He was probably about fifty years of age, his shoulders cringed a little as he talked, and his eyes, small and crafty, shifted unceasingly.
— from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

She coloured a little, and dropping her eyes, began nervously fingering her slender gold chain.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

This Wolf recalls another to my mind— A friend who found Fate more unkind— Caught in a neater way, you'll see; He perished—here's the history: A peasant dwelt in a lone farm; The Wolf, his watch intent to keep, Saw in and out, not tearing harm, Slim calves and lambs, and old fat sheep, And regiment of turkeys strutting out; In fact, good fare was spread about.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

Yet the Savannah crossed, and laughed at him.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation Including Some Strictures Upon the Theories of Rev. Henry L. Mansel and Mr. Herbert Spencer by Jesse Henry Jones

At first the Celts not knowing anything about the presence of Gaius Atilius, but supposing from what was taking place, that the cavalry of Aemilius had outmarched them in the night, and were seizing the points of vantage in the van of their route, immediately detached some cavalry and light armed infantry to dispute the possession of this eminence.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Assuming Phoenix' shape on earth she falls, And in his well-known voice to Sparta calls: "And lies Achilles' friend, beloved by all, A prey to dogs beneath the Trojan wall?
— from The Iliad by Homer

That gay St. Cloud another lord awaited, Or that in scenes Le Nôtre's art created
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

shouted the student, crying, and looking angrily at his mother.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

3. The Mayor and City Council of Savannah will continue to exercise their functions, and will, in concert with the commanding officer of the post and the chief-quartermaster, see that the fire-companies are kept in organization, the streets cleaned and lighted, and keep up a good understanding between the citizens and soldiers.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

A letter from the sovereigns came at last, addressed to "Don Cristobal Colon, Admiral of the Ocean Sea and Viceroy of the Indies," which probably Amerigo himself perused—with what a sickening of heart may be imagined—for it contained a memorandum from the sovereigns referring to the equipment of a second expedition, and his firm received the contract.
— from Amerigo Vespucci by Frederick A. (Frederick Albion) Ober

he said, casting a look at me: I had begun to wipe the plate, and tidy some drawers at the far end in the dresser.
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

To protect yourself against him, you create a class of persons who are sworn to the service of the club and the revolver; a set of spies; a set whose business it is to deal constantly with these unhappy beings, who in rare instances are softened thereby, but in the majority of cases become hardened to their work as butchers to the use of the knife; a set whose business it is to serve cell and lock and key; and lastly, the lowest infamy of all, the hangman.
— from Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre by Voltairine De Cleyre

Such a straightforward champion as Lord Ashley was a source of embarrassment to these gentlemen, to be met by evasion rather than direct opposition.
— from Victorian Worthies: Sixteen Biographies by George Henry Blore

The other children will look as bewildered, while the subject of remark will instantly stop crying, and look around for sympathy; but meeting nothing but suspicion in the faces of all, will instinctively flee to its mother, who as instinctively clasps it to her bosom, quieting its terrors, as a mother only can, with the lullaby, “Hush nae, hush nae, dinna fret ye; The black Tinkler winna get ye.”
— from A History of the Gipsies: with Specimens of the Gipsy Language by Walter Simson

Contrast, for instance, your supineness about the Oregon Territory, with your alacrity to establish, for guarding the slave coast and Liberia, a squadron costing $600,000 annually, and which you have bound yourself by treaty to keep up for five years, with great exposure of lives and vessels.
— from Thirty Years' View (Vol. 2 of 2) or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850 by Thomas Hart Benton

He fought against his steadily-strengthening convictions as long as he could, but his judgment and good sense at last won the day.
— from The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volume 3 (of 4) by John Charles Dent

Like a ray of sunshine she came, and like a ray of sunshine she went away.
— from Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House by Elizabeth Keckley