Isabella ceased speaking, and took a drink of tea; then she rose, and bidding me put on her bonnet, and a great shawl I had brought, and turning a deaf ear to my entreaties for her to remain another hour, she stepped on to a chair, kissed Edgar’s and Catherine’s portraits, bestowed a similar salute on me, and descended to the carriage, accompanied by Fanny, who yelped wild with joy at recovering her mistress.
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

And all these things are continually killing each other and dying.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

When they entered, they all complimented King Evrain on its fine appearance.
— from Four Arthurian Romances by Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century

It may have been gathered from these and other faithful impressions of the inner workings of John Redgrave’s mind, that, though a careless, kindly, easy-going species of personage, 209 he was naturally and unconsciously proud.
— from The Squatter's Dream: A Story of Australian Life by Rolf Boldrewood

19 Micky glanced at Ashton with a curious sense of unreality; he felt as if he had never seen him before; it seemed impossible that this Ashton could know Esther––and Charlie!
— from The Phantom Lover by Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred) Ayres

Thus a certain kinship emerged between us.
— from A Chronicle of Jails by Darrell Figgis

194 Firstborn child, the, all children killed except, i. 398 ; killed, i. 458 –460, ii. 562 ; eaten, i. 458 , ii. 562 ; regarded as sacred, ii.
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck

Charles thought of Campbell, with whom he was on the best of terms; and Carlton knew enough of him by reputation, to be perfectly sure that he could not be in safer hands.
— from Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert by John Henry Newman

He also wished to renew the ancient Chinese knowledge, especially in the fields of social and political science.
— from The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger