As Ellen gazed upon the little one Whose eye recalled the dove, and then the gleam That morning threw upon her much loved waves, And on the tresses, like the chesnut fringe In full luxuriance, she came forth and stood With such a guileless, and admiring love, That tenderness was won.
— from Papers from Overlook-House by Frederic W. Beasley

A general commotion among the Protestants was the consequence of this measure; a loud outcry was everywhere raised at this violation of the Letter of Majesty; and Count Thurn, animated by revenge, and particularly called upon by his office of defender, showed himself not a little busy in inflaming the minds of the people.
— from The Thirty Years War — Volume 01 by Friedrich Schiller

The plant is a large one, with erect, reddish stems, varying from two to six feet in height; and it flowers from July to September.
— from Field and Woodland Plants by William S. Furneaux

Defenceless and crushed the people lay crying to gods that could not save, turning ever to new gods in strange despair, the national state far worse than when Cushan's army held the land or when Eglon ruled from the City of Palm Trees.
— from The Expositor's Bible: Judges and Ruth by Robert A. (Robert Alexander) Watson

Tom Calder, as was said of him, was the man to get work out of a crew, and where he led others were ever ready to follow.
— from Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War by William Henry Giles Kingston

There was no answer, for, standing erect before him, Miss Muir regarded him with an expression of proud patience, like one who expected reproaches, yet was too generous to resent them.
— from Behind a Mask; or, a Woman's Power by Louisa May Alcott

The deep devotion, not of the barons and the military chiefs alone, who bled in defence of her cause, but of the ladies, the pages, the chamberlains of her court, nay, of the very grooms and servitors, with whom she could have held no intercourse beyond a 311 smile or inclination of the head, in return for their lowly obeisance, was ever ready for the proof, when circumstances might demand its exercise.
— from The Knights of England, France, and Scotland by Henry William Herbert

He hesitated, pen in hand, for some time; made T—— repeat and explain the puzzling word; and at last only with evident reluctance inscribed it in the church books.
— from Home Life on an Ostrich Farm by Martin, Annie, Mrs.

These questions appear to be on a different plane from religion and religious discussion; they look outward, while essentially religion looks inward to the soul, and, given the necessary temperament, it is possible to approach them in an unbiassed manner from almost any starting-point of religious profession.
— from Mankind in the Making by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells