every thing being dry we derected the Perogue & Canoes to be loaded and in readiness to Set out in the morning early.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

The youth expects his career to be like an interesting romance; and there lies the germ of that disappointment which I have been describing.[1] What lends a charm to all these visions is just the fact that they are visionary and not real, and that in contemplating them we are in the sphere of pure knowledge, which is sufficient in itself and free from the noise and struggle of life.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims by Arthur Schopenhauer

But if these people were the lost ten tribes of Israel, the case would be widely different: the opening was too excellent to be lost, and I resolved that should I see indications which appeared to confirm my impression that I had indeed come upon the missing tribes, I would certainly convert them.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

My horse had become lame, and I resolved to buy another.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

In a practical point of view, the pulmonary artery possesses but small interest for us; and in truth the trunk of the systemic aorta itself may be regarded in the same disheartening consideration, forasmuch as when serious disease attacks either vessel, the "tree of life" may be said to be lopped at its root.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

“And I should like to be left alone,” I replied; and taking her by the arm I led her out of the room and locked the door after her.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

If the Union took possession of the slaves in the Southern States by force, or at a rate determined by law, an insurmountable resistance would arise in that part of the country.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

I only ask that you accept me as your relation—a cousin, who has been long absent in remote lands; a traveller, an 'eccentric,' who likes a life of savagery and adventure, and who has come back, after years of exile, to see his family and be with his own.
— from The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever

I was told that by Lopez, and I reckon he got it from Captain Hogan.
— from Owen Clancy's Happy Trail; Or, The Motor Wizard in California by Burt L. Standish

Nor I won't swear for sartin as I can put you right on to the exact spot, seein' as how I've not been up thar myself yet; but mebbe I can before long, and I reckon that ought to be enough for ye.
— from Lone Pine: The Story of a Lost Mine by R. B. (Richard Baxter) Townshend

Not enough to keep you from being laughed at in Rowan County!
— from When Men Grew Tall, or The Story of Andrew Jackson by Alfred Henry Lewis

Edna's things must be lovely, and I read her letter to Lee.
— from Seeing France with Uncle John by Anne Warner

What's to become of Beechy left alone in Ragusa ill, with nobody but Mr. Barrymore and Sir Ralph to look after her?
— from My Friend the Chauffeur by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

A minor dispute over the course of the boundary line after it reached the Pacific islets was amicably adjusted by another treaty in 1871.
— from A New History of the United States The greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year by Charles Morris

There's a constituency in Yorkshire where my brother lives, and I rather think Burl wants a candidate.'
— from The Philanderers by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason