He laid himself down at the foot of a tree, and spent many a sad hour in bemoaning his hard lot.
— from Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

They all had a jolly afternoon together and such a feast of fat things by way of supper as would have made old Mrs. Irving hold up her hands in horror, believing that Paul’s digestion would be ruined for ever.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

And it is for a reason of this kind, that Homer and the oriental writ Page 113 ers, though very fond of similitudes, and though they often strike out such as are truly admirable, seldom take care to have them exact; that is, they are taken with the general resemblance, they paint it strongly, and they take no notice of the difference which may be found between the things compared.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

Suddenly, he started back at the report of firearms; there rose into the air, loud cries and shouts; lights gleamed before his eyes; all was noise and tumult, as some unseen hand bore him hurriedly away.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

And if your misfortune should prove to be one of those that refuse admission to any sort of consolation, it was my purpose to join you in lamenting and mourning over it, so far as I could; for it is still some comfort in misfortune to find one who can feel for it.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

your sarvant, who came like a tief, and stole away my property, and made her believe I was a taylor; and that she was going to marry the ninth part of a man: but the devil burn my soul, if ever I catch him on the mountains of Tulloghobegly, if I don’t shew him that I’m nine times as good a man as he, or e’er a bug of his country.’
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

One of these accidents was that he became a Tory, and soon accepted the office of a distributor of stamps, and was later appointed poet laureate by the government,--which occasioned Browning's famous but ill-considered poem of "The Lost Leader": Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a riband to stick in his coat.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

III When he met her in the omnibus, next day, she appeared to him to be changed and thinner, and she said to him: “I want to speak to you; we will get down at the Boulevard.”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

P., Peace Commissioner, 122 ; position, 132 –3 Funston, Frederick, General, crosses river under fire, 212 ; captures Aguinaldo, 332 –9 [ Contents ] G Garner neutralization resolution, 648 Geography of Ph., 225 –8 Gilmore, Lieut., U. S. N., capture, 257 ; rescue, 247 Governors of Ph., American, 1898–1912, list of, 558 ; their great power, 439 Gray, George, Peace Commissioner, 122 ; position, 129 , 135 Green, Jimmie (American “Tommy Atkins”), sentiments in 1898, at Manila, about “expansion,” 172 Guerrilla warfare decreed by insurgents, 242 ; tactics described, 310 Guzman case, 113 –14 [ Contents ]
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

In order to maintain Plato’s position it has to be shown that this appearance is false; and that a system of self-government, which under certain circumstances leads us to pain, loss, and death, is still that which self-interest requires.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

That signor had left off staring, and gaping bewildered; and now sat coiled up snake-like, on each, his mouth muffled, and two bright eyes fixed on the' lady, and twinkling and scintillating most comically.
— from The Cloister and the Hearth by Charles Reade

The greater part of the north side of the gallery is devoted to the exhibition of the remains of Proboscidea (Dinotheres, Mastodons, and Elephants), as well as teeth and skulls of the two existing species of Elephants.
— from British Museum (Natural History) General Guide by British Museum (Natural History)

The French sent over an engineer to examine the ground, and as that officer expressed an opinion that it was desirable to hold the place with a view to ulterior defensive works being erected upon it, General Eyre was assured that a strong body of men would be marched into it at night.
— from The British Expedition to the Crimea by Russell, William Howard, Sir

Even as it was, and in the very face of those who had detected him so circumstanced, he was railing against the ungodliness of our “rulers,” the degeneracy of human nature, and the awful scourges that the existence of Popery was bringing on the land.
— from The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton

All regular freight trains, extras, and work extras will pass into and through all stations and will approach all isolated side tracks, and also all water tanks and coal sheds with train under full control, expecting to find trains at such points.
— from Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention by R. C. (Ralph Coffin) Richards

Twenty-six guns of the matchless artillery of McClellan's army threw a stream of shot and shell into his face.
— from The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln by Dixon, Thomas, Jr.

From the point of view of this experience I venture to draw certain comparisons and contrasts between him and the American soldier, whose fighting steps I have followed in half a dozen campaigns, against the Indians in the West and also in the war with Spain.
— from Blue Shirt and Khaki: A Comparison by James F. J. (Francis Jewell) Archibald

Every day, just before he went away, he looked up at them and said, "I hope you'll sleep well to-night.
— from The Tale of Grunty Pig Slumber-Town Tales by Arthur Scott Bailey

"I thank you, Monsieur du Bousquier," she added, after a slight pause, and in a significant tone of voice, "for the trouble you have taken, and for that which I gave you yesterday—" She remembered having been in his arms, and that again seemed to her an order from heaven.
— from The Jealousies of a Country Town by Honoré de Balzac

Thou didst not hide thy talent in the dust; Anxious that all should own the same high trust.—
— from Enthusiasm and Other Poems by Susanna Moodie