Where her opinions and sentiments tallied with mine, it was her extreme good sense, her exquisite taste and feeling, that delighted me; where they differed, it was still her uncompromising boldness in the avowal or defence of that difference, her earnestness and keenness, that piqued my fancy: and even when she angered me by her unkind words or looks, and her uncharitable conclusions respecting me, it only made me the more dissatisfied with myself for having so unfavourably impressed her, and the more desirous to vindicate my character and disposition in her eyes, and, if possible, to win her esteem.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

This vegetable comes into the market early in the summer and may be had until late in the fall.
— from Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

The person in whose behalf the admiral thus interposed, was one Fortunatus Wright, a native of Liverpool; who, though a stranger to a sea life, had in the last war equipped a privateer, and distinguished himself in such a manner by his uncommon vigilance and valour, that, if he had been indulged with a command suitable to his genius, he would have deserved as honourable a place in the annals of the navy, as that which the French have bostowed upon their boasted Guai Trouin, Du Bart, and Thurot.
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II. by T. (Tobias) Smollett

When Horace Bradford drove homeward the afternoon of the fête, he was in a brown study, having no realization of time or place until the wise horse turned in at the barnyard gate, and after standing a moment by his usual hitching post, looked over his shoulder and gave a whinny to attract his master's attention.
— from People of the Whirlpool From The Experience Book of a Commuter's Wife by Mabel Osgood Wright

He then pledged his dying comrade in a draught, and was soon afterwards met by his uncle.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

That seems to give her sort of a jolt and for a second she stares at me, bitin' her upper lip.
— from Torchy and Vee by Sewell Ford

Emmeline held up her doll to see its shadow, and Mr Button held up his pipe.
— from The Blue Lagoon: A Romance by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole

I went for the ruffian who had struck at me, bashed him under the chin hard enough to send him staggering back tripping into the gutter, and was ready for number three.
— from The Man Without a Memory by Arthur W. Marchmont

" He then pledged his dying comrade in a draught, and was soon afterwards met by his uncle.
— from History of the United Netherlands, 1586c by John Lothrop Motley