I admit that the formation of a young lady's mind and character usually consists in telling her lies; but I object to the particular lie that I am in the habit of abusing the confidence of girls.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

The fate of another company under command of Hegesander, another of the ten, was nearly as bad; only eight men escaped, Hegesander being one of them.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

After a few days in which to complete my social visits, and after a short visit to my daughter, Mrs. A. M. Thackara, at Philadelphia, I quietly departed for St. Louis; and, as I hope, for "good and all," the family was again reunited in the same place from which we were driven by a cruel, unnecessary civil war initiated in Charleston Harbor in April, 1861.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

If your age could understand, Children, full many counsels I could give.
— from Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Sophocles

For my own part, as heaven is my judge, and to which I shall ever make my last appeal—I know no more of Calais (except the little my barber told me of it as he was whetting his razor) than I do this moment of Grand Cairo; for it was dusky in the evening when I landed, and dark as pitch in the morning when I set out, and yet by merely knowing what is what, and by drawing this from that in one part of the town, and by spelling and putting this and that together in another—I would lay any travelling odds, that I this moment write a chapter upon Calais as long as my arm; and with so distinct and satisfactory a detail of every item, which is worth a stranger's curiosity in the town—that you would take me for the town-clerk of Calais itself—and where, sir, would be the wonder?
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

[A; c16] use corncobs for fuel.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

General Sigel was therefore directed to organize all his available force into two expeditions, to move from Beverly and Charleston, under command of Generals Ord and Crook, against the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

[ The mausoleum built by Augustus, mentioned before in his Life, c. C.] Note 401 ( return ) [ The Carpentum was a carriage, commonly with two wheels, and an arched covering, but sometimes without a covering; used chiefly by matrons, and named, according to Ovid, from Carmenta, the mother of Evander.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Among these there existed a certain unwritten code and certain unwritten signals.
— from Gigolo by Edna Ferber

Another commonly used classification is, (1) proved mineral lands, (2) probable mineral lands, usually adjacent to producing mines, (3) possible mineral lands, and (4) commercially unpromising mineral lands.
— from The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

"So I am a low fellow, am I?" said Randy, in a steady voice, and coming up close to Bob, who promptly began to back away.
— from Randy of the River; Or, The Adventures of a Young Deckhand by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

If the plans of the Indian Office, as outlined above, are carried to a successful termination, most of these tracts will again come under cultivation.
— from The American Indian in the United States, Period 1850-1914 ... The Present Condition of the American Indian; His Political History and Other Topics; A Plea for Justice by Warren King Moorehead

"I sorry," she said sulkily—like a child unwillingly confessing a fault.
— from Two on the Trail: A Story of the Far Northwest by Hulbert Footner

4. No person shall be entitled to hold such a claim upon city or town sites, extensive water privileges, or other situations necessary for the transaction of mercantile or manufacturing operations, to the detriment of the community: Provided , that nothing in these laws shall be so construed as to effect any claim of any mission of a religious character, made previous to this time, of an extent of not more than six miles square ."
— from Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon by Frederick V. Holman

But if the Mexicans don't come, then, when night falls, we must go forward again on foot and creep up close to their camp and see if we get a chance to do anything.
— from Lone Pine: The Story of a Lost Mine by R. B. (Richard Baxter) Townshend

—The fate of Spenser is a commentary upon courtiership, even in the reign of Elizabeth, the Faery Queene.
— from English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppée

Then count the sharks which are coming up.' "'Count the sharks, mother!
— from Poor Jack by Frederick Marryat