His thoughts went far and wide and deeper—until all his earlier writing seemed painfully shallow to him, seemed a mere automatic response of obvious comments to the stimulus of the war's surprise.
— from Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Fox soon recovered himself, and seeing Anthony moving and rising on one hand, he came up to him again and thrust him back, and once more stooping over him, raised the knife.
— from Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

"Before us is the immense pit which, in the day-time, shows only a floor of black lava, looking as smooth as satin; and, miles away, rising out of this floor, are a few slender columns of smoke.
— from St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 by Various

It is a definite attitude of soul and mind, a realization of our own need and of God's sufficiency.
— from Heart Talks by Charles Wesley Naylor

It was a structure of great size and magnificence, and rose out of the water with a flight of marble steps.
— from Venetia by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

I got ready a moment sooner than Dee and I struck a match and read one of the cards Dum had stuck under the little clay brownies: "To Miss Peyton as a parting token of appreciation of her discipline."
— from At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed