Although Emily had always maintained a studied silence on the subject, he knew that it was the darling wish of her heart to be legally united to him; so he unhesitatingly proceeded to arrange matters for the consummation of what he felt assured would promote the happiness of both.
— from The Garies and Their Friends by Frank J. Webb

Recently a good professor thought more emphasis should be laid upon the human spring.
— from A Man's Value to Society: Studies in Self Culture and Character by Newell Dwight Hillis

And thou Capernaum, which hast been lifted up to heaven, shalt be cast down to hell.
— from A Translation of the New Testament from the original Greek Humbly Attempted with a View to Assist the Unlearned with Clearer and More Explicit Views of the Mind of the Spirit in the Scriptures of Truth by Thomas Haweis

" "I wish, at least, you would hold your tongue," muttered I. The moon, that night, though past the full, was still large and oval, and having risen between eight and nine o'clock, now shone aslantwise over the river, throwing the high, opposite bank, with its woods, into deep shadow, but lighting up the hither shore pretty effectually.
— from The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne

One favour she had asked, and it had been granted,—that she was to be left unmolested to her solitude till the fatal day.
— from Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Once I had a child, and she would have been like unto thee had she lived, but Hela took her from me.
— from A Maid at King Alfred's Court: A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison

She closed the shutters, and put the burning logs upon the hearth safely together, and then locked the door.
— from The Squire of Sandal-Side: A Pastoral Romance by Amelia E. Barr

But for this the vessel would certainly have been lost, unless they had succeeded in beaching her before the final catastrophe, on some part of the neighbouring coast; in which case they would have run the chance of being taken by the pirates who at that time infested the China seas.
— from Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Steve Hardy offered them a ride in his milk wagon, but they set out on foot, at the suggestion of the Professor, who said that in this way he could better lead up to his subject.
— from A Yankee from the West: A Novel by Opie Percival Read

The man's voice began again, softly, so that not a word was audible to Gregg; he heard the crackle of burning logs upon the hearth; saw the rectangle of light flicker; caught a faint scent of wood smoke, and then he slept once more.
— from The Seventh Man by Max Brand