They had obtained a mediocre consolation at best,—permission to be interred at a special hour and in a special corner in the ancient Vaugirard cemetery, which was made of land which had formerly belonged to their community.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Thence to the New one, where I never was before, which much exceeds the other; and here we also walked, and the boy crept through the hedge and gathered abundance of roses, and, after a long walk, passed out of doors as we did in the other place, and here we had cakes and powdered beef—[salt beef]—and ale, and so home again by water with much pleasure.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

He had sworn eternal constancy in her arms, and she had as often vowed never to out-live his deserting her.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Gitimbúyan níyag asin ang sabaw, He added salt to the soup.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

As I joined him, he said: 'Wall, I guess that air the savagest beast I ever see—'cept once when an Apache squaw had an edge on a half-breed what they nicknamed "Splinters" 'cos of the way he fixed up her papoose which he stole on a raid just to show that he appreciated the way they had given his mother the fire torture.
— from Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker

And as she had a practical mind her judgment of men and things, though based on special prejudices, was seldom totally wrong, and almost never wrong-headed.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

In dry, level country, take up an easily accessible position with rising ground to your right and on your rear, [Tu Mu quotes T`ai Kung as saying: "An army should have a stream or a marsh on its left, and a hill or tumulus on its right."
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

To White Hall, and there I attended to speak with Sir W. Coventry about Lanyon’s business, to get him some money out of the Prize Office from my Lord Ashly, and so home, and there to the office a little, and thence to my chamber to read, and supper, and to bed.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

[982] 5 He chid Andromache and struck his armourer; [983]
— from The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 6 of 9] by William Shakespeare

1 When the imperial army reached Kadi, Ítimád Khán, Ikhtiyár Khán, Álaf Khán, and Jhujhár Khán met Akbar and Sayad Hámid also was honoured with an audience at Hájipur.
— from History of Gujarát Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I. by James M. Campbell

“I’ll go through that alleyway and jump the fences,” and he pointed to an alleyway several houses away.
— from The Rover Boys Down East; or, The Struggle for the Stanhope Fortune by Edward Stratemeyer

[80] She had left her parasol behind, too, and as she hastened along the narrow path from the river to the withy-bed, she nervously switched the green stalks by her side with a dead stick she had unconsciously picked up.
— from Rodmoor: A Romance by John Cowper Powys

Then the huntsman arose and said: ‘Gracious lord father she is alive still, and I am her son, and I was not carried away by wild beasts, but by that wretch the old cook, who tore me from her arms when she was asleep, and sprinkled her apron with the blood of a chicken.’
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

Her eyes, tearless as they were, demanded the truth; and after a secondary hesitation Anstice replied candidly: "I am very much afraid he may."
— from Afterwards by Kathlyn Rhodes

The ripple of the water against the boat, as its keel cleaves through the stream—the darkling current hurrying by—the indistinctly-seen craft, of all forms and all sizes, hovering around, and making their way in ghost-like silence, or warning each other of their approach by cries, that, heard from afar, have something doleful in their note—the solemn shadows cast by the bridges—the deeper gloom of the echoing arches—the lights glimmering from the banks—the red reflection thrown upon the waves by a fire kindled on some stationary barge—the tall and fantastic shapes of the houses, as discerned through the obscurity;—these, and other sights and sounds of the same character, give a sombre colour to the thoughts of one who may choose to indulge in meditation at such a time and in such a place.
— from Jack Sheppard: A Romance, Vol. 1 (of 3) by William Harrison Ainsworth

At any rate, day had hardly peeped over the hills, when King Midas was broad awake, and, stretching his arms out of bed, began to touch the objects that were within reach.
— from A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne

So much the whole world testifies generally, in spite of certain differences of usage, and the fearful abominations which prevailed amongst those who did not retain the true God in their knowledge:—the cruelty, licentiousness, and abhorrent vice into which this worship, when it degenerated into idol worship, everywhere sunk; which, however, it is plain, is no more an argument against sacrifice, holily and obediently offered in accordance with God’s appointment, than the superstitions of heathen p. 39 invocation are an argument against godly prayer and intercession.
— from Eight Sermons on the Priesthood, Altar, and Sacrifice by Mayow Wynell Mayow