' On the way to this crisis Mr Wegg's wooden leg had gradually elevated itself more and more, and he had nudged Mr Venus with his opposite elbow deeper and deeper, until at length the preservation of his balance became incompatible with the two actions, and he now dropped over sideways upon that gentleman, squeezing him against the settle's edge.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Is it my appearance, or what?" She did unbend a little.
— from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

This morrow at last came, that is to say, a day finally dawned upon a long and weary night of impatience; and then the hours until “one” were snail-paced, dreary, and innumerable.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

In a parish of Denmark it used to be the custom at Whitsuntide to dress up a little girl as the Whitsun-bride and a little boy as her groom.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Pechorin accordingly determined upon a last expedient.
— from A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov

Madam Magloire has discovered, under at least ten thicknesses of paper pasted on top, some paintings, which without being good are very tolerable.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

I also heard from people in the most distant parts, who thought they had some claim on me, dating even from my student, nay, my school days, until at last I cried out in my astonishment that I expected to receive a bill next from the nurse who had suckled me.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

In addition to this, the arms of a lady as maid, or as widow, are always displayed upon a lozenge.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

She delayed, until at last the King commanded her to do it.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

At length he gained the summit of a hill, from which he looked down upon a lovely fertile valley, and in the distance the blue waters of the English Channel.
— from The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

And he then draws up a little calendar of the famous men, out of whom we must choose the name to be placed at the very head of the human race.
— from Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol. 1 of 2) by John Morley

The good ship Java went out with a fine breeze, which continued for some days, until at last nothing could be seen but the wide ocean.
— from Cord and Creese by James De Mille

His successor broke down under a lighter load, and had to receive assistance; but, perhaps borne up by the absorbing interest of the work and the great influence given by his post, Bourrienne stuck to his place, and to all appearance might, except for himself, have come down to us as the companion of Napoleon during his whole life.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various

"And so,--" Leuthold's chest heaved, his breath came heavily, and he clenched his hands convulsively, "and so it is your fault that Hartwich has disinherited us and left all his property to Ernestine."
— from Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern

Seven-and-twenty years ago Captain Graham drew up a list of the most notable dogs of the last century.
— from Dogs and All about Them by Robert Leighton

The sailor went several times into the taverns on the way, in the course of the afternoon, to drink, until, at length, he became partially intoxicated.
— from Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels; Vermont by Jacob Abbott

A fluent writer of Hebrew, Astruc-Francisco drew up a letter in that language, dwelling on the decline of Judaism and enthusiastically propounding the dogmas of Christianity.
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 4 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz

On one side of this mountain there is a road of difficult ascent to near the top; but at the last part of the ascent people have to be drawn up and let down on planks by means of ropes.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr