"So be it," he continued, as still the other with his eyes endorsed all he suggested.
— from Clash of Arms: A Romance by John Bloundelle-Burton

“To one who has ever eaten a doughnut, the subject is of transcendent interest; and as for one who has not—well, he should be made to feel his limitations,” replied Francesca, with a yawn.
— from Penelope's Experiences in Scotland Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Before I narrate the ensuing struggle—a struggle that will be ever remembered in the town in which it took place, and which will serve anyone that was engaged in it, as long as he lives, to talk of with honest enthusiasm, even if he has been happy enough to have been engaged in real warfare; it is necessary to describe exactly the battle-field.
— from Rattlin the Reefer by Edward Howard

If I had never left my study, England could not have contained a more rabid opponent of any change in our fiscal policy than I. I am like a small boy who is absolutely sure that he has worked out his sum correctly, but finds the answer is not the one which his examiner expects.
— from A Lost Leader by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

"To one who has ever eaten a doughnut, the subject is of transcendent interest; and as for one who has not—well, he should be made to feel his limitations," replied Francesca, with a yawn.
— from Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

The massive pyramid which encloses his ashes, defends his death from that oblivion which has entirely effaced his life.
— from Corinne; Or, Italy. Volume 1 (of 2) by Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine) Staël

I drew him away from the only work he ever enjoyed—his painting.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

Her conduct at the Opera, which had escaped every one’s attention, made this evident.
— from Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Yet in spite of these and many other very unendurable incidents, this impetuous and ill-starred being never felt so great a desire to retire to a solitary place and there disfigure himself permanently as a mark of his unfeigned internal displeasure, as on the occasion when he endured extreme poverty and great personal inconvenience for an entire year in order that he might take away face from the memory of a person who was so placed that no one expressed any interest in the matter.
— from The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah

They were thick, wet woods, unlike our woods of the mountains; and more than once we had excitement enough with the snakes that lay there.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill