But your sister does not—I think you said so—she does not consider quite as you do?" "You know her disposition, and may believe how eagerly she would still justify him if she could." He made no answer; and soon afterwards, by the removal of the tea-things, and the arrangement of the card parties, the subject was necessarily dropped.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Having given them good satisfaction I away thence, up and down, wanting a little to see whether I could get Mrs. Burroughes out, but elle being in the shop ego did speak con her much, she could not then go far, and so I took coach and away to Unthanke’s, and there took up my wife and Deb., and to the Park, where, being in a hackney, and they undressed, was ashamed to go into the tour, but went round the park, and so with pleasure home, where Mr. Pelting come and sat and talked late with us, and he being gone, I called Deb.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

But some consolations he must have found even in the conditions of his exile.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Elvira observed, and tried to laugh her out of this childish prejudice: She chid her mildly for encouraging such ungrounded sadness, and warned her how dangerous it was to encourage such ideas.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

At one moment she felt anxious that the servant should remain in the adjoining room, then she changed her mind.
— from The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

And she could hardly make mechanical words to speak to them.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Et erant ita per magicam artem dispositæ, ut quando aliqua regio Romano Imperio rebellis erat, statim imago illius provinciæ vertebat se contra illam; unde tintinnabulum resonabat quod pendebat ad collum; tuncque vates Capitolii qui erant custodes senatui, &c. He mentions an example of the Saxons and Suevi, who, after they had been subdued by Agrippa, again rebelled: tintinnabulum sonuit; sacerdos qui erat in speculo in hebdomada senatoribus nuntiavit: Agrippa marched back and reduced the—Persians, (Anonym.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The son noticed that an expression of profound sorrow suddenly clouded his mother’s face, and he smiled slightly.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The question was, where I could lodge: she consulted her maid on this point—I hardly dared to breathe during the deliberation; but when I heard I was to sleep in the house, I could scarce contain my joy; and saw the little bundle I brought with me carried into my destined apartment with much the same sensations as St. Preux saw his chaise put up at Madam de Wolmar’s.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The poor child had sat in mute amazement, and patiently imitated everything her teacher did; but now the truth began to flash upon her: her intellect began to work: she perceived that here was a way by which she could herself make up a sign of anything that was in her own mind, and show it to another mind; and at once her countenance lighted up with a human expression: it was no longer a dog, or parrot: it was an immortal spirit, eagerly seizing upon a new link of union with other spirits!
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

Had she loved the stern, ambitious man whose closed chamber still chilled her mansion?
— from Tales of the Chesapeake by George Alfred Townsend

If only Harry had told her where he was to be in London, she could have met him there.
— from Sir Harry: A Love Story by Archibald Marshall

After the death of Jane Seymour, Holbein was sent to Flanders by the King, to paint the portrait of the Duchess Dowager of Milan, widow of Francesco Sforza, whom Charles V. had recommended to Henry for a fourth wife, although the German Emperor subsequently changed his mind, and prevented the marriage.
— from Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner

This attachment, combined with a most ludicrous simplicity, closes his mind against every approach of suspicion.
— from Letters from Spain by Joseph Blanco White

She changes her mind again, and pledges herself once more to apply for the Divorce.
— from The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story by Wilkie Collins

His Majesty was at first about to retort with equal anger; but he suddenly changed his mind and turned to John Dough.
— from John Dough and the Cherub by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

At first she spent whole days without eating, but she considered herself more happy than her former companions of the port of Phalerum, or in the district of Estiron, slaves of the masters of the dicteria .
— from Sónnica by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

No one realized this more than Arango, whose years at the Spanish court had made him familiar with the greed of the Spanish government.
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

“Keep up your courage, old fellow,” said Adrian, feeling that at any cost he must prevent the other from giving way to despair, for that would surely cause his muscles to relax, and should this occur the end was certain.
— from The Broncho Rider Boys Along the Border Or, The Hidden Treasure of the Zuni Medicine Man by Frank Fowler