The glare of the cloudless sky and greenless earth seemed to burn all the moisture from her eyes.
— from The Furnace of Gold by Philip Verrill Mighels

But now, alone—apart from all the brightness about her, from every hope of happiness except those few brief hours with Marco—she did not know if it might not be true; her heart was too sad to deny any pain that had been or that might be; but Fra Francesco's sad and gentle eyes seemed to smile upon her through whatever distance might be between them—of this, or of any other world—without reproach for those who had bidden him suffer, and charging her to keep her faith.
— from A Golden Book of Venice by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.

But in the case of speech, the speaker cannot supply any great energy, so that he can disturb the atmosphere only to a very limited distance.
— from The Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion by Charles R. (Charles Robert) Gibson

You have been so long away, perhaps you may not remember how in a well-ordered parish the people are taught to look up to those who are above them——’ ‘But suppose we do not set a good example?’ said the lady, with a languid smile.
— from Lady William by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

'This is sorry news to spoil a gay evening,' said the King; and the Master-General, pulling a comfit box from his vest pocket, toyed with it in his hand as he followed, 'Biron must be ill, indeed, to stay away.
— from The Chevalier d'Auriac by S. (Sidney) Levett Yeats

The national government turns over to the various municipalities a portion of the impost on spirits and grants educational subventions to several municipalities for their primary schools.
— from Santo Domingo: A Country with a Future by Otto Schoenrich

"I'm a scholar, and gentleman enough still to drink at my own expense!"
— from The Tinted Venus: A Farcical Romance by F. Anstey