My first impulse, after reading Mrs. Catherick's extraordinary narrative, was to destroy it.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Note 50 ( return ) [ The election of Charles of Anjou to the office of perpetual senator of Rome is mentioned by the historians in the viiith volume of the Collection of Muratori, by Nicholas de Jamsilla, (p. 592,) the monk of Padua, (p. 724,) Sabas Malaspina, (l. ii. c. 9, p. 308,) and Ricordano Malespini, (c. 177, p. 999.)]
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

There is a brief how many sports are ripe; Make choice of which your Highness will see first.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

But a secret instinct made the young Recluse sensible that She was not born for solitude: In all the freedom of youth and gaiety, She scrupled not to treat as ridiculous many ceremonies which the Nuns regarded with awe; and She was never more happy than when her lively imagination inspired her with some scheme to plague the stiff Lady Abbess, or the ugly ill-tempered old Porteress.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

Then I stopped shouting, and sat down on the headland and rested my chin on my hands and stared.
— from The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

For the like loss I have her sovereign aid, And rest myself content.
— from The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by William Shakespeare

una especialidad , [14-10] como dicen ustedes ahora...; pero también es cierto que hace dos años regalé mi corneta a un pobre músico licenciado, y que desde 25 entonces no
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Biedma describes it as a rough mountain country, thinly populated, but with a few Indian houses, and thinks that in these mountains the great river of Espiritu Santo (the Mississippi) had its birth.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

§ 6, in a remarkable manner conjectured the existence of other habitable worlds (such as America) in the latitude of Athens.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

The air was pure and elastic, the sun shone out with uncommon splendour, lighting up the changing woods with a rich mellow colouring, composed of a thousand brilliant and vivid dyes.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

But I have too much of my mother about me to be dictated to; I like freedom from constraint; I hate artificial regulations: my conduct has always been dictated by my own feelings, and Lady Byron was quite the creature of rules.
— from The Life of Lord Byron by John Galt

“Adolphi ran my cab into a curb and then pulled a gun on me and took the script away.
— from Janet Hardy in Radio City by Ruthe S. Wheeler

"All right, Miss Claxon," Fane answered, with the sorrowful respect which he always showed Clementina, now, "I'll be right there."
— from Ragged Lady — Volume 1 by William Dean Howells

And after reaching many conclusions about many things Constantine was forced to realize that no one particularly cared for or sought out his opinions.
— from The Gorgeous Girl by Nalbro Bartley

Orfila relates an attempt at suicide; but most of the cases have been accidental, and of these, in recent times, about five are recorded, mostly children.
— from Poisons, Their Effects and Detection A Manual for the Use of Analytical Chemists and Experts by Alexander Wynter Blyth

“It is all right, Monsieur Carewe,” said the corporal; “I ought to recognize the horse a mile away.
— from The Puppet Crown by Harold MacGrath

The wheat was cleaned by a rude machine consisting of a couple of cylinders and screens, and an air blast passed through a pair of mill-stones, running very close together, in order that the greatest amount of flour might be produced at one grinding.
— from Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle

This, too, must be considered, that he who, after great labour, fancies himself possessed of a truth, may, upon further discoveries, see his hypothesis taken from him; but the believer, who has a resolute mind, can by no art or reasoning be deprived of his belief.
— from Adventures in the Moon, and Other Worlds by Russell, John Russell, Earl

Instead of selecting a handsome dress, which she often excuses by saying she wishes to use it afterwards for an evening dress, she will choose a really more charming one made of less expensive material, which will give her an opportunity to show her originality, and make her personal charms more appreciated.
— from Appropriate Clothes for the High School Girl by Virginia M. Alexander