Because she was embarrassed and lonely she worked constantly at her studies.
— from Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson

In 1797, appeared the last book published during Casanova’s lifetime, a small work entitled: ‘A Leonard Snetlage, docteur en droit de l’Universite de Goettingue, Jacques Casanova, docteur en droit de l’Universite de Padoue’.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

On this occasion she was somehow less pleased; she was even a little startled.
— from Tales of two people by Anthony Hope

Evidently as she was executing a loop she struck the water with very little speed in a vertical direction.
— from The Dreadnought of the Air by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

She didn't know why she wanted to do this; she was even a little surprised at herself, as she had been surprised when, that night on the mountain, "to save Maurice," she had, instinctively, done one sensible thing after another.
— from The Vehement Flame by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland

Fishes that lie upon the sandy bottom are sand-coloured, like soles and plaice, in other orders we find the same hues in shrimps and crabs, and a common species on our shores ( Carcinus mænas ) has, just behind the eyes, a little light irregular patch, so like the shell fragments around that when it hides in the sand, with eyes and light spot alone showing, it is impossible to distinguish it.
— from Colouration in Animals and Plants by Alfred Tylor

Fleda was struck, was even a little startled with the way Mrs. Gereth had turned this over—had faced, if indeed only to recognize its futility, the notion of a battle with her only son.
— from The Spoils of Poynton by Henry James

She is still, at the advanced age of eighty-four, lingering among us as a relic of a people precious in our memory; and should there be a surplus after paying 16 the expenses of publishing this work, if still living, she will enjoy a liberal share thereof.
— from A Relic of the Revolution by Charles Herbert

She worked early and late; she seemed to have gained new strength and courage instead of being crushed down by this new burden.
— from Veronica by Johanna Spyri

But, if she was extravagant and luxurious, she was also generous; and, in spite of the cruel caprices which had marked her life, she always gave tokens of a naturally kind heart.
— from Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag by George T. (George Titus) Ferris