Only two years ago she was a romping girl, and now she's this!
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

6 The go-between said she was a respectable girl, and would never allow herself to be seen; however, it was arranged that they should go to the house together, and await a good opportunity.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

"Thus fell," says Howie, in the "Scots Worthies," "a renowned Gordon, a gentleman of good parts and endowments; a man devoted unto religion and godliness, and a prime supporter of the Presbyterian interest in that part of the country where he lived."
— from Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Third Edition) by Samuel Rutherford

She made no attempt to put into words the argument her look conveyed, but rose from her seat with a rapid glance at her watch.
— from The Fruit of the Tree by Edith Wharton

Lucien passed the small lantern to Flaggan, whose hard good-humoured features were for a few seconds suffused with a ruddy glow as he put the light close to it, and drew the flame vigorously into the bowl of his very black little pipe.
— from The Pirate City: An Algerine Tale by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

99 CHAPTER XVII A REVELATION As Pee-wee turned from the mail slot he saw Warde and Roy gazing at a very antiquated bulletin board such as one seldom sees elsewhere than in a country post office.
— from Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

These nuts are then hermetically sealed with a resinous gum, and the vegetable fragrance of their green rind soon imparts to the oil a delightful odour.
— from Typee: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville

He spoke, wrote, and read Greek and Latin with fluency, and was well informed in the Hebrew tongue; and yet he was scarcely conscious of the fact that under his father's wise and careful training he had been a student almost from his infancy, so steadily, easily, and gradually, had he progressed in the acquisition of knowledge.
— from Arius the Libyan: A Romance of the Primitive Church by Nathan C. (Nathan Chapman) Kouns

The cantinière was elegantly dressed in her Zouave uniform, ready for starting to the trenches: she wore a red gown, and trousers of the same material, a jacket like that worn by the men, and a red fez cap with a long tassel.
— from Soyer's Culinary Campaign: Being Historical Reminiscences of the Late War. With The Plain Art of Cookery for Military and Civil Institutions by Alexis Soyer

Why should we enter a charge against him, because he hath not tempered us so strong in our bodies, drawn us with as fair colors, embellished our spirits with as rich gifts as others?
— from The Existence and Attributes of God, Volumes 1 and 2 by Stephen Charnock

Like the Lady in “The Sensitive Plant,” she walked a ruling grace about the garden of the Channel House, and nursed the daffodils and narcissi and tulips with tender hands.
— from Stella Maris by William John Locke