Ts’ao Ching-chih, the younger brother of the Empress, saw the lady, and was struck with her beauty.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

They endeavoured silently to lift a writing-table.
— from Tales of the Wilderness by Boris Pilniak

“Plenty to eat,” said Tom, laughing, “and while you eat you can tell us your story.
— from Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; Or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land by Victor Appleton

I could not help thinking what pleasure such trees would give in England, but apparently it is only the Japanese who know the real secret of growing them, the exact shoots to leave and which to cut away, to ensure this wealth of blossom.
— from The flowers and gardens of Japan by Florence Du Cane

[654] The latter, on the other hand, boldly asserted that the preachers themselves were the cause of the evil, since they led a “wicked, scandalous life, drinking, gambling, practising usury and so forth, and were, some of them, guilty of still worse things, brawling, fighting and wrangling with the people in the taverns and behaving improperly with the women.”
— from Luther, vol. 4 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

Rather, the engine seemed to leap ahead with even greater speed.
— from The Boy Allies on the Firing Line; Or, Twelve Days Battle Along the Marne by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes

Bonnemain's Division, notwithstanding the unfavourable nature of the ground, threw itself on the dishevelled front of the enemy, suffered terrible losses, and was shattered without having been able effectively to charge home.
— from The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Moltke, Helmuth, Graf von