In other part the scepter'd Haralds call To Council in the Citie Gates: anon Grey-headed men and grave, with Warriours mixt, Assemble, and Harangues are heard, but soon In factious opposition, till at last 660 Of middle Age one rising, eminent In wise deport, spake much of Right and Wrong, Of Justice, of Religion, Truth and Peace, And Judgement from above: him old and young Exploded, and had seiz'd with violent hands, Had not a Cloud descending snatch'd him thence Unseen amid the throng: so violence Proceeded, and Oppression, and Sword-Law Through all the Plain, and refuge none was found.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

In other part the scepter’d Haralds call To Council in the Citie Gates: anon Grey-headed men and grave, with Warriours mixt, Assemble, and Harangues are heard, but soon In factious opposition, till at last Of middle Age one rising, eminent In wise deport, spake much of Right and Wrong, Of Justice, of Religion, Truth and Peace, And Judgement from above: him old and young Exploded, and had seiz’d with violent hands, Had not a Cloud descending snatch’d him thence Unseen amid the throng: so violence Proceeded, and Oppression, and Sword-Law Through all the Plain, and refuge none was found.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

The general never regretted his early marriage, or regarded it as a foolish youthful escapade; and he so respected and feared his wife that he was very near loving her.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In other part the sceptered heralds call To council, in the city-gates; anon Gray-headed men and grave, with warriours mixed, Assemble, and harangues are heard; but soon, In factious opposition; till at last, Of middle age one rising, eminent In wise deport, spake much of right and wrong, Of justice, or religion, truth, and peace, And judgement from above: him old and young Exploded, and had seized with violent hands, Had not a cloud descending snatched him thence Unseen amid the throng: so violence Proceeded, and oppression, and sword-law, Through all the plain, and refuge none was found.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

Yet his talents alone upheld the cause of the young emperor; and his surviving associates, suspicious of each other, abandoned the conduct of the war, and rejected the fairest terms of accommodation.
— 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

"Yes!" exclaimed Angela, her stool very close to him now.
— from The Bad Man: A Novel by Porter Emerson Browne

Thus instructed by experience, the people are yearly exacting a higher standard of excellence from the Press, and the demand is being met by a corresponding improvement.
— from Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day by Abdullah Browne

He said, "Why, brother, how happy you look; how clear and bright your eyes are; how sweet your expression has become."
— from A California Girl by Edward Eldridge

There you'd swim in your element, and have speechifying from instinct, and howling and pummelling too, enough to last you out.
— from Beauchamp's Career — Volume 5 by George Meredith

"It is done," he answered, yet even as he spoke he felt that he would have to suffer for that.
— from The Last Ditch by Will Levington Comfort

Yet, even as he spoke, he knew that it was not so.
— from For the Honor of Randall: A Story of College Athletics by Lester Chadwick

Your eyes are half shut, like a gentian.”
— from The Indian On The Trail From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 by Mary Hartwell Catherwood