By afternoon Amory realized that now the newest arrivals were taking him for an upper classman, and he tried conscientiously to look both pleasantly blasé and casually critical, which was as near as he could analyze the prevalent facial expression.
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald

Master led the way to a large hotel on the other side, and as soon as the hostler came, he said, “James, I must now hasten to your mistress; I trust the horses entirely to you, order whatever you think is needed,” and with that he was gone.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

All the souls had now chosen their lives, and they went in the order of their choice to Lachesis, who sent with them the genius whom they had severally chosen, to be the guardian of their lives and the fulfiller of the choice: this genius led the souls first to Clotho, and drew them within the revolution of the spindle impelled by her hand, thus ratifying the destiny of each; and then, when they were fastened to this, carried them to Atropos, who spun the threads and made them irreversible, whence without turning round they passed beneath the throne of Necessity; and when they had all passed, they marched on in a scorching heat to the plain of Forgetfulness, which was a barren waste destitute of trees and verdure; and then towards evening they encamped by the river of Unmindfulness, whose water no vessel can hold; of this they were all obliged to drink a certain quantity, and those who were not saved by wisdom drank more than was necessary; and each one as he drank forgot all things.
— from The Republic by Plato

Yonder comes news; a wager- they have met. LARTIUS.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

There is a place (If ancient and prophetic fame in Heav'n Err not) another World, the happy seat Of som new Race call'd Man, about this time To be created like to us, though less In power and excellence, but favour'd more 350 Of him who rules above; so was his will Pronounc'd among the Gods, and by an Oath, That shook Heav'ns whol circumference, confirm'd.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

One can easily imagine the tumult which must have arisen in a numerous assembly when the hot wine and other fermented drinks, such as beer, &c., had excited every one to the highest pitch of unchecked merriment.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

They nodded assent with the head.
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

I never knew a man take his death so patiently as this friar; he was ready to leap off ere the halter was about his neck; and, when the hangman had put on his hempen tippet, he made such haste to his prayers, as if he had had another cure to serve.
— from The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe

She had time for all her preparations, for the bringing the stranger to the house was a work of some difficulty, and not accomplished without the help of one of the hired men about the farm.
— from The Letter of Credit by Susan Warner

My chief object, therefore, as Professor of Comparative 19 Philology at Oxford, will be to treat the classical languages under that new aspect which they have assumed, as viewed by the microscope of Curtius and Corssen, rather than by the telescope of Bopp, Pott, and Benfey.
— from Chips from a German Workshop, Volume 4 Essays Chiefly on the Science of Language by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

He was thinking of these trout now and wishing that he had brought along his fishing-rod.
— from The Adventures of Paddy Beaver by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

From thence they stated the distance to be only one day's voyage with the current to the lake whose water is nauseous, and where they had heard that great canoes came two winters ago, and that the people belonging to them, brought great quantities of goods and built houses.
— from Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793. Vol. II by Alexander Mackenzie

Not a word that he said was understood, but the address seemed to be of a friendly nature, and the chief held up some cocoa-nuts and yams as if to show his desire to trade.
— from Maori and Settler: A Story of The New Zealand War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

A question now arose, whether to halt for a while, or push on towards Delhi.
— from The History of the Indian Revolt and of the Expeditions to Persia, China and Japan, 1856-7-8 by George Dodd

And sitting by the covered fire, he went back to Christmases gone, the thought of all others that brought her nearest and warmest to him: since he was a boy they had been together on that day.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Indeed, if he did not actually welcome them he greeted them with scorn, and in scorning went far to master them.
— from The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Then came the messenger's call that night, and within the hour I was at Olaf Jansen's bungalow.
— from The Smoky God; Or, A Voyage to the Inner World by Willis George Emerson