In the Civil War that had preceded, young Roome (he was then nineteen) had distinguished himself as a conspicuous hero of the Sixth Army Corps, having entered the service as a second lieutenant in the Sixty-fifth New York Volunteers.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

He shuddered and closed his eyes; there she was, pitifully dead of a wound in the breast.
— from The Forest Lovers by Maurice Hewlett

The warm blaze seems to draw out his whole soul, and causes his eyes to sparkle with delight.
— from The Gorilla Hunters by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Equipped with hammer, chisel, microscope, spectroscope and crucibles, he essayed the solution, undismayed by memories of his classics, of Sisyphus and Tantalus; seeing only the nodding poppies, the gilded primroses of his dancing goddess.
— from At the Mercy of Tiberius by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

Meg was satisfied, and closed her eyes to sleep.
— from Mother-Meg; or, The Story of Dickie's Attic by Catharine Shaw

Its evanescent triumphs, when compared with those of letters, painting, or sculpture, have often been lamented; Cibber is eloquently pathetic on the subject, and Campbell has expressed the sentiment in a memorable stanza.
— from The Collector Essays on Books, Newspapers, Pictures, Inns, Authors, Doctors, Holidays, Actors, Preachers by Henry T. (Henry Theodore) Tuckerman

It is not easy to see how this solution alone could have enabled the Supreme Council to establish normal conditions and tranquillity in the land.
— from The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon

Will you dare to tear a maiden from it whose only sin is that she, a Christian, has escaped the Saracens by whom she was stolen?
— from The Brethren by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

Anxious to hear and see a little more before he ventured into such a company, he endeavoured to shift his position for one more convenient to his purpose; but in this attempt he nearly, precipitated himself through the window.
— from Walladmor, Vol. 2 (of 2) "Freely Translated into German from the English of Sir Walter Scott." And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. by Willibald Alexis

The Deacon was there, of course, hobbling on his thin shanks, and cocking his eye to see everything that happened.
— from The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown