Ah when, my brother, shall I hear That voice that rang so soft and clear, When, sweetly smiling as she spoke, From her dear lips gay laughter broke?
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

There were pears and apples, clustered high in blooming pyramids; there were bunches of grapes, made, in the shopkeepers’ benevolence to dangle from conspicuous hooks, that people’s mouths might water gratis as they passed; there were piles of filberts, mossy and brown, recalling, in their fragrance, ancient walks among the woods, and pleasant shufflings ankle deep through withered leaves; there were Norfolk Biffins, squat and swarthy, setting off the yellow of the oranges and lemons, and, in the great compactness of their juicy persons, urgently entreating and beseeching to be carried home in paper bags and eaten after dinner.
— from A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens

And her mingled anger, shame, and sorrow so blinded her to the circumstances in which she stood, that she walked quietly up to Lady Caroline and Alicia Stone in Beaminster High Street, and did not think of hiding her escapade at all.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

As soon as she saw him she seized his hand; her own hands were moist and icy cold.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

"She would be a very foolish woman if she suffered herself to be influenced by any such absurdity," she said.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Now there came a great number of priests, and Levites, and porters, and sacred singers, and sacred servants to Esdras.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Freshness and geniality of the soul are so subtle and pervading that they will, at some eye or mouth corner, leak out.
— from Cheerfulness as a Life Power by Orison Swett Marden

Finding his ammunition rapidly giving out, the captain of the "Lexington" clapped on all sail, and soon showed his crippled (p. 053) antagonist a clean pair of heels.
— from The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot

"Sixteen pounds, sixteen shillings, and sixpence, sir," replied Patrol-leader Peter Stratton of the 1st Milford Sea Scouts.
— from Sea Scouts All: How the "Olivette" was won by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

She also stood still, and the man wheeled round and looked full in her direction.
— from A Sister of the Red Cross: A Tale of the South African War by L. T. Meade

They had left their sheep alone, so Steve made them leave their dinner and go back to their bands, while he stayed to make sure they did not return.
— from A Tenderfoot Bride: Tales from an Old Ranch by Clarice E. Richards

Norma buried her husband's big hand in sand, and sifted sand through her slender fingers; sometimes she looked with her far-away look far out across the gently rocking ocean, and sometimes she brought her blue eyes gravely to his.
— from The Beloved Woman by Kathleen Thompson Norris

As to Saint-Germain, I do not know what became of it; but I have been assured that, since my departure, it has been seized with the spleen and simply shakes with agony.
— from My Memoirs, Vol. VI, 1832 to 1833 by Alexandre Dumas