“Fie, sir” said la Gaillefontaine.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

Pierre stopped laughing, got up, went farther away from the inquisitive man, and looked around him.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

She, like glimmering gossamer, seemed to burn among them, as they rose like cold fires to the silvery-bluish air.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

While dreaming and chattering, making tiny outfits, and baby clothes, while sewing little gowns, and corsages and bodices, the child grows into a young girl, the young girl into a big girl, the big girl into a woman.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

— N. vigor, power, force; boldness, raciness &c. adj.; intellectual, force; spirit, point, antithesis, piquance, piquancy; verve, glow, fire, warmth; strong language; gravity, sententiousness; elevation, loftiness, sublimity.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

señor lord, gentleman, Mr., sir, master; before other titles, nouns of kinship, etc., untr., but expressing respect; —— mio sir.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Up, and all day in some little gruntings of pain, as I used to have from winde, arising I think from my fasting so long, and want of exercise, and I think going so hot in clothes, the weather being hot, and the same clothes I wore all winter.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

"A few rags of chiffon, a cup and bare legs, I suppose," Lady Garribardine retorted not unkindly, as her niece sat upon the bed.
— from The Career of Katherine Bush by Elinor Glyn

Fruit medium and sometimes larger, globular-turbinate, generally very regular, clear olive-green, covered with large, fawn dots intermingled with brownish patches; flesh yellowish-white, semi-melting, semi-fine, seldom gritty; juice sufficient, sprightly, saccharine but occasionally acid, with some perfume; second for dessert, first for cooking; Feb. to Apr. Bergamotte de Coloma.
— from The Pears of New York by U. P. Hedrick

[Pg 251] with our thanksgivings, for our Sovereign Lord George , set over us by thy good providence to be our King: and so, together with him, bless all the Royal Family, that they, ever trusting in thy goodness, protected by thy power, and crowned with thy favour, may continue before thee in health and peace, in joy and honour, a long and happy life upon earth, and after death may obtain everlasting life and glory in the kingdom of heaven, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Saviour; who with thee, O Father, and the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end.
— from Coronation Anecdotes by Giles Gossip

And several lower grades passed before one came to Connie Fox and her type, poor, pushing, ambitious, watching every chance to score even the tiniest progress toward the goal of social recognition.
— from Saturday's Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris

There were some large grey cloaks spread upon the ground beneath them, to protect them apparently from the damp of the ground; and standing near, leaning on a musket, apparently as a guard over them, was one of the same fraternity that appeared by the side of the fire.
— from The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants. Volumes I-III by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

That's a challenge to the Almighty, if He likes to take it—" She laughed gently, with tears in her eyes.
— from Captivity by Leonora Eyles

A stout little German, with great silver spectacles, sat behind a counter containing numerous jars of white powders labelled concisely, Lach., Led., Onis., Op., Puls., etc., while behind him were shelves filled with bottles of what looked like minute white shot.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

Our river wears still the rare blue, But its sparkle seems somehow less gay; It confides me this greeting for you— Many Happy Returns of the Day!
— from In Divers Tones by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir

The effect of these is to inhibit the growth and development of bacteria, and they have therefore an injurious influence on the special lactifying germs it is our object to cultivate.
— from The Bacillus of Long Life A Manual of the Preparation and Souring of Milk for Dietary Purposes, Together with an Historical Account of the Use of Fermented Milks, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, and Their Wonderful Effect in the Prolonging of Human Existence by Loudon M. Douglas