When they saw my eye closed, and badly swollen, they left me.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass

Cornelia Burt had made speeches before, and she made them afterward, to larger and more excited college audiences, but she never held so many hearts in her hand as she did that night.
— from Smith College Stories Ten Stories by Josephine Dodge Daskam by Josephine Daskam Bacon

El Estado, [498] por su parte, no hace mucho por modificar este concepto, antes bien se apresura a confirmarlo tomando
— from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López

First, his purpose of leading a life of perfect and heroic holiness had been put to flight; then followed his purpose of leading a life of holiness of a more easy, comfortable, and bourgeois sort.
— from Pepita Ximenez by Juan Valera

Members evidently carried away by Squire of Malwood's sophistry.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 December 16, 1893 by Various

While I might easily conceive a better set of uncles, aunts, cousins, brothers, and so on, yet Destiny gave me precisely the relatives I need.
— from 21 by Frank Crane

And Pyrrhus, a most experienced captain, and brave soldier, though he entered the city by force, could not keep possession, but was slain himself with a considerable part of his army.
— from Dryden's Works Vol. 08 (of 18) by John Dryden

There were cases full, windows full, counters full, of the most exquisite combs and brushes, some with elaborate monograms in silver and colors, others plain; there were boxes and caskets of every size and shape, ornaments, fans, parasol handles, looking-glasses, frames for pictures large and small, napkin-rings.
— from What Katy Did Next by Susan Coolidge