“In a month you will find on the table, at which we shall be then sitting, good pistols and a delicious draught; but, on the other hand, you must promise me not to attempt your life before that time.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

The forces of gravitation, electricity, or chemical affinity are only distinguished from one another in that they are differently defined by reason.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

= ínum /ʔī́num/ ‘ drink heavily ’ búnal /búnal/ ‘ beat ’ + (→) = bunal /bunál/ ‘ club ’ 5.12 Dropping of vowels When a suffix is added to a root with a stressed final syllable, the tendency is to drop the vowel of the final syllable of the root: dakup /dakúp/ arrest + -an = dakpan /dákpan/ be arrested pisik /pisík/ splash + -an = piskan /pískan/ be splashed lakat /lakát/
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

I know, Mrs. Bridget, said the corporal, giving her a most respectful kiss, that thou art good and modest by nature, and art withal so generous a girl in thyself, that, if I know thee rightly, thou would’st not wound an insect, much less the honour of so gallant and worthy a soul as my master, wast thou sure to be made a countess of——but thou hast been set on, and deluded, dear Bridget, as is often a woman’s case, “ to please others more than themselves——” Bridget ’s eyes poured down at the sensations the corporal excited.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

And again, Aux dépens du Bon Sens gardez de plaisanter.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

My father's nets, or watched, when from the fold High o'er the cliffs I led my fleecy store, A dizzy depth below!
— from Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798) by William Wordsworth

The difficulty, too, of forcing my way through the mazes of the company contributed not a little to the ruffling of my temper; for I was anxiously seeking, (let me not say with what unworthy motive) the young, the gay, the beautiful wife of the aged and doting Di Broglio.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

It's a dull day, but the air isn't bad, and I'm going to take Brooke home, so it will be gay inside, if it isn't out.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

These Captain Grant found, removed, and dexterously dropped, buried for ever in the purling river!
— from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree by Louis Creswicke

And, by the way, I may as well say that my own eyes are—they are a dark, deep blue, and strangely expressive, if I believe my sisters and my friends,
— from Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 by Various

He first reminds his majesty that, after starting with four ships, originally composing the expedition, he was compelled by storms, encountered on the northern coasts, to put into Brittany in distress, with the loss of two of them; and that after repairing there the others, called the Normanda and Delfina (Dauphine), be made a cruize with this FLEET OF WAR, as they are styled, along the coast of Spain.
— from The Voyage of Verrazzano A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America by Henry Cruse Murphy

At first he thought of throwing himself into the Charente and making an end then and there; but as he came down the steps from Beaulieu for the last time, he heard the whole town talking of his suicide; he saw the horrid sight of a drowned dead body, and thought of the recognition and the inquest; and, like some other suicides, felt that vanity reached beyond death.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Sure enough, Margery and Laura were strolling towards home with little Anne and Dick dangling behind, after the manner of children.
— from A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

98 It is a duty dictated by common sense and prudence, for one approaching a railway crossing to do so carefully and cautiously both for his own sake and the sake of those travelling by rail.
— from The Road and the Roadside by Burton Willis Potter

And it needeth not a steeple's voice to say, What a dreary knell Hearts are ringing as their goodness flies away: Ding, Dong, Bell!
— from Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 An Illustrated Magazine by Various

“It looks clean;” and raising the tin, he took a deep draught before using the vessel for a good wash, taking a handful of sand in the place of soap.
— from Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure by George Manville Fenn

But now, if one or two of you could get out of the way, I might shut the door; no need to let in more snow than’s wanted.—Where’s Mother?” “Here’s Mother,” said another voice; and a fair-haired woman of the age of Countess, but looking younger, appeared in a doorway, drawing back the curtain.
— from One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by Emily Sarah Holt