But, after this temporary exhaustion, came a rising tempest of passion; her eyes roved, her fingers worked, and her heart seemed to come out of her in words of fire.
— from A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day by Charles Reade

At these same times, and also at many others before such high types of plants had evolved, reef-making corals throve in great abundance in seas which covered what is now Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, and other equally cool regions.
— from Climatic Changes: Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington

But to the violet-crowned city, Athênê was a giver of wealth and wisdom rather than of prowess; her empire rested on the contributions of unwilling allies, and on a technical proficiency which others were sure to equal in time; so that the Corinthian orators could say with justice that Athenian skill was more easily acquired than Dorian valour.
— from The Greek Philosophers, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Alfred William Benn

Something BRUSQUE in his manner, which was much less courteous and polished than that of Peter, had early rendered her dissatisfied with him, and once estranged, she had never felt disposed to be on terms of intimacy sufficient to ascertain his good or bad qualities.
— from Oak Openings by James Fenimore Cooper

All this system of doctrine, which might, but for the position of the church as a worldly and therefore obstructive power, have expanded, renewed, and purified itself during the four centuries that had elapsed since its completion [372] , and thus remained in harmony with the growing intelligence 327 of mankind, was suddenly rent in pieces by the convulsion of the Reformation, and flung away by the more religious and more progressive peoples of Europe.
— from The Holy Roman Empire by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

And with his unequalled experience of both classes, the old peer had every right to speak.
— from Boy Woodburn: A Story of the Sussex Downs by Alfred Ollivant

He had the impudence to follow me, and in face of the whole circle to enter into a loud explanation of his conduct, begging my pardon for all the offences he had ever committed against me, either on this night or in former times, and assuring me that he had never ceased loving, respecting and adoring me, and that I was the only person he ever really loved…."
— from In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Maurice Hewlett

The old pirate had evidently ripped the pages from the diary which he kept and had placed them in the carved chest, which Mrs. Tunks had found in the attic.
— from The Solitary Farm by Fergus Hume

Well, now, wait a minute—see here, I can explain that—” but the other party had evidently rung off.
— from Mr. Opp by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice