She had entirely forgotten Foxhall Clifford.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Twice more, on new occasions, does the Chatelet launch its writ; and twice more in vain: the body of Danton cannot be seized by Chatelet; he unseized, should he even fly for a season, shall behold the Chatelet itself flung into limbo.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

[pg 437] Next on his sons his erring fury falls, Polites, Paris, Agathon, he calls; His threats Deiphobus and Dius hear, Hippothous, Pammon, Helenes the seer, And generous Antiphon: for yet these nine Survived, sad relics of his numerous line.
— from The Iliad by Homer

The Marquise de Rochefide, nee Beatrix Maximilienne-Rose de Casteran, was the younger daughter of a Marquis de Casteran who wished to marry off both his daughters without dowries, and thus save his entire fortune for his son, the Comte de Casteran.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

Extra facilities—please tell them they shall have extra facilities, for I shall have no agents’ fees.
— from A Room with a View by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

Candid reasons of childhood, which do not, however, succeed in making us worldlings comprehend the felicity of holding a holy water sprinkler in one’s hand and standing for hours together singing hard enough for four in front of a reading-desk.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

All the tenderness she had ever felt for Valancourt, was recalled by the sense of his danger; and the more she considered the subject, the more her conviction strengthened, that it was he, who had visited the gardens, for the purpose of soothing the misery of disappointed affection, amidst the scenes of his former happiness.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

A wave of impetuous anguish, as sharp and passionate as any she had ever felt for her own misfortunes, swept over her soul at the spectacle of the man's helplessness.
— from The Village Watch-Tower by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

answered captain Snipes, his eyes flashing fire; "shame!
— from The Life of General Francis Marion by M. L. (Mason Locke) Weems

“Mr Varne,” she said, her eyes fixed full upon his face.
— from The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford

There was silence a moment—Neiswanger looking at his neat fingernails, Bryce Carter smoking, and smiling slightly as he always smiled, Stout leaning back casually scanning his eyes from face to face.
— from The Man Who Staked the Stars by Katherine MacLean

The return of the Rev. S. E. Meech in April 1886 set him entirely free from mission work in the capital.
— from James Gilmour of Mongolia: His diaries, letters, and reports by James Gilmour

After a judicial separation has existed for five years either of the parties may petition the court to enlarge the decree of separation into a decree of absolute divorce.
— from Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose

If she had ever faced facts, this alone might have opened her eyes also; but she was too good a woman, too helplessly bound by her woman's cult of love, to disassociate it from friendship.
— from The Hosts of the Lord by Flora Annie Webster Steel