These demands, however, grew at last so frequent and exorbitant, that my father by slow degrees opened his ears to the accounts which he received from many quarters of my present behaviour, and which my mother failed not to echo very faithfully and loudly; adding, `Ay, this is the fine gentleman, the scholar who doth so much honour to his family, and is to be the making of it.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

In spite of the deadly hue of his face, which never gained a warmer tint, either from the blush of modesty, or from the strong emotion of passion, though its form and outline were beautiful, many of the female hunters after notoriety attempted to win his attentions, and gain, at least, some marks of what they might term affection: Lady Mercer, who had been the mockery of every monster shewn in drawing-rooms since her marriage, threw herself in his way, and did all but put on the dress of a mountebank, to attract his notice:—though in vain:—when she stood before him, though his eyes were apparently fixed upon her's, still it seemed as if they were unperceived;—even her unappalled impudence was baffled, and she left the field.
— from The Vampyre; a Tale by John William Polidori

I gave a loud, shrill neigh for help; again and again I neighed, pawing the ground impatiently, and tossing my head to get the rein loose.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

he, hee! cried La Guyol and La Sabatiere, looking close at each other’s prints——Ho, ho! cried La Battarelle and Maronette, doing the same:—Whist! cried one—ft, ft,—said a second—hush, quoth a third—poo, poo, replied a fourth—gramercy!
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

She gave a long sigh, and to stop her eyes from curling she shut them. . . .
— from Bliss, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

Lagmit ta malúnud kay gamay ang lutaw sa sakayan, We might sink because the boat has a small freeboard. — ug dugù glowing with a healthy pink color.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

After this, the ship is more easy for a time; two bells are struck, and we try to get a little sleep.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

Behind the long dining tables on either side of the saloon, and scattered from one end to the other of the latter, some twenty or thirty gentlemen and ladies sat them down under the swaying lamps and for two or three hours wrote diligently in their journals.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

At this, the whole pack rose up in the air and came flying down upon her; she [Pg 48] gave a little scream, half of fright and half of anger, and tried to beat them off, and found herself lying on the bank, with her head in the lap of her sister, who was gently brushing away some dead leaves that had fluttered down from the trees upon her face.
— from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

The time will soon come when people of really fine culture will not think of giving their guests a late supper; indeed, of the twenty most intellectual and refined homes to which I have been invited in America and Europe, not one gave any refreshments at an evening party, with perhaps the exception of wine in France, and lemonade in this country.
— from Our Girls by Dio Lewis

Political pressure groups and leaders: Sea Shepard [Paul WATSON] (preservation of small whales)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The Treaty of Commerce had been received and was referred to a committee of which Jefferson was chairman, but a bare quorum was not assembled until December 13, and on the twenty-third, according to the "Autobiography", it was necessary to send to several governors a letter "stating the receipt of the definitive [Pg 144] treaty; that seven States only were in attendance, while nine were necessary to its ratification."
— from Thomas Jefferson, the Apostle of Americanism by Gilbert Chinard

A feller gets a little streak of luck, and everybody goes to work and pats him on the back and tells him he's a great salesman." Page 301
— from Potash & Perlmutter: Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Montague Glass

At that Phronsie gave a little squeal, and before Polly could stop her, she slipped out of her chair and plunged over to her mother.
— from The Adventures of Joel Pepper by Margaret Sidney

The corpulent lady gave a loud scream, and Jacob Gray sneaked under the bed again.
— from Ada, the Betrayed; Or, The Murder at the Old Smithy. A Romance of Passion by James Malcolm Rymer

We then entered a basaltic plain, richly grassed and less stony than usual.
— from Journals of Australian Explorations by Francis Thomas Gregory

He went back into the glow, and she gave a little sigh of satisfaction.
— from The Works of John Galsworthy An Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Galsworthy by John Galsworthy

"I am waiting, señor conde," the general at length said, "till it please you to explain yourself."
— from The Gold-Seekers: A Tale of California by Gustave Aimard