" Abhba.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

She mocked the vanity indicated by a dozen pairs of patent-leathers; tested, with a feigned shudder, the keenness of his razors; simulated a furious jealousy at the discovery of a photograph of Réjane upon his [206] dressing-table; rummaged through the cups and plates and glasses in the vitrine ; called him, whimsically, gran'père , mon oncle , and vieux garçon ; laughed, frowned, scolded, teased, and petted; and was, in short, the incarnation of a gay, reckless, toi-et-moi-et-vogue-la-galère femininity.
— from The Transgression of Andrew Vane: A Novel by Guy Wetmore Carryl

When in a passion, he does not say much, it is true; but what he does, comes with a kind of hissing, rushing sound, while the very fire seems to kindle in his look.
— from Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Charles James Lever

When Hammurabi came to the throne he had apparently to recognize the overlordship of the Elamite king or his royal son at Larsa.
— from Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald A. (Donald Alexander) Mackenzie

Now, all of a sudden, as it were, there was this forest of rank verdure, sprung with a kind of hideous rapidity, stifling, overpowering, productive with a teeming, incredible fecundity.
— from The Side Of The Angels: A Novel by Basil King

ROM Róglia, a kind of hard rugged stone to build roughworke.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio