He brought as much money as other boys to school, but got rid of it in no time, no one knew how; and then, being also reckless, borrowed from any one; and when his debts accumulated and creditors pressed, would have an auction in the hall of everything he possessed in the world, selling even his school-books, candlestick, and study table.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

However, it is to be argued at the Board, and reported to the Duke next week; which I shall do with advantage, I hope.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

In reply I might aver that both are right.
— from Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe

only a shred hanging here and there by a rusty nail; the lamps were gone, the poles had long since vanished, the ironwork was rusty, the paint was worn away; the wind whistled through the chinks in the bare woodwork; and the rain, which had collected on the roofs, fell, drop by drop, into the insides with a hollow and melancholy sound.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Instead of being soon well enough to follow his friends, as he had then hoped, his disorder increased considerably, and it was not long before he thought so ill of himself as to be as ready as his physician to have a letter despatched to Mansfield.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

He also died, and was buried for a time, but afterwards revived.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

The irrational is what does not justify itself in the end; and the born artist, repelled by the soberer and bitterer passions of the world, may justly call them irrational.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

It was the sophistic etiquette to avoid the direct use of names, and Julian never names the usurpers Magnentius, Silvanus, and Vetranio, whose suppression by Constantius he describes in his two first Orations , regularly refers to Sapor as “the barbarian,” and rather than name Mardonius, his tutor, calls him “a certain Scythian who had the same name as the man who persuaded Xerxes to invade Hellas.”
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

The latter appear to be a race of good fairies, who are so simple-minded that they can be very easily cheated.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

It appeared to be a rural village—the date, in fiery figures on the corner of the field, was 1852.
— from The Wonderful Story of Ravalette by Paschal Beverly Randolph

A single defeat now with Lee's victorious army north of the Capital meant its fall, the inevitable dismemberment of the Union, and the bankruptcy and ruin of the remaining Northern States.
— from The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln by Dixon, Thomas, Jr.

Such men easily become the warriors of commerce, bringing to the battle of interests, the campaign of life, all that boldness and resolution, that persistence and heroism, that subtlety and unscrupulousness which the Patriarchs and the Maccabees carried out into the personal conflict of sword and spear.
— from The Jew, The Gypsy and El Islam by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

With the news of his brothers' death the flame of vengeance kindled, and then began a regime of overfeeding, physical exercises, and medical supervision, that would have made many a stouter heart quail.
— from With Those Who Wait by Frances Wilson Huard

Whereupon his lordship rose, and delivered an excellent speech ex tempore , before the assembly, in which amongst other things he said, "And whereas you wished I had joined you sooner; truly it was not for want of affection for the good of religion, and my own country which detained me, but a desire and hope that by staying with the court I might have been able to bring a redress of grievances, and when I saw that I could no longer stay without proving unfaithful to my God and my country, I thought good to do as I have done, &c. ——I remember I told some of you that pride and avarice are two evils that have wrought much woe to the church of Christ, and as they are grievous faults in any man, they are especially so in church-men, &c. —I hope every man 241 here, shall walk by the square and rule which is now set before him, observing duty, 1.
— from Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie

There were the little stream of icy water, the rank grass, the scattered undergrowth and the boulders and rocks of every size and variety.
— from Deerfoot in The Mountains by Edward Sylvester Ellis

Dissolve the sugar in the milk, then add the butter and rhubarb cut up.
— from New Vegetarian Dishes by Mrs. Bowdich

[Pg 601] 2. They hastened accordingly, that by a rapid march they might carry out their proposed plan; but Frigeridus, who knew as well how to command as to preserve his troops, either suspected their plans, or else obtained accurate information respecting them from the scouts whom he had sent out; and therefore returned over the mountains and through the thick forests into Illyricum; being full of joy at the success which an unexpected chance threw in his way.
— from The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Ammianus Marcellinus

Any old Oregonian who may chance to cast his eyes upon these pages will recall, as with the pangs of childhood homesickness, the forms and features of steamboat men of that day; the polite yet determined Ainsworth, the brusque and rotund Reed, the bluff and hearty Knaggs, the frolicsome and never disconcerted Ingalls, the dark, powerful, and nonchalant Coe, the patriarchal beard of Stump, the loquacious
— from The Columbia River: Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by William Denison Lyman