At first in the distance before them a broad, bright, yellow streak of light crept over the ground where the earth met the sky, near the little barrows and the windmills, which in the distance looked like tiny men waving their arms.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

I believe he meant right at bottom; but, you see, he was sourish-tempered, and was for beating down prices with the people as worked for him; and his preaching wouldn't go down well with that sauce.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

In the midst of it are to be seen the last Footprints of our Lord, the place where He ascended being open to the sky; and though the earth is daily carried away by believers, yet still it remains, and retains the same appearance, being marked by the impression of the Feet.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

“Not a bit; but you see your innocent orgies keep your neighbour awake.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

And wherefore doth Lysander Deny your love, so rich within his soul, And tender me, forsooth, affection, But by your setting on, by your consent?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

and wherefore doth Lysander Deny your love, so rich within his soul, And tender me, forsooth, affection, But by your setting on, by your consent?
— from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

‘Some day, when you’re a big boy, you shall go,’ said Mary.
— from The Black Diamond by Francis Brett Young

" "But you realise that the flight is as safe as it is quick?" said Morgana—"Do you not?" "Madama, I confess my knowledge is outdistanced by yours,"—replied Gaspard—"I am baffled by your secret—but I freely admit its power and success.
— from The Secret Power by Marie Corelli

Say nothing of yon to Archie; but, be you sure, I will stand no such thing from the hands of the evil pack of them—hounds!”
— from Merkland; or, Self Sacrifice by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

A big boy, you say?" "Very big."
— from Mike and Psmith by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

With a gun upon your shoulder and a bayonet by your side, You'll be taking some proud lady and be making her your bride— You'll be taking some proud lady and be making her your bride!"
— from Denis Dent: A Novel by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

"It's—it's a bad business, Yorke," she panted wearily.
— from Leslie's Loyalty by Charles Garvice

Though she found herself much less happy than when she was at Bath before, yet she felt, that she would not, even to enjoy all that past happiness, be again reduced to the being she was at that period.
— from A Simple Story by Mrs. Inchbald

Arculf, who visited Palestine about the year 700, says: "On the ground in the midst of the church are to be seen the last prints in the dust of our Lord's feet, and the roof appears above where He ascended; and although the earth is daily carried away by believers, yet still it remains as before, and retains the same impression of the feet."
— from Roman Mosaics; Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Hugh Macmillan

It isn't much of a beauty, but you see it's all we've got; and we calculate that it'll just have to carry both of us to Orleans," remarked Maurice, as they started away.
— from The House Boat Boys; Or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South by St. George Rathborne

'Gang oot a bit by yersel, Steenie,' she said, caressing him with her hand.
— from Heather and Snow by George MacDonald