How much or how little Sloane remembered Amory did not care to know; he apparently had none of the nervous tension that was gripping Amory and forcing his mind back and forth like a shrieking saw.
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald

A factory-owner, hearing what depth I had found, thought that it could not be true, for, judging from his acquaintance with dams, sand would not lie at so steep an angle.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Euergetes sent an ambassador to Jerusalem, and complained that Onias did not pay his taxes, and threatened, that if he did not receive them, he would seize upon their land, and send soldiers to live upon it.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Eochaid in his palace at Tara awaited the coming of his rival, Midir; and though all the doors of the palace had been firmly closed for the occasion, and armed soldiers surrounded the queen, Midir like a spirit suddenly stood in the centre of the court and claimed the wager.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

The old man stirred his lips and said softly: “It would be all right to have a look at the grandchildren.”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

They were both beautifully got up—all lace and silky stuff, and flowers, and ribbons, and dainty shoes, and light gloves.
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

"She laughed a little, and she said I was a kind, kind little darling thing.
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

"Sounds like a soldier," said the father.
— from Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden

Lenyard and Scheff stared after him and then faced the situation.
— from Melomaniacs by James Huneker

The legs are short, so that the animal runs with its belly nearly touching the ground, and the feet have five toes.
— from Wild Life in New Zealand. Part I. Mammalia. New Zealand Board of Science and Art. Manual No. 2. by G. M. (George Malcolm) Thomson

The cunning little face of Chang-hi, first keen and furious like a startled snake, and then fearful, treacherous and pitiful, became overwhelmingly prominent in the dream.
— from The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The changeable climate and the overland journey had been too much for the delicate beauties from Oriental waters, and one by one they had expired, leaving "a sole survivor to tell the tale.
— from Sawdust & Spangles: Stories & Secrets of the Circus by W. C. (William Cameron) Coup

A shower almost like the bursting of a cloud,—great, pelting drops, hissing down upon the flaming tree; it seemed like a solid sheet of water; as if the very flood-gates of heaven were open.
— from Gypsy's Cousin Joy by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

Lawford listened and stared solemnly.
— from The Return by Walter De la Mare

All his life at sea seemed to him to have been a mistaken, purposeless driving.
— from The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann

I have taken him to Dr. Middleton and I explained that Major Tarver loved with a passion [ looking at Sheba ] second only to my own.
— from Dandy Dick: A Play in Three Acts by Arthur Wing Pinero