When he spoke again, however, it was to say, in rather a subdued voice— "I have just come away from Stone Court, Mr. Bulstrode.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

“And yet he’s such an affectionate father,” said Countess Mary, vindicating her husband, “but only after they are a year old or so...” “Now, Pierre nurses them splendidly,” said Natásha.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

He was singing Figaro's famous song in the Barber of Seville, with that crisply fluent vocalisation which is never heard from any other than an Italian throat, accompanying himself on the concertina, which he played with ecstatic throwings-up of his arms, and graceful twistings and turnings of his head, like a fat St. Cecilia masquerading in male attire.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

At first she could make nothing of this riddle; by dint of questions and vague replies, she discovered to her great surprise that her daughter was the rival of Eucharis.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

So strong was the illusion that she almost fancied she could make out the outline of a form....
— from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

It was a vehicle, in fact, which had just turned from the boulevard into the highway, and which was directing its course towards the barrier near which sat Jean Valjean; a second, of the same aspect, followed, then a third, then a fourth; seven chariots made their appearance in succession, the heads of the horses touching the rear of the wagon in front.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

The building directly opposite is another house, of a similar kind in every respect There are a few small Cafés, more select as to company, where the Turkish gentlemen often go, form dinner parties, and spend the day.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

I s'pose yeh don't approve 'a fightin' since Charley Morgan licked yeh; but I don't see what business this here is 'a yours or anybody else."
— from The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane

Marked on the top barrel flat with one two line hand stamp as follows: Schneider & Co. Memphis,
— from Southern Derringers of the Mississippi Valley by Turner Kirkland

So eager was he to have done with it, no matter what it was or where, that he was constantly trotting to and fro, shouting, "Come, Matt!
— from Twelve Men by Theodore Dreiser

Oh, I know it's a paradox for me to preach this, when here am I trying to collect a few small clay marbles—putting every ounce of concentration in me on money making, on material success!
— from The Book of Susan: A Novel by Lee Wilson Dodd

He kept his school in an open shed, where I was desired to take up my lodging, until some account should arrive from Sibidooloo, concerning my horse and clothes; for though the horse was of little use to me, yet the few clothes were essential.
— from Life and Travels of Mungo Park by Mungo Park

All the noble families of the neighbourhood came to call on us, and for six consecutive months it was like a perpetual fête , and we had as many as fifty guests every day.
— from The Memoirs of Maria Stella (Lady Newborough) by Ungern-Sternberg, Maria Stella Petronilla, Baroness

Lord Burghersh read as follows: " Sapete, caro Matteo, che sono servita da il Cavaliere
— from Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1831-1835 by Dino, Dorothée, duchesse de

The danger of cross-country hunting or bull-fighting is as nothing compared to the risk a modern American takes when he sits in a trolley-car, where the chances of his machinery forming a fatal “short circuit” must be immense.
— from The Ways of Men by Eliot Gregory