She had not the slightest passion for the stage, and utterly devoid as she was of any levity or coquetry, she merely saw in a theatrical career the means of earning a quick, and possibly even a rich, livelihood.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

He has a pleasing exterior, and resembles Le Roi at Vienna.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Jew, perfectly understanding the hint, retired to fill it: previously exchanging a remarkable look with Fagin, who raised his eyes for an instant, as if in expectation of it, and shook his head in reply; so slightly that the action would have been almost imperceptible to an observant third person.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Master herself she might; but he stood in his man's power and pride and love, a suppliant, yet king, asking with wordless lips a little favor, taking with calm yet passionate eyes a royal largess.
— from Hope Mills; Or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Amanda M. Douglas

Life on the Stage: My Personal Experiences and Recollections Life on the Stage Previous Books by Clara Morris The Silent Singer Little Jim Crow CLARA MORRIS Life on the Stage My Personal Experiences and Recollections New York McClure, Phillips & Co. MCMII Copyright, 1901, by S. S. MCCLURE CO. 1901, by CLARA MORRIS HARRIOTT Fifth Impression In memory of a labor shared, I affectionately dedicate this book to my husband.
— from Life on the Stage: My Personal Experiences and Recollections by Clara Morris

But it is written in excellent dramatic verse and in a rich and brilliant diction, and it contains a number of pregnant epithets and ringing lines and violent phrases.
— from Views and Reviews: Essays in appreciation: Literature by William Ernest Henley

In his opening, as is usual in England, he produced exhibits and read letters not yet offered in evidence.
— from A Philadelphia Lawyer in the London Courts by Thomas Leaming

Bill Sikes merely pointed to the empty measure, and the Jew, perfectly understanding the hint, retired to fill it, previously exchanging a remarkable look with Fagin, who raised his eyes for an instant, as if in expectation of it, [242] and shook his head in reply so slightly that the action would have been almost imperceptible to a third person.
— from Oliver Twist, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Charles Dickens

Bolshevism with wide-spread sable wings, thrashing his spiny tail and snorting fire from his nostrils was volplaning upon the people of earth with open red mouth and cruel fangs and horrid maw down which he would gulp all the political, economic and religious liberties won from the centuries past.
— from The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Joel R. (Joel Roscoe) Moore

He represented, in pathetic, engaging and refined language, the snares to which they are exposed, and the most probable means of escaping them.
— from The Boarding School; Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils Consisting of Information, Instruction and Advice, Calculated to Improve the Manners and Form the Character of Young Ladies. To Which Is Added, a Collection of Letters, Written by the Pupils to Their Instructress, Their Friends, and Each Other. by Hannah Webster Foster

Oh, young man, I see you plain enough, and rather like your looks.
— from Hawk's Nest; or, The Last of the Cahoonshees. A Tale of the Delaware Valley and Historical Romance of 1690. by James M. (James Martin) Allerton