What did you say, Sir?' that he at last grew enraged, and said, 'I will not be put to the QUESTION.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

[2050] Let them lay it up safe, and make their conveyances never so close, lock and shut door, saith Chrysostom, yet fraud and covetousness, two most violent thieves are still included, and a little gain evil gotten will subvert the rest of their goods.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

As a final practical maxim, relative to these habits of the will, we may, then, offer something like this: Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day .
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

"Monsieur," said some Master of Ceremonies ( one hopes it might be de Breze ), as Lafayette, in these fearful moments, was rushing towards the inner Royal Apartments, "Monsieur, le Roi vous accorde les grandes entrees, Monsieur, the King grants you the Grand Entries,"—not finding it convenient to refuse them!
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

Such a long coat, such short little legs, it can't walk more than a step or two: it runs a little, gets entangled in its own coat, and tumbles over.
— from Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In like manner are languages gradually established by human conventions without any promise.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Minarets surmounted with golden balls were placed on the roof, a large gilt eagle was placed on the top, and a great variety of other ornaments.
— from A Pickle for the Knowing Ones by Timothy Dexter

Changed outlook, however, when purse and larder grow empty!
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

Her voice floated along the hushed water melodious as a flute, and louder growing each instant.
— from Ben-Hur: A tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace

As a rule it is better to start in temporary quarters, and let the building fund accumulate while trustees and librarian gain experience, and the needs of the library become more definite.
— from A Library Primer by John Cotton Dana

The high numbers of our Manuscript, so far as they are in question here, form first a group, which extends from about 1,200,000 to 1,280,000, and then there is a blank, and next a large group extending Page 115 {115} from about 1,350,000 to 1,480,000, then another blank and lastly a group extending from about 1,520,000 to 1,580,000.
— from Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden by Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann

We have now given the house a little general expression, but it still is vague in its design as far as regards the distribution of the interior; we do not know whether the first floor, for instance, is one large room, or two or more rooms, or how they are divided; and the little house is very square and prim in effect.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 by Various

When at this point a little gasp escaped Miss Tuttle and a groan broke from Francis Jeffrey's hitherto sealed lips, the feelings of the whole assemblage seemed to find utterance.
— from The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair by Anna Katharine Green

The country about here is beautiful now; the snow is melting on the mountains, and there is such a lovely green every place, I almost wish that we might have remained until fall, for along the valleys and through the canons there are grand trails for horseback riding, while Fort Shaw has nothing of the kind.
— from Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 by Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe

The result of our deliberation was that Israel should be summoned to make a last grand effort; that Jerusalem should be left with a strong garrison, as the center of the armies; and that every chieftain should set forth to stir up the energies of his people.
— from Tarry thou till I come; or, Salathiel, the wandering Jew. by George Croly

Gower Woodseer is now an ancient, lean, grim, exiled Scot, living and labouring as for a wager in the tropics; still active, still with lots of fire in him, but the youth—ah, the youth where is it?
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 25 by Robert Louis Stevenson

"I'll bet he will," sez Miss Sneers, a pintin tu a seat by the table, and a lookin good enough tu eat.
— from High Life in New York A series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick, Justice of the Peace, and Deacon of the church over to Weathersfield in the state of Connecticut by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens