Much suspicion may exist without that connexion."
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

And all day long Shines, bright and strong, Astart� within the sky, While ever to her dear Eulalie upturns her matron eye— While ever to her young Eulalie upturns her violet eye.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

This last argument had more weight with him than all the rest, and prevailed upon him to repair with me to the cockpit, which I no sooner entered, than the idea of my departed friend presented itself to my remembrance, and filled my eyes with tears.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Suddenly my ear, which leaned accidentally against the wall, appeared to catch, as it were, the faintest echo of a sound.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

] ‘Mr. Ernest Worthing, B. 4, The Albany, W.’ Uncle Jack’s brother!
— from The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Oscar Wilde

If the whole evidence was that he attempted to cross a level track, which was visible for half a mile each way, and on which no engine was in sight, no court would allow a jury to find negligence.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

But he assented at last, to the proposition to let the sloop John Adams drop down abreast of the city after certain repairs, to lie off there for moral effect, which afterward actually occurred.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

She bows coldly to Mrs. Erlynne , who bows to her sweetly in turn , and sails into the room .]
— from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde

At first I thought of my old friend the widow, who I knew was honest, and would be just to me; but then she was in years, and but poor, and, for aught I knew, might be in debt: so that, in a word, I had no way but to go back to England myself and take my effects with me.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

He sent spies out upon the upper ridges, and also southwards into the Fjords; and he proceeded north to meet Eirik with his men.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

I'm talking to you in the most extraordinary way—I'm always talking to you in the most extraordinary way, ain't I?
— from What Maisie Knew by Henry James

As I turned into the path my eye was caught by a wide cone of light which came from the window of the room in which I had left his Grace of Borthwicke.
— from Nancy Stair: A Novel by Elinor Macartney Lane

N.B. as there has been several who have imposed upon this country in telling that they were printers; I engage myself that if my colours be not as good and as lasting as any that comes from Europe, to satisfy my employers with all charges or damages that shall be justly laid against me.
— from Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony by George Francis Dow

Then Pherocles, a good mechanic, Seiz'd with a Preston-pan-ish panic, Ran stoutly; which Merion eyeing, With his rough broomstick shot him flying.
— from A Burlesque Translation of Homer by Bridges, Thomas, active 1759-1775

The first is that various metals expand while solidifying, and therefore would float.
— from Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 1 of 3 Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions. by Herbert Spencer

I have to acknowledge the courtesy of Mr. Henry Jewitt, Mr. E. Wiseman, Messrs. Harper, and Messrs. Cassell & Co., in allowing their illustrations to appear in this work.
— from Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by W. F. (William Francis) Dawson

"And so I came round to the unpleasant conviction that while Mrs. Evans was silently awaiting my repudiation of the whole thing, her husband was expecting me to use my eloquence to persuade his wife to let him invest.
— from Captain Macedoine's Daughter by William McFee

While thus engaged, my eyes were ever fixed anxiously upon the street, in the hope that Jerome might pursue his plan of watching the house, and I would catch sight of him.
— from The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV by Harris Dickson

But the intelligence that your last letter contains, of the misunderstanding arising between you and the King of Cyprus, and your fear that war may ensue, will compel me to abandon my tour to the Cataracts, and return to Tyre, unless the next courier brings more pacific news.
— from The Pillar of Fire; or, Israel in Bondage by J. H. (Joseph Holt) Ingraham