Mashenka looked round her room with wondering eyes, and, unable to understand it, not knowing what to think, shrugged her shoulders, and turned cold with dismay.
— from The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Mother La Roque had risen to a sitting posture and now remained weeping, with her hands clasped over her face.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

" Alluding to the friendly attitude he assumed toward the church and Christianity during the war, this article concludes: "If the churches had grown cold—if the Christians had taken a stand aloof—that instant the Union would have perished; Mr. Lincoln regulated his religious manifestations accordingly.
— from Abraham Lincoln: Was He a Christian? by John E. (John Eleazer) Remsburg

Jacquet, a man of modern liberty, returned home reflecting on the benefits of arbitrary power.
— from The Thirteen by Honoré de Balzac

On the night of February 2nd, Mr. Lincoln reached Hampton Roads, and joined Secretary Seward on board a steamer anchored off the shore.
— from Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals by John Alexander Logan

Mrs. Lathrop resumed her rocking and relapsed into silence.
— from Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs by Anne Warner

I, again, was an only child, so it has always been by Edmées that the de Valmonts have been remembered, till now, when my little Roger has revived the old Valmont name.
— from The Little Old Portrait by Mrs. Molesworth

The system, artificial as it was, produced permanent settlement of considerable strength and great tenacity, which, under a more liberal régime, has resulted in the French-speaking Canadian people of the present day.
— from A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Vol. V Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood, Sir

Mrs. Le Roy had recognized her, too.
— from Laurel Vane; or, The Girls' Conspiracy by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.

The man looked round; he ran lamely,—a thick, burly figure, a haggard face.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

He was informed to get some ID and come back and get paid, and as Mr. Lewis recalled he returned about 1 hour later with Navy ID card and a library card and was paid a small amount with this ID and after payment made, party left the office.
— from Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission