Her sufferings had told their tale upon her thin pale face, which, though it had lost all its freshness, had acquired a new and more ethereal kind of be
— from The Pobratim: A Slav Novel by P. Jones

exclaimed Nicholas, as Manners eagerly kissed the maiden's blushing cheek.
— from Heiress of Haddon by W. E. (William Elliott) Doubleday

Mason and Barling had introduced him into gay company, and, fascinated with a new and more exciting kind of life, he was fast forming associations and acquiring habits of a dangerous character.
— from Woman's Trials; Or, Tales and Sketches from the Life around Us by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

When therefore, we see this imitated in any measure, it gives us a nobler and more exalted kind of Pleasure than what we receive from the nicer and more accurate Productions of Art.
— from The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 With Translations and Index for the Series by Steele, Richard, Sir

When, therefore, we see this imitated in any measure, it gives us a nobler and more exalted kind of pleasure, than what we receive from the nicer and more accurate productions of art.
— from Romance: Two Lectures by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir

English, German, French, Russian, and Japanese navy and military experts know exactly the men and equipment we possess.
— from Defenseless America by Hudson Maxim

Of what that initiation consists no one not a member ever knows, and no member will ever tell.
— from Frank Merriwell's Reward by Burt L. Standish

Napoleon's egotism and love of self was of a far nobler and more elevated kind, though founded on similar motives—just as the wings of the eagle, who soars into the regions of the sun, move on the same principles with those which cannot bear the dunghill fowl over the pales of the poultry-yard.
— from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume V. by Walter Scott

Pinocchio, standing on the top of a high rock, kept calling to his father by name, and making every kind of signal to him with his hands, his handkerchief, and his cap.
— from Pinocchio: The Tale of a Puppet by Carlo Collodi