They would exist even in what we called a moral solitude if the thinker had various { 211} ideals which took hold of him in turn.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

Everybody looked to see somebody fall, but only saw a man and a woman standing staring at each other; the man with all the outward aspect of a Frenchman and a thorough Republican; the woman, evidently English.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

The public was restless: there were even exclamations of indignation.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I. The ambassadors of the Alemanni had been offended by the harsh and haughty behavior of Ursacius, master of the offices; 88 who by an act of unseasonable parsimony, had diminished the value, as well as the quantity, of the presents to which they were entitled, either from custom or treaty, on the accession of a new emperor.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

It’s queer; I went away not long ago, half an hour ago, and they were expecting entertainers.
— from Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Could we render this inimitable picture properly, then would everybody exclaim, “Beautiful, unparalleled Italy!”
— from Andersen's Fairy Tales by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

The man unfolded the paper and glanced at it; but his thoughts were evidently elsewhere.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

The earth was trampled, the bushes were broken, and there was every evidence of a violent struggle.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Although the Moguls have vanished, their glory remains in the most sublime and beautiful monuments that were ever erected by human hands, and people come from the uttermost parts of the earth to admire them.
— from Modern India by William Eleroy Curtis

But he found the way easily enough.
— from Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen by Alexander Chodzko

Only a few of the younger gallants lingered in the dance room to exchange pleasantries and bask for several precious extra moments in the alluring presence of some particular young lady with whom, for the time being, they were especially enamoured.
— from The Spoilers of the Valley by Robert Watson

They might have been expected to feel, at any rate, lukewarmly towards a man who had actually taken office on the programme of deferring their cherished 'union' indefinitely; but, on the contrary, they greeted his triumph with enormous enthusiasm.
— from The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Arnold Toynbee

Each of the chambers had several entrances, and some of them were extensive enough to have been halls of state.
— from Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, January, 1854 by Various

[26] It was a time when there was every encouragement to try these means.
— from A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Wallace Notestein

Cruden, in his Unabridged Concordance, under the word eternal, says:-- “The words, eternal, everlasting, and forever, are sometimes taken for a long time, and are not always to be understood strictly.
— from The state of the dead and the destiny of the wicked by Uriah Smith

There were eight eggs in this nest.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

(b) Massage and gymnastic exercises calculated to improve the muscular tone, while every effort is made to secure for the child as perfect hygiene in the environment as possible.
— from The Nervous Child by Hector Charles Cameron