“Hope is a lover's staff,” said Valentine's betrayer; “walk hence with that.”
— from Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

she's fast asleep, so I won't wake her to ask leave; she shows me all her things, and I don't think she'll mind if I look at this," thought Beth, with a glance at her sister, who lay on the rug, with the tongs beside her, ready to wake up the minute the log fell apart.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

"I s'll slip off—it's not a lady's saddle," she cried.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Ad retia sedebam: erat in proximo, non venabulum aut lancea, sed stilus et pugillares.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

“That’s a lucky sign,” said he.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Your drawing-room looks a little stiff somehow, but an open fire more than anything else makes a room inviting, and you light it just as your first guest rings the bell.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

That gentleman bowed, and looked somewhat surprised, for the physiognomy of Mr. Jackson dwelt not in his recollection.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Gradually, as he rode towards the meadow, the peasants came into sight, some in coats, some in their shirts mowing, one behind another in a long string, swinging their scythes differently.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

At last, she stung herself into its performance by a suspicion which, in spite of all probability, she allowed to cross her mind, that all this sweetness was put on with a view of propitiating Mr. Thornton; that, somehow, the other attachment had fallen through, and that it suited Miss Hale's purpose to recall her rejected lover.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

He hates the man who, being in a low station, slanders his superiors.
— from The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) by Confucius

She was white, and looked so strange.
— from Harper's Young People, November 18, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

At last she spoke.
— from A Lost Leader by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

not; but, however, to make a long story short, somehow or other, one day, Belinda was sitting alone, and I rudely pounced upon her; I rather think then I must have said something that I oughtn't to have said, for it took her so aback; I was forced, somehow or other, to hold her up, and then I—I—yes; I'm sure I kissed her; and so, I told her I loved her; and then,
— from Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood by Thomas Preskett Prest

Then it was that, at last, she screwed up her courage to pay the dreaded visit to her brother, in the hope that the sight of her children and the pathos of her personal pleading might soften his heart.
— from Love Romances of the Aristocracy by Thornton Hall

"It is, however, understood that if the Government messages in any year shall, at the usual tariff-rate charged to the public, amount to a larger sum, such additional payment shall be made as is equivalent thereto.
— from The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field

Very wisely he heard that out without interruption; then, when his "innings" came, he complained that he had evidently been misreported to her, and craved leave to repeat to her precisely what he had said, thus adroitly contriving that for that time at least she should listen to a sermon.
— from John Knox by William M. (William Mackergo) Taylor

As the animal separates into higher and lower substances, so also does the ovum or microzoon.
— from Elements of Physiophilosophy by Lorenz Oken

At length she sighed faintly, opened her eyes, and fixing a dim look upon those who surrounded her, she convulsively seized her daughter and Don Tadeo, drew them towards her, and contemplated them.
— from The Pearl of the Andes: A Tale of Love and Adventure by Gustave Aimard