Elvira was subject to strong convulsions: It was supposed that, aware of their approach, She had dragged herself to her Daughter's chamber in hopes of assistance; that a sudden access of her fits had seized her, too violent to be resisted by her already enfeebled state of health; and that She had expired ere She had time to reach the medicine which generally relieved her, and which stood upon a shelf in Antonia's room.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

So he employed every spare hour in studying medicine, and it was the night that he was to receive his diploma that my little story begins.
— from Good Luck by L. T. Meade

Through one of the very few sleepless nights she had ever experienced she had thought out an idea which had flashed through her brain while Mrs. Liddell was explaining her difficulties, and which she had carefully kept to herself.
— from A Crooked Path: A Novel by Mrs. Alexander

Now in his pity and misery he could have cried—to see his erstwhile enemy so hopelessly broken in body and spirit.
— from The Luck of the Mounted: A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police by Ralph S. (Ralph Selwood) Kendall

When he caught his breath he said that was the worst shock he ever experienced since he fell off the step ladder last summer.
— from Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 by George W. (George Wilbur) Peck

He continued his cries for assistance, and the suffering he evidently endured showed how real the fancy was to him.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 20, October 1874‐March 1875 by Various