He put his mouth on hers, and slowly, slowly the response came, gathering force and passion, till it seemed to him she was thundering at him till he could bear no more.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

But Heracles by the might of his arms pulled the weary rowers along all together, and made the strong-knit timbers of the ship to quiver.
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius

The bridge of Menbigz, or Hierapolis, at the distance of four parasangs from the city. ——- Djisr Manbedj is the same with the ancient Zeugma.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Cortes upon this gave them out of our poverty a cup, of Florentine workmanship, gilt and surrounded with a quantity of relieved foliage, besides those shirts made of holland, and other things; all these were to be presented to Motecusuma, and he desired them to take his answer to him.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

His attitude on this point struck me as strangely liberal in a man of his age.
— from Dubliners by James Joyce

No matter how much an individual knows as a matter of hearsay and information, if he has not attitudes and habits of this sort, he is not intellectually educated.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

Now I consider those who would prevent the birth of the passions almost as foolish as those who would destroy them, and those who think this has been my object hitherto are greatly mistaken.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Needs and priorities also differ by department and person, for example depending on whether a user is the president, a marketing manager, product manager, sales man, or has a position in finance or production.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

He discovers in his daughter a fine nature, plenty of intelligence, and so much feeling, that he hesitates for a time whether he shall apply his efforts to checking its development, or to cultivating it—in the first case, he would turn Claire into a semi-idiot in order not to let her passions become too strong for her happiness, and in the second, he might make of her an artist capable of the most splendid impulses and the noblest fulfilment.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet by Louis Guimbaud

“You are a man of honor, and I accept.”
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Had he taken the trouble to read the book he would have found that it was the history of a youth who was turned out into the world at an early age by the death of his parents; that it described the trials and temptations that fell to his lot, and told how he made a man of himself at last.
— from Guy Harris, the Runaway by Harry Castlemon

With extreme difficulty Bernardo Tasso managed to make his escape to Ravenna, with nothing left him but the manuscript of his Amadigi .
— from Roman Mosaics; Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Hugh Macmillan

The young man, on his arrival, received a cordial welcome from all the competitors for the honours of the day, and, among the village maidens, many a bright eye beamed with a tender but modest delight on his manly form, shown to advantage in the national costume.
— from Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Thomas Forester

The man opened his agonized eyes, saw that splendid blazing face close to his own, and shook his head loyally.
— from The Pirate Woman by Aylward Edward Dingle

the Cæsar, Superb, Spencer, Venerable, and Audacious, to attack an enemy with six fresh ships, of which number two mounted one hundred and twelve guns each, one of ninety, and three of seventy-four, in addition to the three French ships we had already engaged, and their prize, the Hannibal.
— from Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir

Baïla fell backward with a movement of horror, and the pacha, with unbounded impassibility, replaced his pistol in his belt.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVII, No. 4, October 1850 by Various

So these policemen went out to the shack, and they recognized Luke by a mole on his arm.
— from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting

Gaspero Next, he contracted With the Illustrious Princess, the Lady Erota , In hope of marriage with her, to deliver All the Venetian gallantry, and strength, Upon their first arrival, to the mercy Of her and Candy .
— from The Laws of Candy Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) by John Fletcher