"One could scarce believe the change the Traveler wrought upon my mind and heart," said the good dame.
— from The Green Forest Fairy Book by Loretta Ellen Brady

A hot wind from the inland forests on the starboard side stirred Ulysses’ magnificent moustache as he slowly rose to his feet, and with his hand arched over his clear blue eyes stared seaward.
— from Gabrielle of the Lagoon: A Romance of the South Seas by W. H. (William Henry) Myddleton

A play by an unknown man may attract him sufficiently to induce him to give that unknown man a trial; but this does not occur often enough to be taken into account: his normal course is to resort to a well-known author and take (mostly with misgiving) what he gets from him.
— from The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet by Bernard Shaw

Sa óras naŋ kanya ŋ paghigà gabi-gabì ay dinàratnan nà nyà na nása ilálim naŋ kanya ŋ kátri aŋ uŋgòʾ. Mínsan màn ay hindí sya náuna sa paghigàʾ sa uŋgu ŋ itò.
— from Tagalog Texts with Grammatical Analysis by Leonard Bloomfield

As familiar as he afterward became to me, I can never forget the first impression which that magnificent human being made upon my mind, as he stood there—radiating a power that I felt to the tips of my fingers.
— from The Master of Silence: A Romance by Irving Bacheller

But as they will not, I have made up my mind; and having so little time left, I prefer London, when my friends and society are in it, to living here alone, or with the weird sisters of Richmond and Hampton.
— from The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole

Anyhow, I've made up my mind, and——." He stopped.
— from Leslie's Loyalty by Charles Garvice

Of course this request was readily granted, and then she told me of her love for you, Mr. Richardson; how it had originated, and how, when"—bending a grave look upon Mrs. Mencke as he said this—"sorely pressed and alarmed by the fear of being sent away from home and deprived of her liberty, she had begged you to advise her what to do, and you told her that the only safe-guard that you could throw around her would be to make her your wife——" "Yes," Wallace here interrupted, "Violet had been threatened with being sent to a convent unless she would promise to cast me off.
— from His Heart's Queen by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.