It was a very strange thing, and not at all what she had ever read in any book, that they should twice have fallen in with unkind people.
— from Little Folks (September 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

Even then, the authority of leaders, which under such circumstances may be able to make men act or speak, hardly ever reaches the extent of making them keep silence.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

" She paused, as if she had expected Robert to speak; but he stood silent and motionless, waiting for the end.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

She was safely down, and instantly, to show her enjoyment, ran up the steps to be jumped down again.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen

I have nothing to say,” her eyes replied.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Some have even reached the point where they find difficulty in getting people to accept their money; and I know of no better indication of the ethical awakening in this country than the increasing tendency to scrutinize the methods of money-making.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

“It’s not his own tale he is telling,” he muttered as though to himself, and suddenly his eyes rested on Raskolnikov again.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I only know that she calls herself Henriette, that she must be a Frenchwoman, that she is as gentle as a turtledove, that she has evidently received a good education, and that she enjoys good health.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Nevertheless, her assurance, or rather confidence, increased my curiosity, and I felt that she had every reason to hope, if she were young and handsome.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Captain: You should have either read the message to James or had him read it.
— from Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss

She had every respect for Sir James.
— from The Midnight Guest: A Detective Story by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White

As he spoke his eyes rested a moment on Jim, then he proceeded, “but I saw that they were not all of the same breed, so I had the scum booted and brought these boys home to you because I feel sure that the men who assaulted them would not be satisfied with the outcome of the combat.”
— from Airplane Boys at Platinum River by E. J. (Edith Janice) Craine

Even the author of the Zohar - that Bible of the Kabbalah, which under cover of false authority exercised so lasting an influence upon Judaism - whether or not he was Moses of Leon (about 1250-1305) used for his exegesis the commentary of Rashi, without, of course, mentioning it by name, and sometimes he even reproduced it word for word.
— from Rashi by Maurice Liber

Nekhludoff sat on the arm of the seat, his elbow resting on the back, laughing.
— from The Awakening (The Resurrection) by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

She felt herself at a disadvantage, and was angry with herself that it should be so, in that house of all places in the world, where she had every right to hold up her head, and they had surely reason to be ashamed of themselves.
— from Fated to Be Free: A Novel by Jean Ingelow

Ricciardo, seeing her enter, rose joyfully to his feet and catching her in his arms, said softly, 'Welcome, my soul!'
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

Had I been obtrusive, I knew I should have encountered rebuff.
— from Shirley by Charlotte Brontë

[2]: p. 11 beg. demùm sunt hæc : English Roman.
— from The Early Oxford Press A Bibliography of Printing and Publishing at Oxford, '1468'-1640; With Notes, Appendixes and Illustrations by Falconer Madan

There, by their united energies, which had been fostered in solitary studies and deepest musings they won for themselves the proudest throne upon which the sun has ever risen; a throne which in power and splendor eclipsed all that had been told of Roman, or Persian, or Egyptian greatness.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various