Lord, I have heard that thou art a merciful God, and hast ordained that thy Son Jesus Christ should be the Saviour of the world; and moreover, that thou art willing to bestow him upon such a poor sinner as I am, (and I am a sinner indeed); Lord, take therefore this opportunity and magnify thy grace in the salvation of my soul, through thy Son Jesus Christ.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan by John Bunyan

“He only waits for one thing to determine him to resume his cassock, which hangs behind his uniform,” said another Musketeer.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

In the mean time, Mrs Veneering had dived into the same waters for a wealthy Ship-Broker, and had brought him up, safe and sound, by the hair.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Cyrus Harding had intended to blow her up, so as to collect the remains on the shore, but a strong gale from the northeast and a heavy sea compelled him to economize his powder.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

Lord, I have heard that Thou art a merciful God, and hast given that Thy Son Jesus Christ should be the Saviour of the world; and, moreover, that Thou art willing to bestow Him upon such a poor sinner as I am.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

In these poems, as well as in many epistles to different persons, he bewails his unhappy situation, and deprecates in the strongest terms the inexorable displeasure of Augustus.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

I was particularly glad to see her beautiful black hair, unstinted still, and unconcealed in its glossy luxuriance.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

And real in this sense they have been to every human being who, from whatever source of delusion, has at any time believed himself under supernatural agency.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Here, however, King George spoiled their well-laid plans by his unfortunate stamp act of 1765, which caused the colonists to raise the cry of "no taxation without representation."
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

[there] the luxuriant marsh of the Ethiopians, situated near the ocean, glitters like polished brass; where daily in the soft and tepid stream, the all-seeing sun bathes his undying self, and refreshes his weary steeds.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 1 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

And they likewise, bound upon the Wheel, go forth from life to life—from despair to despair,' said the lama below his breath, 'hot, uneasy, snatching.' 'Ay,' the old soldier chuckled.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

But how unimportant seems all talk of contrasting imagination and reality when we see them fused together in this charming portrait of Edward, the child Prince of Wales.
— from The Book of Art for Young People by Conway, William Martin, Sir

Two children lay sleeping before her, Udai Singh and her own child.
— from Peeps at Many Lands—India by John Finnemore

I have brought him up, starving and straining to do honest work.
— from Stories from Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore

"Let's make a fire on his back and burn him up," suggested another.
— from Philippine Folk-Tales by Laura Estelle Watson Benedict

Faulcon's friends who were more clear sighted warned him of the approaching storm, but he was blinded by his uninterrupted successes; and prosperity unmixed with reverses had made him forget that Fortune is apt to desert her favourites.
— from History of the Kingdom of Siam and of the revolutions that have caused the overthrow of the empire, up to A. D. 1770 by F. H. (François Henri) Turpin

A blow at the corner of his eye brought him up sitting, and a raven jumped from his chest.
— from Red Men and White by Owen Wister

Helen sat in the side of the tiny ship as near the prow as might be; her uncle sat at the tiller and managed the sails.
— from A Dozen Ways Of Love by L. (Lily) Dougall