Certainly Lady Lisa might stand as the embodiment of the old fancy, the symbol of the modern idea.
— from The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater

But at least let me send you-- Nora .
— from A Doll's House : a play by Henrik Ibsen

But after all that’s better than one of us being short and fat and the other tall and lean, like Morgan Sloane and his wife.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

right a comb of pearl to part The lists of such a board as youth gone out Had left in ashes: then he spoke and said, Not looking at her, 'Who are wise in love Love most, say least,' and Vivien answered quick, 'I saw the little elf-god eyeless once In Arthur's arras hall at Camelot: But neither eyes nor tongue—O stupid child!
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

His distressing corpulence, his broad fat face, the extraordinary movements of his arms and legs, which he managed to make look like mere stumps, drove my passionate Senta to despair.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

Interpuso lentamente la mano sobre la cual el trigo caía en clara cascada, y así la tuvo mucho tiempo.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

no le gustaran un poco, y aun un mucho, las lindas muchachas, su buen tío le creería perfecto.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

She concluded with many good wishes that Lady Lucas might soon be equally fortunate, though evidently and triumphantly believing there was no chance of it.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

“March to the ladder, lads,” Martyn said, “but don’t begin to climb it till we join you.
— from In Greek Waters: A Story of the Grecian War of Independence by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

There was not a cloud to be seen in the sky of deep azure, and in the distance the hills and woods were enwrapped in a delicate haze, so that the whole landscape looked more solemn and mysterious.
— from Seldwyla Folks: Three Singular Tales by Gottfried Keller

The Inventive Indian, J said, "Some Jam, if spread on bread, J was a jackdaw J was a jug, J was once a jar of jam, J was some Apple Jam, The Judicious Jubilant Jay, K said, "A Kangaroo is here,— K was a great new Kite; K was a kingfisher: K was a kite K was once a little kite, The Kicking Kangaroo, King and Queen of the Pelicans we; L said, "A Lamp pray keep alight, L was a fine new Lamp; L was a light L was a lily, L was once a little lark, The Lively Learned Lobster, M said, "A Mulberry or two M was a dish of mince; M was a man, M was a mill M was once a little mouse, The Melodious Meritorious Mouse, Mr. and Mrs. Discobbolos N said, "Some Nuts, if rolled about, N was a net N was a Nut that grew N was a nut
— from Nonsense Books by Edward Lear

Lord Lovel might say what he pleased.
— from Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope

“If you like, Lord Moyne,” said Conroy, “we’ll put you under arrest and then nobody will be able to hold you responsible afterwards for anything that happens.
— from The Red Hand of Ulster by George A. Birmingham

On the other hand, the idle have invented many of the delinquencies imputed to her since her separation, just as they have told absurd stories about her fantastical habits; and have made her out a sort of literary Lola Montes, swaggering and smoking in man's attire, and brandishing pistol and horsewhip with virile energy and effect.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 397, November 1848 by Various