I had been nearly a year out of a place, and just before I lost my place I made the acquaintance of a poor lost creature.
— from Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

B. R. Nisbet was the active partner, and James Reilly the teller.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Thus we are | Philo and Josephus our main authorities.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

Not scutcheons, with four degrees of nobility; but ci-devant Serjeants, who have had to clutch Generalship out of the cannon's throat, a Pichegru, a Jourdan, a Hoche, lead them on.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

"If that touch had not been thrown in," said Don Quixote, "he would not deserve, for mere pimping, to row in the galleys, but rather to command and be admiral of them; for the office of pimp is no ordinary one, being the office of persons of discretion, one very necessary in a well-ordered state, and only to be exercised by persons of good birth; nay, there ought to be an inspector and overseer of them, as in other offices, and recognised number, as with the brokers on change; in this way many of the evils would be avoided which are caused by this office and calling being in the hands of stupid and ignorant people, such as women more or less silly, and pages and jesters of little standing and experience, who on the most urgent occasions, and when ingenuity of contrivance is needed, let the crumbs freeze on the way to their mouths, and know not which is their right hand.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

After these plays were written according to the general outline of the Bible stories, no change was tolerated, the audience insisting, like children at "Punch and Judy," upon seeing the same things year after year.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

He is a spendthrift, I hear, and as poor as Job.”
— from Put Yourself in His Place by Charles Reade

On men and manners, at least on the men and manners of a particular place and a particular age, Johnson had certainly looked with a most observant and discriminating eye.
— from Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 2 With a Memoir and Index by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

On these mediaeval university professors—the schoolmen—Lord Bacon long ago pronounced a judgment that may well stand to-day.
— from The Mind in the Making: The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform by James Harvey Robinson

When he first came among us, hailing from Llano County, Texas, Doc was as fine a puncher and jolly, good-tempered range-mate as any in the Territory.
— from The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson

Desboro, who, at Jacqueline's request, had gone back to business, appeared presently and joined Cairns at a small table.
— from The Business of Life by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

"Fifteen thousand for that wretched place of yours, which is as poor as Job's turkey, so I understand.
— from The Touch of Abner by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

Napoleon was cross sometimes, I believe,' she added pensively, 'and Julius Caesar.'
— from The Magic City by E. (Edith) Nesbit

Ferguson, who commanded, was also to watch lest Loison should move from Rio Mayor, and, if he came up, engage him, and prevent a junction with Delaborde.
— from The Battles of the British Army Being a Popular Account of All the Principal Engagements During the Last Hundred Years by Robert Melvin Blackwood

I quote from the beginning of that letter on Page 175: “It has been my opinion from the outset that special conditions prevailing in the annexed eastern territories require special measures of penal law and penal procedure against Poles and Jews.”
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 7 by Various

With a cry half of rage and half of fear the Moslem whipped a pistol out of his sash, but before he could level it the bright blue blade descended swiftly, and when its point was within a foot of his assailant’s eyes Alan dropped his own pistol and pressed a jewel in the centre of his belt-clasp.
— from Olga Romanoff by George Chetwynd Griffith