Like every wife she had her own method of treating Andrey Antonovitch, which she had tried more than once already and with it driven him to frenzy.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It was light, much lighter I should say than it had been in the living state, and the flesh to all appearance was still flesh, though about it there clung a faintly aromatic odour.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

We now signaled the flagship of Helium's navy to approach, and when she was within hailing distance I called out that we had the Princess Dejah Thoris on board, and that we wished to transfer her to the flagship that she might be taken immediately to the city.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Trojans and Achaeans were struck with awe as they beheld, and one would turn to his neighbour, saying, "Either we shall again have war and din of combat, or Jove the lord of battle will now make peace between us.
— from The Iliad by Homer

That she struggled against it was evident, but passion was gaining the advantage, as was shown by her nervous tremblings and sudden clutches, drawing me up to her parched lips, and sometimes pushing me away with a shudder that shook her frame and paled her lovely cheeks.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

Then ensued a murmur and half-hushed tumult, as if the auditors, released from the high spell that had transported them into the region of another's mind, were returning into themselves, with all their awe and wonder still heavy on them.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

H2 anchor Justice Of Manners, And Justice Of Actions Again, the Injustice of Manners, is the disposition, or aptitude to do Injurie; and is Injustice before it proceed to Act; and without supposing any individuall person injured.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Besides, as Chia Chen and Mrs. Yu had given her a most cordial reception, her resentment was transformed into pleasure, so that after a while spent in a further chat about one thing and another, she at length returned to her home.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

For ages we have maintained the air and water supply at practically the same point without an appreciable loss, and we have done this in the face of the brutal and ignorant interference of you green men.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

454 In old age, the dilatation of the system of black abdominal blood is much less sensible than that of the preceding system; its vessels have nearly the same caliber as in the adult age; which supposes a less diminution in the velocity of the course of its blood, from the principles established above.
— from General Anatomy, Applied to Physiology and Medicine, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Xavier Bichat

[511] a serpent, and in the Russian [Pg 374] fable of Kriloff a heron, the serpent and the heron symbolise the autumnal and wintry seasons.
— from Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2) by Angelo De Gubernatis

iv Mr. Saxton asked White why he went to Africa and White said: “My answer to that is pretty general.
— from When Winter Comes to Main Street by Grant M. (Grant Martin) Overton

“But we must hang Stalker,” said little Tolly, who had taken part in the attack, and whose sense of justice, it seems, would have been violated if the leader of the band had been spared.
— from Twice Bought by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Betrayed even by the Asiatics, at whose side they had marched with Cyrus to the attack, they were left in isolation.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

But before long the merchant captains understood what was required of them, and all went smoothly.
— from The Harwich Naval Forces: Their Part in the Great War by E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight

Then Ruth unfolded her plan, and as I listened I rubbed my hands together gleefully, and when it stood revealed in all its completeness, clapped Ruth on the back and declared with conviction that such a headpiece was thrown away on a woman and she ought to have been ’prenticed to a ’torney, a compliment that Ruth received with deprecating modesty, and clearly not ill-pleased, though, to be sure, it was one of our most rooted and cherished convictions that all attornies were sons of the Father of Lies, and bound to end up in the brimstone lake.
— from Miriam: A Tale of Pole Moor and the Greenfield Hills by D. F. E. Sykes

And the April air was sweet.
— from Anthony the Absolute by Samuel Merwin

In the afternoon, as we still sat together, in rushed Mrs. Shelfer with her bonnet on, quite out of breath, and without her usual ceremony of knocking at the door.
— from Clara Vaughan, Volume 2 (of 3) by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

"They are admirable works," said Hadrian.
— from The Emperor — Volume 03 by Georg Ebers