“At the end of the war, finding my appointments reduced to two shillings and fourpence per day, and being addicted to pleasures which I could not possibly purchase from such a fund, I sold my half-pay for two hundred pounds, which I lent upon bond to a young officer of the same regiment, on condition that he should insure his life, and restore one-fourth part of the sum by way of premium.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

After the young imp had gone, I made a few perfunctory daubs at my work, but was so thoroughly out of humour, that it took me the rest of the afternoon to undo the damage I had done, so at last I scraped my palette, stuck my brushes in a bowl of black soap, and strolled into the smoking-room.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Another form, p. d. a. , pour dire adieu , may be used.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

He stood there, grand and fine, peering down at Smythe, and wondering in silence at the situation.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

She gave one of her town houses for a Suffrage headquarters, produced one of her own plays at the Princess Theater, was arrested for picketing during a garment-makers’ strike, etc.
— from My Antonia by Willa Cather

A fellow purposely dropped a ring, or a pocket book with some little articles of jewellery, &c., in it, and when he saw any person pick it up, ran to claim half.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

The cart suddenly bounded as though in the throes of a convulsion, began trembling, and, with a creak, lurched heavily first to the right and then to the left, and at a fearful pace dashed along the forest track.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Have the interior seats, bunks, and frames pulled down, and burn them.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

What they can do, but not so well as the men who are their competitors, competition suffices to exclude them from; since nobody asks for protective duties and bounties [Pg 49] in favour of women; it is only asked that the present bounties and protective duties in favour of men should be recalled.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

This the knight was chiefly desirous of avoiding, conscious that the men whom he led, being hasty and untrained volunteers, imperfectly armed and unaccustomed to discipline, must, upon any sudden attack, fight at great disadvantage with the veteran soldiers of the Norman knights, who were well provided with arms both defensive and offensive; and who, to match the zeal and high spirit of the besiegers, had all the confidence which arises from perfect discipline and the habitual use of weapons.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

Boone pointed to one of these animals which had observed us, and was crouched on a branch about fifty paces distant, and bade me mark
— from Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer by Cecil B. Hartley

The latter immediately entered an elegant kiosk, a few paces distant, and returned, bearing the skin of a tiger, which she placed at the foot of the tree.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVII, No. 4, October 1850 by Various

Have the interior seats, bunks, and frames pulled down, and burn them."
— from Around the World in Eighty Days. Junior Deluxe Edition by Jules Verne

A few paces distant, almost opposite, lived Poussin, and one of the greatest among modern English poets, Keats, died quite near by, the John Keats whose tomb is to be seen in Rome, with that melancholy epitaph upon it, written by himself: Here lies one whose name was writ in water.
— from Cosmopolis — Complete by Paul Bourget

B. alis anticis fuscis, punctis duabus angulatis transversis albis; posticis ad basin albis.
— from Zoological Illustrations, Volume 2 or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson

I followed him with a fair partner, doing all I could to enlarge the dancing circle.
— from Society as I Have Found It by Ward McAllister

“The first Supreme Council was constituted on the 15th of July 1892, and was as follows: President Deodato Arellano.
— from The Katipunan; or, The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by Francis St. Clair

The Captain of the fortress and the Captain of the fleet, who had been left in command, Ruy de Brito and Fernão Peres de Andrade, quarrelled, and their dissensions had nearly ruined the cause of the Portuguese.
— from Rulers of India: Albuquerque by H. Morse (Henry Morse) Stephens

The plain where the moose and the bear were wandering while Shakespeare was writing Hamlet, where a few plain dormitories and other needed buildings were scattered about in my school-boy days, groans under the weight of the massive edifices which have sprung up all around them, crowned by the tower of that noble structure which stands in full view before me as I lift my eyes from the portfolio on the back of which I am now writing.
— from The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions by Oliver Wendell Holmes

That form and figure, pencilled darkly against the blue sky, are still in my mind.
— from Mental Philosophy: Including the Intellect, Sensibilities, and Will by Joseph Haven