Fanny was very anxious to be useful, and not to appear above her home, or in any way disqualified or disinclined, by her foreign education, from contributing her help to its comforts, and therefore set about working for Sam immediately; and by working early and late, with perseverance and great despatch, did so much that the boy was shipped off at last, with more than half his linen ready.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Now, while the conquerors had laid down their arms, and, as is usual after battle, were exchanging diverse talk with one another, Ket, the governor of the men of Sleswik, declared that it was a matter of great marvel to him how it was that Athisl, though difficulties strewed his path, had contrived an opportunity to escape, especially as he had been the first and foremost in the battle, but last of all in the retreat; and though there had not been one of the enemy whose fall was so vehemently desired by the Danes.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

In order to remedy these inconveniencies, a bank was established in 1609, under the guarantee of the city.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

[The Country Parson.] BONNET, older brother of Abbe Bonnet, who enlisted as a private about the beginning of the Empire.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

XXX She was a woman in her freshest age, ° Of wondrous beauty, and of bountie rare, With goodly grace and comely personage, 265 That was on earth not easie to compare; Full of great love, but Cupid's wanton snare As hell she hated, chast in worke and will; Her necke and breasts were ever open bare, That ay thereof her babes might sucke their fill; 270 The rest was all in yellow robes arayed still.
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

Determined to find Lamotte and confront him with Cuissa, they rummaged, along with this latter, through various other apartments; but without effect, for we heard them say: "Come search among the corpses then: for, nom de Dieu!
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

The reign of Constantine the Third lasted only one hundred and three days: he expired in the thirtieth year of his age, and, although his life had been a long malady, a belief was entertained that poison had been the means, and his cruel step-mother the author, of his untimely fate.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Sweet visions fire me, and I am almost breathless with emotion.
— from The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Both were young fellows, both were rather poorly dressed, both had remarkable faces, and both were evidently anxious to start a conversation.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Spirit or soul is simply a res cogitans , a being whose essence is thought; but in thinking spirit too is passive, for it simply receives ideas as wax does the impress of a seal.
— from Ontology, or the Theory of Being by P. (Peter) Coffey

The other twenty million will go to the dear public, who will probably be given one share of common as a bonus with each share of preferred, and pay ten million sweaty dollars for it.
— from The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man by George Randolph Chester

At last the paroxysms passed, and a haggard face looked out into the world of life and being with eyes whi
— from The Judgment House by Gilbert Parker

After the inauguration of Jefferson, Abraham Baldwin was elected to preside as President pro tem.
— from The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by W. H. (William Henry) Sparks

When Manuniti had concluded his story of the wonderful mango-fruit, king Alakesa ordered his four ministers to approach the throne, and then, with an angry countenance he thus addressed Bodhaditya:— “What excuse have you for entering my bedchamber without permission, thus violating the rules of the harem?”
— from Tales of the Sun; or, Folklore of Southern India by Pandit Natesa Sastri

Before Vivian could well finish his sentence Essper had drawn out a long horn from beneath his small counter, and sounded a blast which echoed through the arched passages.
— from Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

In The Divine Philothea, in the same volume, there are no actual beings whatever, except The Prince of Light and The Prince of Darkness or The Demon.
— from The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Karl was sent for, and his stay at Bonn was ended.
— from Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 3 by Lyndon Orr

A number of amiable but weak electors in the seventeenth century repeatedly allied themselves with Austria against the Hohenzollerns and thereby practically conceded to Brandenburg the leadership of the Protestant states of northern Germany.[Footnote: Another source of weakness in Saxony was the custom in the Wettin family of dividing the inheritance among members of the family.
— from A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Carlton J. H. (Carlton Joseph Huntley) Hayes