she said in complete bewilderment, as though still unable to recover herself.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I felt as if the room had chilled me.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

But you know you told me yourself what the result had been; you nearly ruined your paper.
— from An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen

On his way to the rear he was thrown from his horse, whilst attempting to jump a ditch, and one of his men carried him to a small outhouse, where his wound was dressed.
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

“That's another favorite, though I'll admit the Russians have the monopoly.
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald

The rain had been thick and heavy all day, and with little intermission for many days.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

It is not the fact that a man has riches which keeps him from the kingdom of heaven, but the fact that riches have him.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

About this time, the rains having set in heavily in Tennessee and North Alabama, making it difficult to move army transportation and artillery, General Thomas stopped the pursuit by his main force at the Tennessee River.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

Before the evening was half over, Jo felt so completely désillusionée , that she sat down in a corner to recover herself.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

Going about a hundred yards along the rising ground to the right, he reached a ridge whereon a large and thick holly grew.
— from The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy

There is not very much doubt about the results here recorded; even when they do not agree among themselves, it is still generally possible to account for the divergency by the special character of the group to which the individuals examined belong.
— from The Criminal by Havelock Ellis

'—'Nay, as to that,' returned he, 'it is time enough, indeed.
— from The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless by Eliza Fowler Haywood

They ridiculed him.
— from The World English Bible (WEB): Mark by Anonymous

To the troubles caused by the Reformation he attributed the election of his uncle Maximilian "King of the Romans," and his own consequent loss of the Germanic empire.
— from Mexico and Its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited by Robert Anderson Wilson

His dream of wedded love was over, and he was ruined besides, for the rainstorm had carried away and destroyed the whole of his harvest.
— from Fair Haven and Foul Strand by August Strindberg

Not even a word of explanation came, and the race had to be postponed.
— from Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 by Various

A short time after she had to put on mourning for her sister-in-law; and the death of the Princess Eliza, as may well be believed, contributed no little to render her more superstitious than ever as to the number thirteen.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various

This room had been built entirely of white maple.
— from Her Lord and Master by Martha Morton