Don Quixote and Sancho Panza had not merely found favour, but had already become, what they have never since ceased to be, veritable entities to the popular imagination.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

None are exempted, excepting only the ordinary consuls, the præfect of the city, the king of the sacrifices, and (as long as she preserves her chastity inviolate) the eldest of the vestal virgins.
— 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

So soon as she perceives her thus fast in the toils, and [Pg 74]
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

"He won't move on," says the constable calmly, with a slight professional hitch of his neck involving its better settlement in his stiff stock, "although he has been repeatedly cautioned, and therefore I am obliged to take him into custody.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Payen , adj. and sb. pagan, heathen, C; as a personal name , Bardsley; payn , S; paene , S; payns , pl. , S; paynes , S; pains , S; paens , S; payens , S2, C3, CM.—AF.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

To which Don Quixote replied, “She is not of the ancient Roman Curtii, Caii, or Scipios, nor of the modern Colonnas or Orsini, nor of the Moncadas or Requesenes of Catalonia, nor yet of the Rebellas or Villanovas of Valencia; Palafoxes, Nuzas, Rocabertis, Corellas, Lunas, Alagones, Urreas, Foces, or Gurreas of Aragon; Cerdas, Manriques, Mendozas, or Guzmans of Castile; Alencastros, Pallas, or Meneses of Portugal; but she is of those of El Toboso of La Mancha, a lineage that though modern, may furnish a source of gentle blood for the most illustrious families of the ages that are to come, and this let none dispute with me save on the condition that Zerbino placed at the foot of the trophy of Orlando’s arms, saying, ‘These let none move Who dareth not his might with Roland prove.’” “Although mine is of the Cachopins of Laredo,” said the traveller, “I will not venture to compare it with that of El Toboso of La Mancha, though, to tell the truth, no such surname has until now ever reached my ears.” “What!” said Don Quixote, “has that never reached them?” The rest of the party went along listening with great attention to the conversation of the pair, and even the very goatherds and shepherds perceived how exceedingly out of his wits our Don Quixote was.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

and she promises him that, on the morrow, he will cease to be a Marionette and become a boy.
— from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

After a short pause, her father led her to the altar, and gave her away to the transported Renaldo, before the priest who performed the ceremony, and bestowed the nuptial benediction on this enraptured pair.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Thisbe stops her nose in the presence of Pyramus and says: “Phew!” H2 anchor CHAPTER VI—THE FONTIS Jean Valjean found himself in the presence of a fontis.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

The one who might have made living at Stoneleigh possible had ignored him.
— from Bessie's Fortune: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

Here Lili found him, and she planted herself before him with her hands behind her back, just as she had seen her papa stand, when giving orders.
— from Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country by Johanna Spyri

The change of her tone had, perhaps, warned the priest to draw nearer, and as she perceived him, she said, ‘Yes, father, this is not the way to absolution, but my heart will burst if I say not all.’
— from The Chaplet of Pearls by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

"Tom come out with me," whispered Maggie, pulling his sleeve as she passed him; and Tom followed willingly enough.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

It's mighty sore, anyway," and Swain put his hand to it ruefully.
— from The Gloved Hand by Burton Egbert Stevenson

As she prayed, her emotion subsided and a holy confidence elevating her mind, she remained in an ecstasy of hope, till a solemn voice from behind her called her from this happy trance.
— from The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter

We also went to take leave of Frederick Flipsen, [389] whom we requested, in case any letters addressed to us came into his hands, he would be so kind as to direct them to us in the Fatherland, which order we afterwards changed, and gave to M. de la Grange, because we were apprehensive, as he and the governor were one, it might be that our letters, coming from the Fatherland, had been withheld from 239 us by them, as some persons had absolutely declared, and others had half insinuated.
— from Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by Jasper Danckaerts

70°; and so perfectly had the soft parts of the carcass been preserved, that the flesh, as it lay, was devoured by wolves and bears.
— from Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

All develop under equal conditions, and each is active in that to which inclination and skill point him, whence differences in work will be but insignificant.
— from Woman under socialism by August Bebel

If there is a shot from the crowd or something happens, whether the President is hit or not, get him away, get him out, and still protect him.
— from Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission