Safe in the crowd he ever scorn'd to wait, And sought for glory in the jaws of fate: Perhaps that noble heat has cost his breath, Now quench'd for ever in the arms of death.
— from The Iliad by Homer

After all, there was nothing remarkable in that, or of sufficient importance to cause his exclamations, save, of course, their proximity to himself.
— from A Boy of the Dominion: A Tale of Canadian Immigration by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

Without the heart to speak, he helped his friend to collect his luggage, and when they were fairly started in the cab he even smiled feebly in reply to the boy’s sallies.
— from The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch by Talbot Baines Reed

All the while von Mitter sat in the chair, his eyes shut and his lips closed tightly.
— from The Puppet Crown by Harold MacGrath

We may be pretty sure, if the carver had ever seen a griffin, he would have reported of him as doing something else than that with his feet.
— from Modern Painters, Volume 3 (of 5) by John Ruskin

"Why can't it ever snow in this country?" he exclaimed suddenly.
— from Jimmy, Lucy, and All by Sophie May