“He seduced her, and her running away made us suspect the truth, for she had become very stout.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

"He seduced her, and her running away made us suspect the truth, for she had become very stout."
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 01: Childhood by Giacomo Casanova

Those shining words lay up so high, above her reach: a mountain head lifting itself out of the fogs of the valley wherein she dwelt.
— from The Gold of Chickaree by Susan Warner

She hearkened at his ribs and mouth, and there seemed, Nod thought, a little kindness in her ways.
— from The Three Mulla-mulgars by Walter De la Mare

This magnificent order thrilled the loyal hearts of the North with joy; but the President, still halting and hesitating, requested a modification of the order so far as it related to the liberation of slaves.
— from History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams

Here Alfred would spend hour after hour reading aloud “Morte d’Arthur” and other unpublished poems, which his scholarly friend criticized.
— from Tennyson's Life and Poetry: And Mistakes Concerning Tennyson by Eugene Parsons

And this paper he held in his hands was the tail end of her confession—the remains of a document in which in a fit of moral distress she had avowed her remorse and made known the truth."
— from The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales by Pierre Souvestre