About three o'clock of that day, I broke down; my strength failed me; I was seized with a violent aching of the head, attended with extreme dizziness; I trembled in every limb.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass

No clue to [pg 93] the identity of the perpetrators of this horrible assassination was ever discovered, but it made a profound impression upon the foreign community, who after that were careful not to ride out unarmed or in parties of less than three or four.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

[104] find him coming to his aid when emergency demanded, and frequently rendering him valuable assistance against his opponents.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

About three o’clock, while the sun was pouring down his burning rays, and not a breeze was stirring, I broke down; my strength failed me; I was seized with a violent aching of the head, attended with extreme dizziness, and trembling in every limb.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

“Four people from away off have written to thank her, any way,” exulted Dinah.
— from Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline: A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life by Conklin, Nathaniel, Mrs.

They gave him encouragement, provided for him “openings,” till the wonder grew upon them how any woman ever did get married.
— from They and I by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

He received these guests, as he received all the others, with finished politeness; but still with that cool reserve of manner which was peculiar to him, and which ever drew about him a sort of invisible barrier.
— from No Surrender by E. Werner

Alfred Wentworth had not the slightest idea that Horace Awtry would ever dare to offend his wife, much less to offer infamous proposals, and on their being refused have her driven from the home he had placed her in.
— from The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution by Alex. St. Clair (Alexander St. Clair) Abrams

In this way their suspicions in regard to the old trunk, if they had any, were entirely dispelled.
— from The Expressman and the Detective by Allan Pinkerton

It was evident, from the alternate motion of his head, that his attentions were evenly divided between the church and the fair sex; although, to confess the truth, they seemed much more favorably received by the latter than the former,—a brown earthen flagon appearing to absorb all the worthy monk’s thoughts that he could spare from the contemplation of heavenly objects.
— from Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Charles James Lever

I am going to prescribe a tonic which I want you to take regularly, and you must contrive to have a walk each day, and, if possible, a rest in the afternoon.
— from The Fortunes of the Farrells by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.