Then the spectators ranged along the wall would burst out laughing, nudge each other and stamp their feet on the floor.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Now no discourse, except it be of love; Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep, Upon the very naked name of love.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

875 And of hir song right with that word she stente, And therwith-al, `Now, nece,' quod Criseyde, `Who made this song with so good entente?' Antigone answerde anoon, and seyde, `Ma dame, y-wis, the goodlieste mayde 880 Of greet estat in al the toun of Troye; And let hir lyf in most honour and Ioye.' `Forsothe, so it semeth by hir song,' Quod tho Criseyde, and gan ther-with to syke, And seyde, `Lord, is there swich blisse among 885 These lovers, as they conne faire endyte?' `Ye, wis,' quod freshe Antigone the whyte, `For alle the folk that han or been on lyve Ne conne wel the blisse of love discryve.
— from Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

[17] In the movements immediately preceding the battle of Leipsic, Napoleon, strictly speaking, had but a single line of operations, and his armies were simply in central strategic positions; but the principle is the same, and hence the example is illustrative of lines of operations.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

Then he seated himself with his back to the piano, dragging a newspaper under his elbow, and thrusting his hand through his hair, as if he had been attracted by some bit of local news in the "Laceham Courier."
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

All the morning sitting at the office, at noon with Mr. Coventry to the Temple to advise about Field’s, but our lawyers not being in the way we went to St. James’s, and there at his chamber dined, and I am still in love more and more with him for his real worth.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

when sun began to shine today these birds appeared to be very gay and sung most inchantingly; I observed among them the brown thrush, Robbin, turtle dove, linnit goaldfinch, the large and small blackbird, wren and several other birds of less note.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

[424] Thus much out of Joceline of the archbishops; the credit whereof I leave to the judgment of the learned; for I read of a bishop of London (not before named) in the year of Christ 326, to be present at the second council, holden at Arles, in the time of Constantine the Great, who subscribed thereunto in these words: Ex provinciæ Britaniæ Civitate Londiniensi Restitutus Episcopus , as plainly appeareth in the first tome of the councils, he writeth not himself archbishop, and therefore maketh the matter of archbishops doubtful, or rather, overthroweth that opinion.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

" This did not lead well towards the news that Mr. Garth was on the brink of losing ninety-two pounds and more.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

" "Tell General Sheridan," she said, turning to Dick, "that the Confederate numbers are even less than he thinks, that a large area at the base of Little North Mountain is wholly unoccupied.
— from The Tree of Appomattox by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

He then presented an illuminated address to Sir Redvers Buller, of which the following is the text:— “We, the Mayor and members of the Town Council of the borough of Ladysmith, Natal, and as such representing the inhabitants of the said borough, beg most respectfully to welcome with great joy the arrival of yourself and your gallant soldiers at our township, and to express to you our most sincere and heartfelt appreciation of your noble and courageous efforts in the relief of this long-beleaguered borough.
— from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree by Louis Creswicke

By Edward C. Butler Our Little Norwegian Cousin Our Little Panama Cousin
— from Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade

The bonhomie of last night was quite gone.
— from Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley John Weyman

No facilities for trade or commerce, no scenic beauty of landscape, no harbour, no defence against enemies, no drinking water, no mineral wealth, no food-supplying hinterland, no navigable river--a dangerous river, indeed, a perpetual menace to the place--every drawback, or nearly so, which a town may conceivably possess, and all of them huddled into a fatally unhealthy environment, compressed in a girdle of fire and poison.
— from Alone by Norman Douglas

V. SEA-DOGS There is a bit of live natural history out here in the sea in front of me that is new and interesting.
— from Under the Maples by John Burroughs

The bewailed one (?) lives no more, the lord of destiny (?) lives no more.
— from Archæology and the Bible by George A. (George Aaron) Barton