His army is a ragged multitude Of hinds and peasants, rude and merciless; Sir Humphrey Stafford and his brother's death Hath given them heart and courage to proceed.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The old butler received them with profound respect and many smiles, and ushered them into the drawing-room, where they were received by the brothers with so much cordiality and kindness that Mrs. Nickleby was quite in a flutter, and had scarcely presence of mind enough, even to patronise Miss La Creevy.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Deniska took the pies resolutely, and, moving some distance away, sat down on the grass with his back to the chaise.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

He walked very fast, avoiding the public road and making short cuts.
— from Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

[On which side is there the most absolute certainty that merit will be properly rewarded and misdeeds summarily punished?] 14.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

I come to you with a smile on my lips and a blessing in my bosom, with my hand upon my mutilated heart and my eyes full of pardon, with my purity restored and my soul redeemed by twenty years of fidelity and love, with my delusions swept away and my faith shining.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet by Louis Guimbaud

A scarf of lively hue carelessly tied about the throat to keep off the morning chill, a prettier ribbon, a more stylish jacket than Miss Ellison
— from A Chance Acquaintance by William Dean Howells

When about two-thirds of the way up, the guide halted the boys to demonstrate a second "whispering gallery," and there he placed Rob and Merritt sixty-five feet apart to enjoy a private conversation!
— from The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico by John Henry Goldfrap

Looked at from this peaceful retreat, its constant excitement and perpetual rush and movement seemed to have lost whatever charm they once had for him.
— from Lucian the dreamer by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

I heard people remark about my strange and unnatural appearance, and I feared I might be taken up for a crazy person, if not for a nun.
— from Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal An Authentic Narrative of the Horrors, Mysteries, and Cruelties of Convent Life by Sarah J. Richardson

But this policy, of balancing opposite parties, required a more steady hand to manage it than that of Edward, and naturally produced faction, and even civil broils, among nobles of such mighty and independent authority.
— from The History of England, Volume I From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 by David Hume

But whilst his reason told him this, his heart yearned to disbelieve it, and his pride refused a meek submission to it.
— from Othmar by Ouida

This bowlder is called "Plymouth Rock," and may still be seen in Plymouth.
— from A Beginner's History by William H. (William Harrison) Mace

At length Caroline accompanied the footman to the scene of the dog-astrophe (you wouldn't call it cat -astrophe, would you?), and "die Tine" was safely lodged in the back-yard here, where, being left alone and not bothered with human solicitude, it presently recovered as many small wits as it ever had, drank voluntarily plenty of water, and gave satisfactory signs of being quite as rational as any lady's little dog need be; but the fräulein protests she will never take "die Tine" out walking again.
— from Records of Later Life by Fanny Kemble