On the whole, it is best he should not escape.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

But his marriage with Theophano was refused by the same patriarch who had placed the crown on his head: by his second nuptials he incurred a year of canonical penance; 1014 a bar of spiritual affinity was opposed to their celebration; and some evasion and perjury were required to silence the scruples of the clergy and people.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

'Why yes, Sir; but he should not like to hear himself.' . .
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

It is two o’clock, and the doctor will be here soon now.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

Light The brisk Lightning, I. return Footnote 4: William Bullock was a good and popular comedian, whom some preferred to Penkethman, because he spoke no more than was set down for him, and did not overact his parts.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

had I but that purple flow'r whose leaves her charms can foil, And knew like fays to draw the juice, and throw it on the wind, I'd be her slave no longer, nor the traveller beguile, And help all faithful lovers, nor fear the fairy kind!
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Maka sembahyang hajat dua rakaʿat, Habis di-dapat-lah Baba Hawa: Sudah nikah, sakali beranak Berdua, sampei ampat puloh ampat anak.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

But he spake no word; Which set the horror higher: a maiden swooned; The Lady Lyonors wrung her hands and wept, As doomed to be the bride of Night and Death; Sir Gareth's head prickled beneath his helm; And even Sir Lancelot through his warm blood felt Ice strike, and all that marked him were aghast.
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

Go therefore, half this day as friend with friend Converse with Adam, in what Bowre or shade 230 Thou find'st him from the heat of Noon retir'd, To respit his day-labour with repast, Or with repose; and such discourse bring on, As may advise him of his happie state, Happiness in his power left free to will, Left to his own free Will, his Will though free, Yet mutable; whence warne him to beware He swerve not too secure: tell him withall His danger, and from whom, what enemie Late falln himself from Heav'n, is plotting now 240 The fall of others from like state of bliss; By violence, no, for that shall be withstood, But by deceit and lies; this let him know, Least wilfully transgressing he pretend Surprisal, unadmonisht, unforewarnd.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

I gave a smothered shriek, and would have shut the door on him; but he said,— 'Not so hasty, mistress—look at me again, and you will not turn me away, I think.'
— from Andrew Golding: A Tale of the Great Plague by Annie E. Keeling

Nick's hand continued to stroke and soothe, but he said no more while her paroxysm of weeping lasted.
— from The Way of an Eagle by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

Johannes knew perfectly well why she appointed that day, but he said nothing, and followed Frau Willmers.
— from Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern

He now who wantonly despises this may indeed pass along and escape the hangman, but he shall not escape the wrath and punishment of God; and when he has long practiced his defiance and arrogance, he shall yet remain a tramp and beggar, and, in addition, have all plagues and misfortune.
— from Martin Luther's Large Catechism, translated by Bente and Dau by Martin Luther

He ought to have said something; but he said nothing.
— from He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope