“You are right,” cried the gentleman; “begone then, on your part, and I will depart as quickly on mine.”
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

five Indians came up the river in great haste, we Smoked with them and gave them a piece of tobacco to Smoke with their people and Sent them back, they Set out in a run & continued to go as fast as They Could run as far as we Could See them.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

In August 1999 he wrote a report called The Government of Canada and French on the Internet.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

And I cannot help thinking that this performance must have been far more artistic, as regards costume, than Garrick’s mounting of Shakespeare’s own play on the subject, in which he himself appeared in a nondescript fancy dress, and everybody else in the costume of the time of George the Third, Richmond especially being much admired in the uniform of a young guardsman.
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde

What a rousing cheer they gave him!
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

[4] ; but nakedly acknowledge our feebleness, finding that we may not stand a twinkling of an eye but by Keeping of grace, and reverently cleave to God, on Him only trusting.
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

Dearest father, I do assure you that, were it not for the pleasure of soon embracing you, I would never come to Salzburg; for, with the exception of this commendable and delightful impulse, I am really committing the greatest folly in the world.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

When the government, or those who acted under them, contracted with a merchant for a remittance to some foreign country, he would naturally endeavour to pay his foreign correspondent, upon whom he granted a bill, by sending abroad rather commodities than gold and silver.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Masters of tone, like Whistler, preserve this oneness of quality very carefully in their work, relying chiefly on the grain of a rough canvas to give the necessary variety and prevent a deadness in the quality of the tones.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

‘“All right!” cried the guard with the lantern, mounting into his little seat behind.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

I hets up some water of a Sat'day night efen I ain't too wo'out, an' I takes a good piece er lye soap an' I gibs myse'f a scrubbin' dat I specks to las' me 'til nex' time," and with a rich chuckle the girl added: "An' so fer it has."
— from Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed

'There is little doubt we are in for a rotten critical time going home, and the lateness of the season may make it really serious....
— from The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition by Charles Turley

[31] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs itself, in a report on the whole subject, characterized the section of Telegraphic Control as "an organ of confusion and disorder which has engendered extraordinary abuses, and risked compromising the government seriously."
— from The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon

Someone began to pluck a guitar, and Raul caught the glint of wood and strings.
— from When the Owl Cries by Paul Alexander Bartlett

While the men are inside the walls of the factory, they are under the most severe laws and restrictions, many of which are utterly ridiculous, and out of all reason considering the general circumstances of the toil and the conditions in vogue; they are indeed prisoners in every sense of the term.
— from Life in a Railway Factory by Alfred Williams

On occasions, Aaron readily consented to give an introduction, through concerts held in his house, to young aspirants in whom Mr. Moss took an interest; and to other budding talent in the same direction Aaron's rooms were always open.
— from Aaron the Jew: A Novel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

Day after day they had been called upon to assault earthworks of formidable character, defended by veteran troops; and it was usually the case that they had seen, as the only fruits of their daring, almost reckless, charges, the ground in front of the hostile intrenchments strewed with the lifeless bodies of their comrades, while the enemy still held the coveted line of works.
— from Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 by George T. (George Thomas) Stevens

“All right,” cried the General; “keep quiet and I’ll read it aloud.”
— from Adventures of the Teenie Weenies by William Donahey

A hand's breadth of clear sky lay beneath the sun, and down after them, with the speed of a racer, came that great black wave.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various