But, in the lapse of time, her wishes in regard to certain minor legacies, left to different relatives, had undergone some modification; and it became necessary to add three or four Codicils to the original document.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

For an instant Gertrude’s eyes grew narrow as she glanced from one to the other; then she recovered her usual sweet manner, as she turned to Judithe: “Pardon me, I fancied you two had met.
— from The Bondwoman by Marah Ellis Ryan

Dinah raised herself up still more at these words, and turned her eyes in the direction of the raging flames on the north side of the river; and only then was she able to realize something of the terrible magnitude of that great conflagration.
— from The Sign of the Red Cross: A Tale of Old London by Evelyn Everett-Green

Meadows cursed the intruder, and his own evil star that had raised him up so malignant an enemy.
— from It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade

Mr. Sumner then withdrew his substitute, remarking that he did so because the original resolution had undergone such modification as to be in substantial harmony with the resolutions introduced by him.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 12 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

She raised herself up still more, and her domino, drawn more closely behind, outlined the curve of her figure, the development of her hips.
— from The Rush for the Spoil (La Curée): A Realistic Novel by Émile Zola

The worthy knight recovered his usual spirits; Mistress Alice her composure; and Katharine Heywood, having much secret content and thankfulness at heart, looked like some gracious angel of peace and goodness.
— from The Broken Font: A Story of the Civil War, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Moyle Sherer