Cases of Russian leather, separated by layers of cotton, covered a bottom lined with gray velvet.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

“Gentlemen, you’d better look out,” cried Colia, also seizing Hippolyte by the hand.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

There was in this church of old time a fraternity, or brotherhood, of Our Blessed Lady, or Corpus Christi, and St. Giles, founded by John Belancer, in the reign of Edward III., the 35th year of his reign.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

For several months, during this period, that is in June, July, August and September, up to October 17th, I was day by day waiting upon the Lord for means for labourers in the Word, as I had reason to believe that many of them were in need; but little only, comparatively, came in.
— from A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. Part 4 by George Müller

"He can't teach me to be like other children, can he?" "No," Walden said.
— from Homo Inferior by Mari Wolf

I would rather see you live than die; but if you would live, I must be Lord of Chilham Castle, indeed and indeed.
— from Darnley; or, The Field of the Cloth of Gold by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

No more, by love of Christ crucified!
— from Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Catherine, of Siena, Saint

There were no more brilliant levees or courtly ceremonies as in the days of Washington and Adams.
— from A Brief History of the United States by Joel Dorman Steele

If when the tax were levied, Government at once exported the produce of it as a subsidy to a foreign state, and if therefore these funds were devoted to the maintenance of foreign, and not of English labourers, such as soldiers, sailors, &c. &c.; then, indeed, there would be a diminished demand for labour, and wages might not increase although they were taxed; but the same thing would happen if the tax had been laid on consumable commodities, on the profits of stock, or if in any 296 other manner the same sum had been raised to supply this subsidy: less labour could be employed at home.
— from On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation by David Ricardo

Then it will be a pretty sight, if you have time to enjoy it, to see the hawk, with the pride of victory in her eyes, pluming the dead quarry on the ground, while the two dogs, stretched at length close by, look on contentedly, conscious that part of the credit for the whole performance is due to them.
— from The Art and Practice of Hawking by E. B. (Edward Blair) Michell