He is of such a very easy disposition that probably he would never think it worth-while to mention how he really feels, but he feels languid about the profession.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Numisia, hurrying to the sound of Meffia’s squawk, was horrified at the sight of a dripping Vestal toiling up the steps of the tank carrying over her shoulder another Vestal, equally dripping and limp as a meal-sack, her arms and legs trailing horribly.
— from The Unwilling Vestal by Edward Lucas White

The North Saxons in choosing such a spot for their capital showed a very evident desire to keep in touch with the sea.
— from Stories of the Scottish Border by William Platt

Altogether it was a fairly successful and very enjoyable day; but the four brace scaled only 7¾ lb.
— from Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 85 January to June, 1906 by Various

32 shows (actual size) a very early Dodd head, than which nothing, I think, could be more distressingly ugly.
— from The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. by Henry Saint-George

At the end of the second street, he had occasion to be glad that he did so, for by the small portion of light that was remaining, he saw a very extravagantly dressed personage, with black hair and beard, take hold of Ida Mara by the arm, while a stout man, who was with him, thrust himself in between her and her attendant, seemingly inclined to pick a quarrel with the latter.
— from Arabella Stuart: A Romance from English History by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

“It was,” he says, “a very enjoyable day.
— from The Art of the Bone-Setter: A Testimony and a Vindication by George Matthews Bennett