Being taken with a suppression of urine, he resolved, in imitation of Pomponius Atticus, to take himself off by abstinence; and this resolution he executed like an ancient Roman.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

She knew but little of their meeting in Derbyshire, and therefore felt for the awkwardness which must attend her sister, in seeing him almost for the first time after receiving his explanatory letter.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

But sad to tell, not long at Rome Had eloquence like this its home.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

Via bofrato, kiun mi okaze renkontis hieraŭ en la poŝtoficejo, donis al mi vian adreson.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

The girl started, turned round, her eyes lit up with an almost painful flash of a smile, the colour came deeply in her cheeks.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

She raised her eyelids, looked at Quasimodo, then closed them again suddenly, as though terrified by her deliverer.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

From the west end of Fore street lieth Red cross street; from the which cross on the right hand east lieth Beech lane, and reacheth to the White cross street.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

The Loyalist copies from the Upper Canada Herald , published at Kingston, the following paragraph: "Yesterday the old Frontenac , under the care of R. Hamilton, Esq., left Kingston for Niagara, where, we understand, she is to be broken up.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

Beauregard afterward reported his entire loss as ten thousand six hundred and ninety-nine.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Awaking up he rubbed his eyes; looking around, he called a man walking on the road-side to him.
— from The History of the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia by S. J. (Silvanus Jackson) Quinn

She raised her eyes, looking steadfastly upward as she repeated the following portion of God's Word—the sixty-fourth Psalm: "'Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
— from Honest Wullie; and Effie Patterson's Story by Lydia L. Rouse

Caliste did not raise her eyes; Lisette looked round for admiration; whilst Felicie seemed to feel no more than the natural awkwardness of such a situation.
— from The Young Lord, and Other Tales; to which is added Victorine Durocher by Mrs. (Mary Martha) Sherwood

His brother, now speechless, followed him: saw him put Phil aside with a word and a smile; saw him lift Hildegarde lightly into the wagon, and take his seat beside her; saw the girl, her face bright as a flower, leaning forward to say farewell, and the other faces crowding round her, eager, loving, sorrowful; saw handkerchiefs and caps waving, and heard the cries of "Good-by, dear Hilda!
— from Hildegarde's Neighbors by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

"They may have plenty of stuff, and the plan may be as plucky as you like, Joseph," replied his excitable little wife.
— from The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls by L. T. Meade

She could not recall him ever looking her straight in the face.
— from The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure by Arthur Hornblow

So, being left an orphan, [pg 10] he became dependent on his eldest brother, Johann Christoph, Organist at Ohrdruf, 48 from whom he received his earliest lessons on the Clavier.
— from Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work by Johann Nikolaus Forkel

As had often happened before, the memory of it overmastered her with such power that she could not escape it, but recalled his every look and movement.
— from The Complete Short Works of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers