Or did a Martian sit within each, ruling, directing, using, much as a man’s brain sits and rules in his body?
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Majestic as a queen, when she was ‘en representation;’ distinguished by the most easy and graceful manners, the most exquisite knowledge of the world, when doing the honours of her own house; and by the most ‘naïve,’ touching kindness and sweetness in the circle of her family;—but under every aspect rendered more interesting and impressive by a trace of thoughtful melancholy never wholly effaced, allied to that perfect feminine tenderness which gives to woman the highest and most resistless charm in the eyes of men;—her resemblance to this picture of Guido’s was striking.
— from Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince. by Pückler-Muskau, Hermann, Fürst von

In grand style they cleared the intervening ground, and, although several saddles were emptied, rode dashingly through the broken ranks of the invaders.
— from The Dispatch-Riders: The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

The neat trim of the clothes, the improved appearance of Sam's whole exterior, really delighted him; and instead of flying off into some extravagances, he took Sam's hand, and shaking it with all his might, 'Did Major Morris give you this suit, Sam?'
— from I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success by A. S. (Azel Stevens) Roe

At the bottom of his heart there existed an instinctive contempt of the sex which Eugenia represented, developed by the fact that it was not force but weakness that had vanquished his victorious opponent.
— from The Voice of the People by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

In the felt necessity of atonement, which has associated sacrifice with every religion devised by man, we have evidence of the universality of sin.
— from Exposition of the Apostles' Creed by James Dodds

Now, pottering about the garden in spring and autumn has many risks for feeble vitalities, and yet these are just the seasons when everything requires doing, and there is a good hour's work in every yard of a pet border any day.
— from Mary's Meadow, and Other Tales of Fields and Flowers by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing