That evening, proud of Dólokhov’s proposal, her refusal, and her explanation with Nicholas, Sónya twirled about before she left home so that the maid could hardly get her hair plaited, and she was transparently radiant with impulsive joy.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

However, he must toil and be satisfied if he can make a little garden blossom.
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

The ancients knew the difference between the male and the female date-palm, and fertilised them artificially by shaking the pollen of the male tree over the flowers of the female.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

For some minutes great masses rolled over the surface of the sea, then a breeze sprang up, which rapidly dispelled the mist.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

To say that I have never told a big story, I would not like to say that.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Shiryaev, growing more and more ferocious, uttering words each more terrible than the one before, dashed up to the table and began shaking the notes out of his pocket-book.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

In most American Psychological Warfare facilities—especially in the theaters—the estimate of the situation consisted of a brief résumé of home propaganda by the enemy (taken directly from propaganda analysis), comment on the audience by appropriate representatives from the State Department or other Federal agencies, and discussion of the audience by some kind of Psychological Warfare operations-planning and intelligence board.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

It is necessary that a boy should live right and possess such a character as will help him to do the hardest things of life.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

And he will see the feeble, shadowy tribes, And Balder sitting crowned, and Hela’s throne.
— from Poems by Matthew Arnold

This is called making good the ante ; by so doing the dealer places himself on an equal footing with the other players.
— from Cassell's Book of In-door Amusements, Card Games, and Fireside Fun by Various

“So should I.” Olive knew all about the annuity, but she had not realised until her mother died quite suddenly, of heart failure after influenza, what it means to have no money at all.
— from Olive in Italy by Moray Dalton

To tell the truth, a bookworm such as he is is one of the most irritating persons in existence.
— from Girls of the Forest by L. T. Meade

To any chance observers, happening into our camp at twilight, we would have seemed nothing more dire than a round-up camp of cow-boys, I fancy, for after the meal, when pipes and cigarettes were lit and belts let out a hole or two and boots slackened, there was an air of out-door peace around the fire.
— from The Lost Cabin Mine by Frederick Niven

Even to that appeal Byron seems to have turned a deaf ear.
— from The Love Affairs of Lord Byron by Francis Henry Gribble

It seemed to belong most to Albert, but she had not liked to say so.
— from The Life of Nancy by Sarah Orne Jewett