Original Having nothing to do at home, and being arrived at that happy age when a man can be idle with impunity, he took his place once more on the bench, at the inn door, and was reverenced as one of the patriarchs of the village, and a chronicle of the old times “before the war.”
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

They then raised me upon my feet, where I threw off a whole bucket of clots of blood, as this I did also several times by the way.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

So far as I can judge by myself, by the people I have seen in my time, and by all that is done around us, this faculty is present in Russians in its highest degree.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

East seizes Tom's arm, and tries to pull him away, but is knocked back by one of the boys, and Tom is dragged along struggling.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

“So let us strive, while life remains, To save all souls on board, And then if die at last we must, Let . . . .
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

Because all these iniquitous distinctions and discriminations serve to teach colored men and women, however intelligent and wealthy and respectable, that their intelligence and wealth and respectability do not entitle them to equal treatment with the most vicious and worthless of the whites.
— from The Ultimate Criminal by Archibald Henry Grimké

And the smiles that to others with rapture may glow, Leave that bosom alone to its darkness and woe.
— from The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby

Her mocking words were easily borne after the insulting demeanour already experienced.
— from Neæra: A Tale of Ancient Rome by Graham, John W. (John William), active 1886-1887

The applicants may almost as reasonably be expected to copy the whole of the first and last pages of books, as what you require; and because an unimportant mistake is made as to the date and size of a book, of which there is only one edition, and no similar Title in the English language, the salaried Officer of the Institution refuses, or rather justifies his subordinate in refusing the book, and thinks it decorous and proper to taunt him with "ignorance or carelessness."
— from On the Supply of Printed Books from the Library to the Reading Room of the British Museum by Panizzi, Anthony, Sir

Valentine had been for a long time in a state of the most intense impatience; she could not stay in one place; she wandered hither and thither; took up a book and threw it down again in a moment; attempted to play on her zither, but let the instrument fall from her hands; and exclaimed continually: "He will not come!
— from The Bath Keepers; Or, Paris in Those Days, v.1 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume VII) by Paul de Kock

Over the insect, mounted on a wire, etc., as above directed, a thin chemical reagent glass or glass rod, heated strongly at one end, is held, and the heat involved is generally sufficient to bring about the immediate drying and distention, but if the heat be too little the process must be repeated; and, although by this method the danger of burning is not obviated, yet the position of the legs is maintained much better than by the aforesaid roasting.
— from Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Charles V. (Charles Valentine) Riley

In a word, it was an epoch when the middle class sprang into full being, and took its due and proper place as a link between the nobility and the common people.
— from The Hansa Towns by Helen Zimmern

Were young people, either in [4] public schools or in private families, absolutely free from bad examples, it would not be advisable to introduce despicable and vicious characters in books intended for their improvement.
— from The Parent's Assistant; Or, Stories for Children by Maria Edgeworth