If you were in my place, or that zoologist of yours, Von Koren, you might live with Nadyezhda Fyodorovna for thirty years, perhaps, and might leave your heirs a rich vineyard and three thousand acres of maize; but I felt like a bankrupt from the first day.
— from The Duel and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Emelyan told them that in old days he had been in the choir in the Lugansky works, and that he had a remarkable voice and read music splendidly, while now he had become a peasant and lived on the charity of his brother, who sent him out with his horses and took half his earnings.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The inward and outward characteristics of Shakspere are his vast and rich variety of persons and themes, with his wondrous delineation of each and all,—not only limitless funds of verbal and pictorial resource, but great excess, superfoetation—mannerism, like a fine, aristocratic perfume, holding a touch of musk (Euphues, his mark)—with boundless sumptuousness and adornment, real velvet and gems, not shoddy nor paste—but a good deal of bombast and fustian—(certainly some terrific mouthing in Shakspere!)
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

He looked across at the Editor, who was a rare visitor, and hoped he was all right.
— from The Time Machine by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

By a very exact account it appears, that, in 1755, the whole revenue of the clergy of the church of Scotland, including their glebe or church lands, and the rent of their manses or dwelling-houses, estimated according to a reasonable valuation, amounted only to £68,514:1:5 1/12d.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

In general then, except as regards virtue and virtuous action, remember to recur to the constituent parts of things, and by dissecting to despise them; and transfer this practice to life as a whole.
— from The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus A new rendering based on the Foulis translation of 1742 by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

“If you are really very anxious for a smoke,” he remarked, “I think it might possibly be managed, if you are very quick about it.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A Polish count, aged eighteen, devoted himself to the ladies, who pronounced him, 'a fascinating dear', and a German Serene Something, having come to supper alone, roamed vaguely about, seeking what he might devour.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

“Herself,” came the answer in a rough voice, and Márya Dmítrievna entered the room.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

I am only the little Basili yet, but I have a remarkable voice and I can work—' 'Voices are treacherous,' observed the cautious old woman.
— from Corleone: A Tale of Sicily by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

“Yes, but Fern is your sister,” in a reproachful voice; “and I do think you are to blame in this.
— from Wee Wifie by Rosa Nouchette Carey

[577] "Two passions, both degenerate, for they both Began in honour, gradually obtained Rule over her, and vexed her daily life; An unremitting, [578] avaricious thrift; 710 And a strange thraldom of maternal love, That held her spirit, in its own despite, Bound—by vexation, and regret, and scorn, Constrained forgiveness, and relenting vows, And tears, in pride suppressed, in shame concealed— 715 To a poor dissolute Son, her only child.
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 5 (of 8) by William Wordsworth

One night when it was getting along toward dawn she laid her head on her pillow, lost all awareness of this earthly life, and dreamed a dream; in her vision a youth, a Siyyid, wearing a black cloak and a green turban, appeared to her in the heavens; he was standing in the air, reciting verses and praying with his hands upraised.
— from Memorials of the Faithful by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Each bell At your foot, each bud that your culture spurns, The very cowslip would act like myrrh On the stiffest brew—good Sir! "Cowslips, abundant birth O'er meadow and hillside, vineyard too, —Like a schoolboy's scrawlings in and out Distasteful lesson-book—all about Greece and Rome, victory and rout— Love-verses instead of such vain ado!
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

The blazes you have!" sounded a rough voice ahead.
— from Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks; or, Two Recruits in the United States Army by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

Widow and Saxon maid Long shall lament our raid, Think of Clan-Alpine with fear and with woe; Lennox and Leven-glen Shake when they hear again, 'Roderigh Vich Alpine dhu, ho! ieroe!' Row, vassals, row, for the pride of the Highlands! Stretch to your oars for the ever-green Pine!
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

Hyde was always willing to talk on this subject, and thus she learned so much about Arenta, and Madame Jacobus, and Rem Van Ariens, that the people became her familiars.
— from The Maid of Maiden Lane by Amelia E. Barr

On and on Till Babylon was builded, and arose Jerusalem and Memphis, Athens, Rome, Venice and Florence, Paris, London, Berlin, New York, Chicago—did You know, I ask, All this would come of You in ether moving?
— from Songs and Satires by Edgar Lee Masters

If you don't—" "Make no promises, Mr. Nestor!" cried Tom Swift in a ringing voice, as he leaped from his hiding place, followed by his companions.
— from Tom Swift and His Air Scout; Or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky by Victor Appleton