It banished sordid fact, flooded his mind with beauty, loosed romance and to its heels added wings.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

But because Thy Spirit was borne above the waters, Thy mercy forsook not our misery, and Thou saidst, Let there be light, Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

it is na fair, First showing us the tempting ware, Bright wines, and bonie lasses rare, To put us daft Syne weave, unseen, thy spider snare
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Though she had consented, Christie had endless doubts and fears, but Lucy removed many of the former, and her own desire for pleasant employment conquered many of the latter.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

That literature abounded with metrical romances, such as are found in every country where there is much curiosity and intelligence, but little reading and writing.
— from Lays of Ancient Rome by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

It was just such a slip, indeed, as might have been chosen for a memorandum—for a record of something to be long remembered and carefully preserved.”
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

at 15 miles we passed a large creek on N. side a little above it's entrance; there is but little running water in this creek at present, it's bed is about 30 yds.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

It was not a bad little restaurant: there was lunch and everything.
— from Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Mr. Brown looked rather sheepishly at his daughter, not quite knowing in what frame of mind she intended to make this visit, but he soon saw that she really was doing her best to set matters straight again.
— from Sarah's First Start in Life by Adelaide M. G. Campbell

Bantam Lyons raised his eyes suddenly and leered weakly.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

"Fortunately the damage done to the mines has (p. 439) not been large, relatively to the vast total amount of the fixed capital sunk in them.
— from Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold

There was just a little black lower rim to things, a steeple, perhaps, or a line of poplars, and then the great hemisphere swept over us.
— from The World Set Free by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Of his schooldays but little record has been preserved.
— from Old Friends at Cambridge and Elsewhere by John Willis Clark

On the other hand, the whites, used to being careless as to the guilt or innocence of accused Negroes, were swept in moments of passion beyond law, reason, and decency.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

LIFE OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN BY SARAH TYTLER EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY LORD RONALD GOWER, F.S.A. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL.
— from Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 by Sarah Tytler