One is that most participants in online conferences already have received so much help from others that they feel obliged to pay back.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

These matters adjusted, and the petty sovereigns in the East (to whom the present monarch of Oudh is as Alexander) subjected to authority, he readily seized upon the provocation which the sanctuary given to Baz Bahadur of Malwa and the ex-prince of Narwar afforded, to turn his arms against Chitor.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

But though I love them, and have reason so to do, yet, Lord! to consider how cold I am to speak to her, for fear of giving her too much hopes of expecting either money or anything else from me besides my care of her son.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

It is a holy rite, sir, said I; and would be better, methinks, in a holy place.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

Under her hat-brim he saw the pallor of her profile, and a slight tremor of the nostril above her resolutely steadied lips.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

"Down with the Wolf and all his race," said the Wolf softly.
— from The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter by Aesop

Jovian, who in a few weeks had assumed the habits of a prince, 124 was displeased with freedom, and offended with truth: and as he reasonably supposed, that the discontent of the people might incline them to submit to the Persian government, he published an edict, under pain of death, that they should leave the city within the term of three days.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Behold the child, by Nature’s kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw: Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite: Scarves, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age:
— from An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires by Alexander Pope

Again he remained silent for a considerable time.
— from The Voice from the Void: The Great Wireless Mystery by William Le Queux

Benny's adventure had rather sobered him, so he did not object to assist his sister in gathering wild flowers, while Joe artistically arranged them into what seemed to the children to be a magnificent bouquet.
— from Her Benny: A Story of Street Life by Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking

It may be added that certain privileges, highly prized as hereditary rights, sometimes reside in particular clans; such as that of furnishing a sachem to the tribe, or of performing certain religious ceremonies or magic rites.
— from The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman

Accordingly she put on a bonnet and wrapped herself in a huge red shawl.
— from Reminiscences of Scottish Life & Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay

"On what pretext that we can admit?" He remained silent, thinking over all those points which he had not considered, all those points which were trivial and absurd for him, but which were serious for her, and he repeated several times: "This is terrible ...
— from The Confessions of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc

The invitation to come and see her at her rooms still held open, however, and Lesbia determined to avail herself of it.
— from Loyal to the School by Angela Brazil

Liszt was now twenty years of age, and had regularly settled in Paris.
— from Great Violinists And Pianists by George T. (George Titus) Ferris

What had already passed during his confinement made it evident that no personal injury was designed to him; and his romantic spirit, having recovered during his repose much of that elasticity which anxiety, resentment, disappointment, and the mixture of unpleasant feelings excited by his late adventures, had for a time subjugated, was now wearied with inaction.
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott

Charles meanwhile still toiled on in the blacking warehouse, now removed to Chandos Street, Covent Garden; and had reached such skill in the tying, pasting, and labelling of the bottles, that small crowds used to collect at the window for the purpose of watching his deft fingers.
— from Life of Charles Dickens by Marzials, Frank T. (Frank Thomas), Sir

and then as he recalled some exercises which he had lately been putting them through, he added with ironic emphasis, laughing the while:— [pg 74]
— from The Doctor's Christmas Eve by James Lane Allen