Major Sykes, Persia , ch. xxiii., writes: "Marco Polo was evidently a keen sportsman, and his description of the Sháhin , as it is termed, cannot be improved upon."
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

And they who wonder, exclaim, and keep such a clutter to find out the causes of this frailty of theirs, as unnatural and not to be believed, how comes it to pass they do not discern how often they are themselves guilty of the same, without any astonishment or miracle at all?
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

The lady was embarrassed, and kept smiling, showing her teeth.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The greater number of her evenings she was supposed to spend at study, and at various indefinite intervals she was examined and knew she would have been severely admonished if she had not advanced as was expected of her.
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

It was strange that retainers of Chikuzen, who entertained Admiral King so hospitably in January should have been guilty of such a wanton crime.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

He had never met the pony of his dreams, but he had not lost faith in it, and though he would range through the Bantry fair with a sour eye, behind the sourness there was ever a kindling spark of hope.
— from All on the Irish Shore: Irish Sketches by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville

The stroke cut through the steel, and wounded Arthur mortally, but he used his ebbing strength for one last blow with Excalibur, and killed Sir Modred.
— from King Arthur and His Knights by Maude Radford Warren

Then they wandered on till they came to the kingdom of King Silvergilt, and there, in a castle, were Prince Silvergilt and his wife Elsa; and King Sharpsword and his wife Elfrida were staying with him.
— from The Blue Rose Fairy Book by Maurice Baring

They were the human forerunners of the vulture breed, with even a keener scent for prey, for as yet the feathered carrion-seekers held aloof; two or three only were descried from the field hospital, perched on the boughs of a dead tree near the river, presently joined by another, its splendid sustained flight impeded somewhat by the rain, battling with its big, strong wings against the downpour of the torrents and the heavy air.
— from The Lost Guidon 1911 by Mary Noailles Murfree

In each room is a member of the senior class, who exercises a kind supervision over her younger companions.
— from Woman and Her Saviour in Persia By a Returned Missionary by Thomas Laurie

No one saw her as the hob-nailed shoes trooped out of church, and soon she was entirely alone, kneeling still in her hiding-place, and whispering half-aloud the omitted morning prayer, whose heartfelt signification had, she felt, been neglected for a long, long time.
— from Love and Life: An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge