The gallant combatant came well primed by his master the duke as to how he was to bear himself against the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha; being warned that he must on no account slay him, but strive to shirk the first encounter so as to avoid the risk of killing him, as he was sure to do if he met him full tilt.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

She lifted her eyes, and gazed at me, as if doubtful whether she knew me or not, as she had only seen me in domino.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

It excites a strange responsive creeping in my own nerves, and suggests hideous ideas of men dying in prison with the crawling creatures of the dungeon preying on them undisturbed.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

A lady advanced upon the first mention of names and shook hands with the visitor, in a kindly, unaffected manner.
— from The Squatter's Dream: A Story of Australian Life by Rolf Boldrewood

Then he reminded himself how many nameless noises can be heard by the wakeful during the most ordinary night, and shrugging his shoulders, went wearily to bed.
— from The Man Who Knew Too Much by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

“After a few subdued cheers from the assembly, most of whom had never heard of the young man, while the rest had forgotten him, all dispersed, and I was free to seek repose in my own new and sumptuous house.
— from The Mercy of Allah by Hilaire Belloc

By this time, Wing had wormed himself completely into Chuh's confidence, and without even discovering whether Chuh was or was not the [313] actual murderer of Salter Quick (he believed him to be and believed Wong to be the murderer of Noah, at Saltash) he had found out that Chuh was in possession of the pearls and rubies which—though Wing had no knowledge of that—Salter had exhibited to Baubenheimer.
— from Ravensdene Court by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

Aristotle saith that of brimstone that is boisterous and not swiftly pured, but troublous and thick, and of quicksilver, the substance of lead is gendered, and is gendered in mineral places; so of uncleanness of impure brimstone lead hath a manner of neshness, and smircheth his hand that toucheth it.
— from Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century

He screamed at Anuza, calling him "Indian dog," "accursed one," and many other names, and stamped his foot and waved his arms in the air, as though invoking something dreadful on his head.
— from The Land of Bondage: A Romance by John Bloundelle-Burton

So the old man made up his mind that, if the wedding did take place, the miners of New Aberfoyle should have a merry-making at Coal Town, which they would never during their lives forget.
— from The Underground City; Or, The Black Indies (Sometimes Called The Child of the Cavern) by Jules Verne

“You know surely that my mother made over nearly all she had to him?
— from Hathercourt by Mrs. Molesworth

Abbot Macarius was going up to the mountain of Nitria, and sent his disciple on before.
— from The Hermits by Charles Kingsley

Night after night went by sleepless; I was mad one night, and should have poisoned myself if I had not found my scapular.
— from Evelyn Innes by George Moore