But Alexander remained encamped near the 28 Cadmea, for he still wished rather to come to friendly terms with the Thebans than to come to a contest with them.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

For one who lives in an ordinary city of a thousand inhabitants or upwards, unless he is an "out-and-out" Christian and selects only associates like himself, it becomes a real Embarrassment not to indulge in a social drink.
— from Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes by J. M. Judy

This time—his soul grievously burdened by anxiety as to the fate of his wife and child, and by a restless eagerness not to compromise his benefactress, a bloody death staring him every moment in the face—Condorcet spent in the composition, without the aid of a single book, of his memorable work on the progress of the human mind.
— from Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3), Essay 3: Condorcet by John Morley

Tom and I were to go down the coast in the Black Arrow, returning every night to New York.
— from The Man Who Ended War by Hollis Godfrey