Her brother went to Staningley to attend the funeral, and told me, upon his return, that she was still there, endeavouring to cheer her aunt with her presence, and likely to remain some time.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

Take it by and large, that spread laid everything far and away in the shade that ever that crowd had seen before.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

Spilett then explained to Cyrus Harding that he thought he ought first of all to stop the hemorrhage, but not close the two wounds, or cause their immediate cicatrization, for there had been internal perforation, and the suppuration must not be allowed to accumulate in the chest.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

They saw through Hannibal’s purpose in thus acting,—which was at once to get a large supply of money, and at the same time to take away all enthusiasm from the troops opposed to him, by showing that even the conquered had a hope of getting safe home again.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

As they struggle to escape, the concealed hunters rush out and despatch them.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

It was the first care of Andronicus to occupy the palace, to salute the emperor, to confine his mother, to punish her minister, and to restore the public order and tranquillity.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

When Brandonia's brother had come into the house and found [Pg 179] his father and sister sick through eating the cake, he suspected foul play and rushed at Gian Battista and at Aldo who was also there, and threatened them with his sword; but before he could harm them he fell down in a fit, his hand having been arrested by Providence.
— from Jerome Cardan: A Biographical Study by W. G. (William George) Waters

The three men stood motionless, as the wireless man sent the Eiffel Tower call hurtling across the Atlantic: "ETA—ETA—ETA."
— from The Man Who Rocked the Earth by Arthur Cheney Train

They also stated that they wished to express their regret that the Emperor could not receive them at the capital, for his own population was so unruly, that, should they enter the city, he could not answer for their safety.
— from Famous Discoverers and Explores of America Their Voyages, Battles, and Hardships in Traversing and Conquering the Unknown Territories of a New World by Charles H. L. (Charles Haven Ladd) Johnston

Harold’s object was nominally to obtain the release of his nephews held prisoners by William, but it is supposed that Edward the Confessor had his own reasons for sending him into William’s power, as he feared Harold, and really desired William to be his heir in England.
— from Normandy by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton

So then Evans, to comfort him, took his hand and shook it several times in his hard palm, and said: “Good-night.
— from It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade

More poignant still to ears that could hear was the tremulous voice of the octogenarian King of Naples, warning Pope and Moro, again and again, of the peril clear to the terrible prevision of the dying— He who will may begin a war, but stop it, no!
— from The Story of Milan by Ella Noyes

Incidently he had seen them on their way to visit Jack, and the lateness of the hour combined with the direction in which they were going, aroused his curiosity to such a degree that he followed them at a distance, and having seen them enter the cabin, his suspicious nature was at once on the alert.
— from The Award of Justice; Or, Told in the Rockies: A Pen Picture of the West by A. Maynard (Anna Maynard) Barbour

So they entered that city hand in hand, the future all before them.
— from The Nine-Tenths by James Oppenheim

When the Indians saw the execution the captain had done amongst them, one of them pointed a dart which hit him on the right hand, and passed right through it.
— from The War of Chupas by Pedro de Cieza de León