He also declares that Mrs Piper, who was perfectly aware of the watch kept upon her, never showed the least displeasure, and thought it quite natural.
— from Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research by Michael Sage

In a moment, scowling to keep up her nerve, she was pushing through the standers-by right out into the Avenue; and feeling like a public sight, she tried quickly to get into line.
— from His Second Wife by Ernest Poole

One day, when Keith had sneaked into the kitchen uninvited, he noticed something unusual going on in the fire-place.
— from The Soul of a Child by Edwin Björkman

“I have a letter from Dean Swift,” says Arbuthnot in September; “he keeps up his noble spirit, and though like a man knocked down, you may behold him still with a stern countenance and aiming a blow at his adversaries.”
— from Swift by Leslie Stephen

“Too much—too much,” said Colonel Sutherland, resting his hand kindly upon his nephew’s shoulder.
— from The House on the Moor, v. 1/3 by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

"Bob" rocked backward and kicked up her neatly shod feet; she hugged herself and snickered with a malicious enjoyment not wholly Christian-like.
— from Flowing Gold by Rex Beach

When the enemy would set traps for us, Forrest would invariably discover them and shell the ambush out and keep up his nagging, sleep-destroying pursuit day and night.
— from Recollections of Thomas D. Duncan, a Confederate Soldier by Thomas D. Duncan

To the stranger they are open and kind, universally hospitable, never scrutinizing his whole man to learn from his manner or dress whether he comes as a gentleman or a sharper, or whether he promises from appearance to be of value to them pecuniarily in a trade.
— from The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by W. H. (William Henry) Sparks