If he had no regard for her before, this Action would have bound him to her for ever; but there was no Occasion for Ties or Obligations, his Inclination towards her was sufficient; in fine, they applied their Troth to each other, which Mary Read said, she look’d upon to be as good a Marriage, in Conscience, as if it had been done by a Minister in Church; and to this was owing her great Belly, which she pleaded to save her Life.
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

These would be equivalent nearly to our subalterns and sergeants, and in the evolutions described would act as guides and markers in charge of their sections.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

The Queen was followed by a lady in waiting as tall as herself, and with a gayer and more intelligent countenance.
— from English Eccentrics and Eccentricities by John Timbs

He imagines a “glittering autumn morning” in Chester, the Cathedral bells clashing a jubilant peal for the victory.
— from The Boys' Nelson by Harold Wheeler

Many a long and bitter hour as she passed from childhood to youth, and from thence to woman's estate, did the future heiress of the House of Hamilton ponder sadly over the mysterious and cruel prohibition of her noble aunt, and as she thus pondered, a strong but indefinite presentiment of future sorrow and grief and misery in connection with the fate of her real parents became so completely fastened upon her mind as to cause her whole deportment to become tinged with a sort of sad and mournful melancholy, which all the seductive arts of a London life could not eradicate.
— from Blackbeard; Or, The Pirate of Roanoke. by B. (Benjamin) Barker

A guard admonished me, in curt, lithe speech, that my horse must come no further; for the brigade held the [Pg 130] advance post, and I was even now within easy musket range of the imperceptible enemy.
— from Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend

It does not put God in the place of a receiver , for man to bring Him His due ; but it puts Him in the place of a giver , and man is called to value His blessing .
— from The Patriarchs Being Meditations upon Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job; The Canticles, Heaven and Earth. by J. G. (John Gifford) Bellett

He is accumulating facts as to the manner in which the poor have been most effectually benefited, and to assist his labour would be to assist a good and most important cause; perhaps, you will have the goodness to give me a statement on this subject, which of course shall be used as you may think proper.
— from The Life of Sir Humphrey Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 1 (of 2) by John Ayrton Paris

As I passed a mirror in Grandmamma’s boudoir and glanced at myself I could see that my face was all in a perspiration and my hair dishevelled—the top-knot, in particular, being more erect than ever.
— from Childhood by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

She cast an appealing glance at me; I could read her thoughts as plain as print.
— from The White Rose of Memphis by William C. (Clark) Falkner

Your courtesie may do much on my nature, For I am kind as you are, and as tender: If you compel, I have my strengths to flye to, My honest thoughts, and those are guards about me: I can cry too, and noise enough I dare make,
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 07 of 10 by John Fletcher