Upon the king's passing into a law the famous Six Articles, which went nearly again to establish the essential tenets of the Romish creed, Cranmer shone forth with all the lustre of a Christian patriot, in resisting the doctrines they contained, and in which he was supported by the bishops of Sarum, Worcester, Ely, and Rochester, the two former of whom resigned their bishoprics.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

Now then, late in 1702 Spain was expecting a rich convoy, which France ventured to escort with a fleet of twenty–three vessels under the command of Admiral de Chateau–Renault, because by that time the allied navies were roving the Atlantic.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

Rostóv from a distance saw with envy and remorse how von Toll spoke long and warmly to the Emperor and how the Emperor, evidently weeping, covered his eyes with his hand and pressed von Toll’s hand.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

SINGER'S "WORMWOOD;" embracing a restoration of the Author's reply, mutilated in "N OTES AND Q UERIES ," No. 72.; with a Note on the Monk of Bury; and a Reading of Shakespeare's Sonnet cxi., "supplementary to the Commentators."
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

This learned stranger was exemplary as regarded at least the outward forms of a religious life; and early after his arrival, had chosen for his spiritual guide the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Has any one fancied he could sit at last under some due authority, and rest satisfied with explanations, and realize, and be content and full?
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

Mordaunt followed the carriage, and when he had watched it drive beneath the sombre arches he went and stationed himself under a wall over which the shadow was extended, and remained motionless, amidst the moldings of Jean Goujon, like a bas-relievo, representing an equestrian statue.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

Now of the five children which Herod had by Mariamne, two of them were daughters, and three were sons; and the youngest of these sons was educated at Rome, and there died; but
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

The old man’s breast swelled with emotion, and raising his hand to heaven,— “Was I wrong, or in the right?” he murmured.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

All-red routes of round-the-globe steam ships were established; all-red round-the-world cables were laid.
— from The Canadian Commonwealth by Agnes C. Laut

The Frenchman flashed him a smile which exposed a row of teeth snow-white against his tan.
— from The Winds of Chance by Rex Beach

Her studies were extensive and regular.
— from Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 1 (of 2) by Henry Glassford Bell

y lord; men's mouths are full of it; Besides, I met Lord Bigot and Lord Salisbury,— With eyes as red as new-enkindled fire, And others more, going to seek the grave Of Arthur, whom they say is kill'd to-night
— from King John by William Shakespeare

The circumstances under which this statue was erected are recounted (in a manner dear to the heart of Dr. Johnson) in a Latin inscription of equal length and magniloquence, carved upon its stone pedestal.
— from The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries: To-Day and in Days of Old by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper

Physical suffering was evidently a relief from the mental misery, and this proved that the trouble was of longer standing than I had at first suspected.
— from The Heavenly Twins by Sarah Grand