On the morning of the 22nd January, 1830, during the minority of the seventh Earl, Hinchinbroke was almost entirely destroyed by fire, but the pictures and furniture were mostly saved, and the house has been rebuilt in the Elizabethan style, and the interior greatly improved, under the direction of Edward Blore, Esq., R.A.—B.] and news of Mr. Sheply’s going thither the next week.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

“I hope all will be right in the end,” she said: “but believe me, you cannot be too careful.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

He advanced, despite opposition, through the different grades in direct competition with his white shipmates to the grade of chief gunner's mate, the highest rating that could be reached in the enlisted status.
— from Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller

When at last the sky became red in the east, she knew that morning was coming again.
— from The Early Cave-Men by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

And now, sir, as the prisoners are remanded and we have nothing more to detain us in Banff, had we not better return immediately to Edinboro'?" suggested Ishmael; for you see, ever since the news of his daughter's misfortunes had shaken the old man's strength, it was Ishmael who had to watch over him, to think for him and to shape his course.
— from Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

He felt the importance of destroying the army in Boston, before it should be strengthened by reinforcements in the ensuing spring; and with a view to this object, frequently reconnoitred its situation, and was assiduous in collecting every information respecting its strength.
— from The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall

He had been rocked in the early storms of the controversy, and had acquired a decision and a hardihood proportioned to the severity of the discipline which he had undergone.
— from The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Edwin Percy Whipple

"I noticed only one bad rail in the entire system, the one there by the chute.
— from The Iron Boys in the Mines; or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft by James R. Mears

All that will be required is that each shall accord to others as much freedom of thought and action as he enjoys himself, and shall respect the rights and interests of others as he desires his own to be respected by them.
— from The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation by Charles Nordhoff