Sir William staid only a week at Hunsford; but his visit was long enough to convince him of his daughter's being most comfortably settled, and of her possessing such a husband and such a neighbour as were not often met with.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The reason was simply this, that in the first instance I understood nothing of these things and their importance for domestic comfort, whilst in the latter ease they came home to me with irresistible urgency, and vividly took possession of my fancy.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Mrs. Carrol, worn out with the long effort to conceal her secret cross, broke down entirely under this last blow, and besought Christie to tell Bella all that she must know.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

He wrote and kept reading aloud what was written, while Vasilisa considered what she ought to write: how great had been their want the year before, how their corn had not lasted even till Christmas, how they had to sell their cow.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Negotiations of this character could not be kept wholly secret, and Pitt learned enough to convince him that Spain was becoming hostile in intention.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

They get upon a horse when only four or five years old, their little legs not long enough to come half way over his sides; and may almost be said to keep on him until they have grown to him.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

“Just so madame,” replied Chatillon, in so low a voice that though the two friends were listening eagerly they could hardly hear this affirmation.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

To this day in transatlantic communities, it is realized only to a limited extent that Canada has a spring, summer and autumn as well as a winter, and that her skies wear an aspect not always gloomy and inhospitable.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

H2 anchor Chapter 30 Sir William stayed only a week at Hunsford, but his visit was long enough to convince him of his daughter's being most comfortably settled, and of her possessing such a husband and such a neighbour as were not often met with.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

And then the door burst open and Nick Chopper rushed into their midst and caught the Scarecrow in a close and loving embrace that creased him into many folds and wrinkles.
— from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

Upon this murder follows a lying excuse to cover his awful sin.
— from Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 1: Luther on the Creation by Martin Luther

Above the mixers were the measuring [Page 395] hoppers set in the floor of a platform which was large enough to carry half a day's supply of cement.
— from Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158 by James H. Brace

And he was hidden from the eyes of the living, ere Tatoka could have thrice counted over the fingers of her hand.
— from Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by James Athearn Jones

Sometimes he would be [Pg 46] at the very height of exaltation, and sometimes in the lowest depths of despair; there were periods of wild ambition, when he was determined to have the world at his feet, but they never lasted long enough to carry him through the whole of an opera.
— from The Girls of St. Cyprian's: A Tale of School Life by Angela Brazil

Before this was half accomplished it became necessary to suspend reloading and attend to the customer by changing his neck from the foot to the hand, in order to keep him long enough to cut his throat.
— from The Squirrel Hunters of Ohio; or, Glimpses of Pioneer Life by N. E. (Nelson Edward) Jones

He stayed long enough to concern himself in a dispute of his townspeople with the Dominicans over titles to lands; then finding his efforts vain and his safety doubtful, he left for Japan.
— from An Eagle Flight: A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

That Anne was charming and loving enough to chain him anywhere was true; but he had begun to find the mill-work terribly irksome at times.
— from The Trumpet-Major by Thomas Hardy

There I saw him in the end of December, fresh and keen as ever, aware that the most he could hope for was to live long enough to complete his Conquest , but eagerly reading every new book that came to him from England, starting schemes for various historical treatises sufficient to fill three life-times, and ranging in talk over the whole field of politics, literature, and history.
— from Studies in Contemporary Biography by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

Sometimes Runga was absent for a few days on business with his chief at Wakin-Keyra; sometimes he went with a large escort to collect his dues or blackmail in the district west of his own territory; and whenever he did go, he provided liberally for his guests during his absence, and they had rations of flour, pulse, ghee, and vegetables direct from the house, with which the Lady Keysama did not interfere.
— from A Noble Queen: A Romance of Indian History (Volume 2 of 3) by Meadows Taylor