But the morrow passed off much better than she expected; for Mrs. Bennet luckily stood in such awe of her intended son-in-law, that she ventured not to speak to him, unless it was in her power to offer him any attention, or mark her deference for his opinion.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

A quite recent case was the grant by Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, of a crest to Sir Richard Quain, Bart., the blazon of which was: "On a wreath argent and azure, and out of a mural coronet proper a demi-lion rampant or, charged on the shoulder with a trefoil slipped vert, and holding between the paws a battle-axe also proper, the blade gold."
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

But now there was no help or cure, or chance of reconcilement: above all, there were no humble words to soothe vanity outraged and furious, or bring to its natural flow the poisoned, angry blood.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

For this purpose I obtained from the library of the Rana of Udaipur their sacred volumes, the Puranas, and laid them before a body of pandits, over whom presided the learned Jati Gyanchandra.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb; as, She sings sweetly ; she is very talented; she began to sing very early .
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

He heard the boy in his shrill little voice telling his uncle what he thought about the dogs, who seemed to him huge and terrible creatures, and asking what the dogs were going to hunt next day, and the soldier in a husky, sleepy voice, telling him the sportsmen were going in the morning to the marsh, and would shoot with their guns; and then, to check the boy’s questions, he said, “Go to sleep, Vaska; go to sleep, or you’ll catch it,” and soon after he began snoring himself, and everything was still.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

98 Philips Ambrose Philips, author among other things of a set of Pastorals that appeared in the same volume with Pope, 1709.
— from The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope

Some scholars who listen to the sweet vespers of Magdalen may think the conflict over; if so, even poor brother Moody may enter the true kingdom before them; for, when preaching in Baltimore last September, he said, ‘Men are possessed of devils just as much now as they ever were.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

Amelia's manners were such when she and George visited Crawley and his wife at these quarters, that they had very nearly come to their first quarrel; that is, George scolded his wife violently for her evident unwillingness to go, and the high and mighty manner in which she comported herself towards Mrs. Crawley, her old friend; and Amelia did not say one single word in reply; but with her husband's eye upon her, and Rebecca scanning her as she felt, was, if possible, more bashful and awkward on the second visit which she paid to Mrs. Rawdon, than on her first call.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

others, and abler friends As faithful, with success may in thine ears Make heard the voice that stoic virtue lends; But I, who in the world my cup of tears Oft to the dregs have drain’d, no cure could find For grief, but what from grief I might derive; When with vain struggling tired, the powerless mind Submissive ceased beneath the weight to strive.
— from Modern Poets and Poetry of Spain by James Kennedy

Yet those worthy Sons of Bombast must disgust your Palate with the Relation of the nauseous and choaking Terms, their Ends of Latin and stifling Phrases, driving to confound and amaze the simple Vulgar.
— from Medicina Flagellata; Or, The Doctor Scarify'd by Anonymous

And One hundred pounds as the supposed value of manuscripts left by the defunct.
— from Boswelliana: The Commonplace Book of James Boswell, with a Memoir and Annotations by James Boswell

Then out into the driving snow, urging the horse that knew by instinct that something was amiss, and so mile after mile, till we rounded the corner into the single street of the silent village.
— from The Hohenzollerns in America With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and Other Impossibilities by Stephen Leacock

The night watchers should be informed of any changes that have occurred during the day, that will require their attention during the night; they should see new patients and be made acquainted with their peculiarities; they should visit the wards during the evening before they come to the medical office to receive instructions from the physicians.
— from How to Care for the Insane: A Manual for Nurses by William D. Granger

“Fifteen seconds more,” said the stern voice.
— from The Delafield Affair by Florence Finch Kelly

Reports of the Cambridge Expedition to the Torres Straits , V. p. 325.
— from The Origin of Man and of His Superstitions by Carveth Read

Then, falling backwards, and putting his feet up against the wall, he drew them with all his might till they cut through Orobio's flesh, even to the very bones; and this torture was repeated thrice, the ropes being tied about his arms, about the distance of two fingers' breadth from his former wound, and drawn with the same violence.
— from House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Guy Thorne

I possess more than eleven imposing, closely written folio volumes, which contain the manuscripts of the Chancellor of the Empire, his negociations with the Sublime Porte, afterwards with the States-General of the Netherlands, as well as the ministerial protocols from the whole time that he held the office of Imperial Chancellor; all of which prove his great industry and love of order, while the original letters and annotations of his exalted mistress, which are inserted in these same volumes, testify to the sincere, almost childlike confidence with which she honoured him.
— from Memoirs of Leonora Christina, Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina, grevinde

On the publication of the first volume, this editor promised that the autograph “should be deposited in the Cottonian Library for the satisfaction of the public, as soon as the second volume should be printed.”
— from Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli