Whereas to-day I turn to go, calumniated before the Lacedaemonians by yourselves, detested in your behalf by Seuthes, whom I meant so to benefit, by help of you, that I should find in him a refuge for myself and for my children, if children I might have, in after time.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

Then they sat a long while in the garden, huddled close together, saying nothing, or dreaming aloud of their happy life in the future, in brief, broken sentences, while it seemed to him that he had never spoken at such length or so eloquently.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

[Clark, September 2, 1806] Tuesday 2nd of September 1806 Set out at the usial hour passed the River Jacque at 8 A.M. in the first bottom below on the N E. Side I observed the remains of a house which had been built since we passed up, this most proba
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

If sense and courage, temperance and industry, wisdom and knowledge confessedly form a considerable part of PERSONAL MERIT: if a man, possessed of these qualities, is both better satisfied with himself, and better entitled to the good-will, esteem, and services of others, than one entirely destitute of them; if, in short, the SENTIMENTS are similar which arise from these endowments and from the social virtues; is there any reason for being so extremely scrupulous about a WORD, or disputing whether they be entitled to the denomination of virtues?
— from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume

with the Great Chief of that nation (Black Bird) Seperated with 200 men and built a village at this place.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Just at this moment P'hra Athiett's golden chariot was coming over the hill, and he smiled a smile of such ineffable delight when he caught sight of her, that he dazzled the eyes of the poor little maiden; and as she could no longer see the beautiful butterfly, she was obliged to relinquish all idea of capturing it.
— from The Romance of the Harem by Anna Harriette Leonowens

She, too, was pleased with his look and fine manly bearing, but she would not tell him who she was, nor where she came from.
— from Foxholme Hall, and Other Tales by William Henry Giles Kingston

Billy Louise tried to believe that it was all going to be as plain sailing as this fortuitous beginning, but she was aware of a nervous fluttering in her throat while she waited, and she knew that she positively dreaded hearing Seabeck gallop up behind her on the frozen trail.
— from The Ranch at the Wolverine by B. M. Bower

§ I, after a full discussion of Tragedy, begins by saying, 'with respect to that species of Poetry which imitates by Narration ...
— from The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 With Translations and Index for the Series by Steele, Richard, Sir

Then thro' the blackness of the dripping cave Tumultuous spake he, rage his utterance; Large as the thunder when it lunging rolls, Heavy with earthquake and portending ruin, Tempestuous words o'er everlasting seas Dumb with the silence of eternal ice; His eyes in horrid spasms, and his throat, Corded and gnarled with veins of boisterous blood, Swollen with fury, and stern, wintery lips Flaked with rebellious foam and agony For thwarted rage and baulkment of designs.
— from Blooms of the Berry by Madison Julius Cawein

There is a great deal of confused noise, but by snatches we distinguish the half-drowned but heavenly music.
— from William Blake: A Study of His Life and Art Work by Irene Langridge

The plain of Feraghan as seen from the roof was one smooth expanse of pure deep snow, broken only by brown splashes, where mud villages were emphasised by brown poplars, the unbroken, unsullied snow, two feet deep on the level and any number in the drifts, looking like a picture of the Arctic Ocean, magnificent in its solitude, one difficult track, a foot wide, the solitary link with the larger world which then seemed so very far away.
— from Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume 1 (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

His wife told her to go on back to her house and get in bed but she was afraid.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration