Her sister's earnest, though gentle persuasion, however, soon softened her to compliance, and Elinor saw her lay her aching head on the pillow, and as she hoped, in a way to get some quiet rest before she left her.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Giving pain to any creature weaker than himself seems to be his one idea of amusement, and he shows quite remarkable talent in planning the capture of mice, little birds, and insects.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

They all had a listless and dreary air of waiting somebody's pleasure, and the most talkative of the ladies had to speak quite rigidly to repress a yawn.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

[Pg 56] This last thrust pleased her so much that she quite recovered her temper.
— from Bliss, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

It may be supposed I asked the question; but I have since passed twenty years at Paris, and certainly know that city, yet was the same question repeated at this day, I should be equally embarrassed to answer it, and from this embarrassment it might be concluded I had never been there: thus, even when we meet with truths, we are subject to build our opinions on circumstances, which may easily deceive us.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

‘Such a bloodless cur!’ said Quilp, rubbing his hands very slowly, and pressing them tight together.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

" "Then I will put thee on the right track mine own self," quoth Robin, and, taking the Sheriff's horse by the bridle rein, he led him into the main forest path.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

In William Mason's Memories of a Musical Life is a letter sent to the American pianist, bearing date of December 14, 1854, in which the writer, Liszt, says, "Quite recently I have written a long symphony in three parts, called Faust [without text or vocal parts] in which the horrible measures 7-8, 7-4, 5-4 alternate with common time and 3-4."
— from Franz Liszt by James Huneker

[261] Here follows a sentence which I am unable to translate: 'Superbia deinde conductorum canonicos solidos non ordine traditos, sed sub iniquo pondere imminentibus fuisse projectos nec universam siliquam quam reddere consueverant solemniter intulisse.'
— from The Letters of Cassiodorus Being a Condensed Translation of the Variae Epistolae of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Senator Cassiodorus

Perhaps he had accepted her escort in hopes of deferring the evil hour, for he seemed discomfited to see her so quickly ready, and not grateful to his sisters, who hurried them by saying that Mr. Bowles would be gone out upon his rounds.
— from The Young Step-Mother; Or, A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

I was so startled 91 and surprised that for the space of a minute I sat quietly returning his stare.
— from Across Patagonia by Dixie, Florence, Lady

“You’re right, Antony,” he said; “quite right.
— from The Story of Antony Grace by George Manville Fenn

Is cum iratus ad mortem duci iussisset militem, quasi interfecisset commilitonem, cum quo egressus erat e castris et sine quo redierat, roganti tempus aliquod ad conquirendum non dedit.
— from Selections from Viri Romae by C. F. L'Homond

‘I thought it was somebody else,’ said Quilp, rubbing his shoulders, ‘why didn’t you say who you were?’ ‘Why didn’t you say who you were?’ returned Dick, ‘instead of flying out of the house like a Bedlamite?’
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

"Well, that's over now," Uncle Philip said, quite relieved when Kathy came back with the news.
— from Maezli: A Story of the Swiss Valleys by Johanna Spyri

"Dinner won't seem quite right with your chair vacant.
— from The Colonel of the Red Huzzars by John Reed Scott