Ill get a nice piece of cod Im always getting enough for 3 forgetting anyway Im sick of that everlasting butchers meat from Buckleys loin chops and leg beef and rib steak and scrag of mutton and calfs pluck the very name is enough or a picnic suppose we all gave 5/- each and or let him pay it and invite some other woman for him who Mrs Fleming and drove out to the furry glen or the strawberry beds wed have him examining all the horses toenails first like he does with the letters no not with Boylan there yes with some cold veal and ham mixed sandwiches there are little houses down at the bottom of the banks there on purpose but its as hot as blazes he says not a bank holiday
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

III Having performed his service truly, Deep into debt his father ran; Three balls a year he gave ye duly, At last became a ruined man.
— from Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

Our Phrygian had scarcely sallied forth when he perceived two crows caw-caw-ing together upon a lofty branch, and ran to tell his master.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

And of the stars too, and of the moon, and of the years and months and seasons, must we not say in like manner, that since a soul or souls having every sort of excellence are the causes of all of them, those souls are Gods, whether they are living beings and reside in bodies, and in this way order the whole heaven, or whatever be the place and mode of their existence—and will any one who admits all this venture to deny that all things are full of Gods? CLEINIAS: No one, Stranger, would be such a madman.
— from Laws by Plato

The English harbor of Bombay on the west coast was too distant to be considered a local base, and rather falls, like the French islands Mauritius and Bourbon, under the head of stations on the line of communications with the mother-country.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Yes, only to be stopped by a lovesick brigand and run down like a truant schoolboy.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

Joseph Harrison is my name, and as Percy is to marry my sister Annie I shall at least be a relation by marriage.
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

I was just chatting this afternoon at the viceregal lodge to my old pals, sir Robert and lady Ball, astronomer royal, at the levee.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

And doing thus, thou hast the more deserved, inasmuch as, an thou wouldst, thou hadst more leisure to do the contrary than we and whatsoever others are limited by any rule.'
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

Preithio, v. to practise Prelad, n. a prelate Pren, n. a tree, a timber Prenfol, n. a wooden chest Prenial, n. a coffer, a shrine Prenio, v. to timber; to bar Prenol, n. a busk of stays Prensaer, n. a carpenter Pres, n. what is quick, sharp, or smart; haste; brushwood; fuel; anything streweed; a crib; a place of resort; brass: a. quick, hasty; sharp, over-running, frequent; present Preseb, n. a crib, a stall Presel, a place over-run; a brake Preseliad, n. a yielding of brakes Preselu, v. to be over-run of foul Preselyn, n. a brake, a thicker Presen, n. the present; this wife Presenol, a. imminent; present Presenoldeb, n. presence Presenu, v. to make present Present, n. a present state Presiad, n. a hastening: a frequenting Presol, a. imminent; quick Prest, n. quickness, smartness Prest, a. ready, quick; soon Prestl, a. ready, smart fluent Prestlaidd, a. apt to prattle Presu, v. to hasten; to frequent Preswyl, n. a being present or ready; a tarrying; habitation Preswylfa, n. a place of residence Preswylfod, n. a dwelling place Preswyliad, n. a residing Preswyliaeth, n. habitation Preswylio, v. to fix an abode Preswyliog, a. having resort Preswylydd, n. an inhabitant Pric, n. a stick; a broach Prid, n. price, value; ransom: a. valuable, precious, dear Pridiad, n. a setting a price Pridiant, n. a ransoming Pridio, v. to set a price to ransom Pridiol, a. equivalent; redeeming Pridioldeb, n. mould, earth, soil, a tile Priddell, n. a mass of earth, a clod; Priddell, a. consisting of masses of earth; glebous Priddelydd, n. a tile maker Pridden, n. an earthen vessel Priddfaen, n. a brick; a burnt tile Priddgalch, n. calcareous earth Priddgist, n. potter’s clay Priddiad, n. a doing with earth Priddin, a. of earth, earthen Priddlestri, n. earthen ware Priddlyd, a. mixed with earth Priddlydu, v. to become earthy Priddo, v. to earth; to cover with earth; to become earth Priddol, a. of mould, of earth Prif, a. prime, principal, chief Prifachos, n. primary cause Prifansawdd, n. primary quality Prifardd, n. a primitive bard Prifder, n. primeness; origin Prifddinas, n. a metropolis Prifiad, n. a thriving, a growing Prifio, v. to thrive, to grow up Prifles, n. a chief good Priflys, n. a supreme court Prifnawd, n. original habit Prifnod, n. prime point; epoch Prifoed, n. a primitive age Prifran, n. primary division Prifred, n. primary course Prifsymudai, n. prime mover Prifwyd, n. a chief sin Prifysgol, n. a primary school Priffordd, n. a high road Prill, n. a little brook, a rill Prin, n. what is of slight trace, a. scarce, rare, scant, spare:
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Not too much into the open as yet perhaps, but the handwriting on the wall had at least become almost readable.
— from Space Station 1 by Frank Belknap Long

ON the first day of June, 1892, there could be seen on the highway near the small village of Hamilton, a dusty wanderer with a long beard and rough, unkempt hair.
— from Doctor Izard by Anna Katharine Green

If the reality fails, one can always look backward and remember the dream.”
— from Lady Cassandra by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

She looked smaller than ever, and moved about so quietly and noiselessly, just like a little bird, as Rochester called her; except that all birds are joyous, and that joy can never have entered that house since it was built.
— from A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1 by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

He went back to the cave, secured a lighted brand, and, returning to the edge of the plateau, he dropped it over.
— from Lost in the Cañon The Story of Sam Willett's Adventures on the Great Colorado of the West by A. R. (Alfred Rochefort) Calhoun

George Vine drew a long breath and remained silent.
— from The Haute Noblesse: A Novel by George Manville Fenn

Here was not only a labour but a responsibility, not of the attenuated abstract order, but one which was apt to knock violently at their door every morning and every night.
— from The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 2 (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan by Alexander Michie

The manang was no doubt disgusted at being thus reproved by a little boy, and replied: “I am able to catch the soul and restore it.
— from Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo A Record of Intimate Association with the Natives of the Bornean Jungles by Edwin Herbert Gomes

On November 17th, the revolutionists under Generals Li and Hwang attacked the imperial lines at Hankau, and despite their poor equipment in machine guns and artillery, led by a regiment of Roundheads called “Dare to Die” (Pu Pa Tsze) men, commanded by Colonel Wen, who graduated from West Point in 1909, they took three of the four parallels by cold steel charges, sapper work and bomb throwing.
— from China Revolutionized by John Stuart Thomson