"Oh! A child!" says Mr. Guppy, throwing on the admiring Mrs. Snagsby the regular acute professional eye which is thrown on British jurymen.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

The absence of a settled succession law leads (as in Muslim States) to rebellions and plots.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

Thus, it was with a magic rod that Moses struck the rock and pure water gushed forth, and he raised the same rod and the Red Sea opened; kings hold their sceptres no less than Neptune his trident; popes and bishops have their croziers; in the Roman Church there are little wand-like objects used to perform benedictions; high civil officials have their mace of office; and all the world over there are the wands of magicians and of medicine-men.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

At last, after the train was already in motion, she turned round and put two shillings into his hand.
— from The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson

The machinery was scarcely in position when a fire destroyed the factory and its contents, leaving the owners, in the midst of the hard times of 1837, bankrupt in nearly everything but courage, reputation, and a determination to succeed, which enabled them, after many struggles, to rebuild and proceed in a small way with their business.
— from Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men by Various

Opposite to the place where the canoes were drawn up, and apparently only a hundred yards distant though really more than a mile away, were the snow-capped mountain steeps that rise almost perpendicularly 175 from two to three thousand feet out of the lake; and for these he made, gradually becoming a mere twinkling speck till he faded out of sight from the tent.
— from Three in Norway, by Two of Them by Walter J. Clutterbuck

As the revival of Jewish Christianity, it was sure to occur sooner or later; once the thought and knowledge of Europe awakened from their medieval slumber, the revolt against Paganism was bound to begin.
— from The Origin and Development of Christian Dogma: An essay in the science of history by Charles A. H. Tuthill

If I failed to find what we had a right to expect, and if the just claims of our country assumed unexpected proportions, [Pg 90] it was not because I would bear hard on England, but because I wish most sincerely to remove all possibility of strife between our two countries; and it is evident that this can be done only by first ascertaining the nature and extent of difference.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 17 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

"By means of that fawn-coloured mantle trimmed with black lace." "Your mantle?" said Torry, recollecting a previous conversation with Maria.
— from The Red-headed Man by Fergus Hume

The inhabitants of the bleak and inhospitable regions of the Alps desire, mighty sir, to remain at peace with all their neighbours, and to enjoy the government they have chosen, as best fitted to their condition and habits, leaving all other states and countries to their free-will in the same respects.
— from Anne of Geierstein; Or, The Maiden of the Mist. Volume 2 (of 2) by Walter Scott

I had too much spirit to risk a public snub of that kind, so I stayed where I was.
— from Love Among the Lions: A Matrimonial Experience by F. Anstey

Mollie turned round in some wonder to see what she meant, and the next minute she turned red and pale with admiring amazement.
— from Vagabondia 1884 by Frances Hodgson Burnett