It was a bright autumn Sunday, sixteen years after Silas Marner had found his new treasure on the hearth.
— from Silas Marner by George Eliot

You have already done more than your age warrants, and you must rise and go to your bed to recover, by a sound sleep, your strength.”
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

it is true: "Be polite to bores and so shall you have bores always round about you."
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

And so when sir Dinas went out a-hunting she slipped down by a towel, and took with her two brachets, and so she yede to the knight that she loved, and he her again.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

As I generally go down stairs last, he came to me, the moment the ladies had passed by, and said, “Shall you be at home tomorrow morning?”
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

On the other hand, here thou shalt see a poor, but a gracious man, with a pinched belly, naked back, and running sores, begging at the rich man's gate for a morsel to feed his belly, a sad state, yet but short; for look again, and behold this beggar gloriously carried, as in a chariot of triumph, by the angels into Abraham's bosom, shining in glory, clothed with beautiful garments, and his soul set down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of the Father; his rags are gone, his sores healed, and his soul filled with joy unspeakable, and full of glory; the one carried not his costly fare, and his gorgeous apparel with him into hell; nor the other his coarse diet, mouldy bread, filthy rags, and ulcerous body into heaven; but the happiness of the one, and the misery of the other, took their leaves at the grave; the worldly man's portion was but for his life, and the godly man's afflictions lasted no longer; 'For mark the perfect, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace; but the end of the wicked shall be cut off' (Psa 37:37,38).
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan

He was only gone for a short time, and when he came back he brought a stout, strong young rat with him.
— from Wonder Tales from Many Lands by Katharine Pyle

“But, Arthur,” she said, “you know I have to take care of Mother.
— from Tales from a Rolltop Desk by Christopher Morley

The trumpets now gave forth a terrible sound; Severus, the Roman general in command of the left wing, when he came near the ditches filled with armed men, from which the enemy had arranged that those who were there concealed should suddenly rise up, and throw the Roman line into confusion, halted boldly, and suspecting some yet hidden ambuscade, neither attempted to retreat nor advance.
— from The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Ammianus Marcellinus

“That will be a bold ruse , indeed; but suppose you are once under her broadside, and she suspects you?”
— from The Pirate by Frederick Marryat

I had the pleasure of doing your brother a small service yesterday."
— from The Hundredth Chance by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

To enter this contrivance you back into it till you can sit on the mattress, and then by a skilful swing you bring head and feet inside at the same moment.
— from How to Travel Hints, Advice, and Suggestions to Travelers by Land and Sea all over the Globe. by Thomas Wallace Knox

And she succeeded; for the pout passed from Mabel's [76] lip and the frown from her brow, as she said,— "Yes, we will; and see what a big box of sugar-plums I have brought.
— from Belle Powers' Locket by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews

By a sure sign, you are awake.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone