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walked slowly in the same direction. He looked about forty, very dark with a melancholy clean-shaven face. Some violent emotion
Agatha Christie • Agatha Christie: The Collection
Quite a strange man, thought James, watching him go – but what a relief to discover he still contained the capacity to be taken by surprise.
Sarah Perry • Enlightenment
At the Marble Arch they hailed an omnibus, which left them close to their shabby home in the Euston Road.
Oscar Wilde • The Picture of Dorian Gray
He is in the clean and well-lit prison of one idea: he is sharpened to one painful point.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton • Orthodoxy
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (AmazonClassics Edition)
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wery best intentions, as the gen'l'm'n said ven he run away from his wife 'cos she seemed unhappy with him,'
CHARLES DICKENS • THE PICKWICK PAPERS (illustrated, complete, and unabridged)
At length he entered the apartment, and I recognized my brother. It was the same Wieland whom I had ever seen. Yet his features were pervaded by a new expression. I supposed him unacquainted with the fate of his wife, and his appearance confirmed this persuasion.