The huge vase swayed backwards and forwards; it seemed to be uncertain whether or no to topple over on to the head of one of the old men, but eventually determined to go the other way, and came crashing over towards the German poet, who darted out of the way in terror.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The girl on the bed started, dashed the floating brilliant hair from her face, and turned on Marise, blue eyes dimmed with tears.
— from Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Two organizations may be equally definite and forceful; and yet one may have its organization explicit in articles of federation, while that of the other is covert in the brain and muscles of its leader.
— from The Boy and His Gang by Joseph Adams Puffer

This odor may be entirely different from that normally emanating from the woman, of an acid or hircine character, and sufficiently strong to remain in a room for a considerable period.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Havelock Ellis