Beyond sat a pair of humble lovers, artlessly holding each other by the hand, a somber spinster eating peppermints out of a paper bag, and an old gentleman taking his preparatory nap behind a yellow bandanna.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

But Two-eyes thought, "I must instantly make a trial, and see if what she said is true, for I am far too hungry," and she said, "Bleat, my little goat, bleat, Cover the table with something to eat," and scarcely had she spoken the words than a little table, covered with a white cloth, was standing there, and on it was a plate with a knife and fork, and a silver spoon; and the most delicious food was there also, warm and smoking as if it had just come out of the kitchen.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

It embarrassed her; for in a cooler, quieter moment it appeared to her, absurd that she should have taken his action so seriously, so dramatically.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

But she could not be long ungrateful; he was sacrificing an engagement at a gunsmith's, to be of use to her; and she set off with him, with no feeling but gratitude apparent.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen

Everything in itself is good unto somewhat and ill used, may be in many things harmful; and so say I of my stories.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

This comes of mysterious Escorts, and a new Berline with eleven horses: 'he that has a secret should not only hide it, but hide that he has it to hide.'
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

Sirrah, thou art said to have a stubborn soul, That apprehends no further than this world, And squar'st thy life according.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

It was only that she was wantin' ter take him again, she said, so's ter show ye he really was a lovely child's presence.
— from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

A description is given elsewhere of a method of operating alternating current motors by first rotating their magnetic poles until they have attained synchronous speed, and then alternating the poles.
— from The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin

I went straight to the hospital and saw she was all right, and spent most of the day there.
— from Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

[Pg 333] All this passed through Mara's mind in the reverie into which Sally's last words threw her, as she sat on the door-sill and looked off into the starry distance and heard the weird murmur of the sea.
— from The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine by Harriet Beecher Stowe

All that day I lay there under that tarp, joltin' over that long trail, near faintin' with th' pain of th' lashin's an' th' gag, swelterin' in th' heat an' stink, sick with th' pain in my head, parched an' burnin' with thirst, ragin' with my thoughts, mile after mile.
— from Johnny Nelson How a one-time pupil of Hopalong Cassidy of the famous Bar-20 ranch in the Pecos Valley performed an act of knight-errantry and what came of it by Clarence Edward Mulford

Yet she was a foil to the other two, and they were a foil to her, as she sat there at the corner of the hearth on a low cushion, in her black dress, and with no ornament about her other than the cameo ring.
— from The End of a Coil by Susan Warner

Then Douglas told her about Simon Stubbles' financial embarrassment, and how he had appealed to Garton for assistance.
— from The Unknown Wrestler by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

And then she returned to the little sitting-room set apart for her, and smiled confidently to herself as she settled to read the Tribuna , which her mother sent her regularly each day.
— from Behind the Throne by William Le Queux