Parker Pillsbury expressed her sorrow when he wrote: "You must be stricken sore indeed in the loss of your constant helper in the great mission to which you are devoted, your counselor, your consoler, your all that man could be, besides the endearing relation of father.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

By the Evangels,' replied Scalza, 'I gull you not; nay, I speak the truth, and if there be any here who will lay a supper thereon, to be given to the winner and half a dozen companions of his choosing, I will willingly hold the wager; and I will do yet more for you, for I will abide by the judgment of whomsoever you will.'
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

Last Victory And Death Of Belisarius, Death Of Justinian.—Part IV. About two years after the last victory of Belisarius, the emperor returned from a Thracian journey of health, or business, or devotion.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

He was in Swanage on the morrow bearing the engagement ring.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

We are like some college boys, who depend upon tutors to carry them through their examinations—they expect to buy their education ready-made.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

They believe that every race which breeds true, let the distinctive characters be ever so slight, has had its wild prototype.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

By a left flank movement the army would have been scattered while still passing the front of the enemy, and before the extreme right had got by it would have been very much exposed.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

She put on a girdle and head-dress of diamonds, and, seeing in a glass that she was more beautiful than ever, received the magician, saying, to his great amazement: “I have made up my mind that Aladdin is dead, and that all my tears will not bring him back to me, so I am resolved to mourn no more, and have therefore invited you to sup with me; but I am tired of the wines of China, and would fain taste those of Africa.”
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

There was no telegraphic communication in any part of the corral between the house and the palisade; but the engineer, running straight to the first post, saw by the light of a flash a new wire hanging from the isolator to the ground.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

If I could have known, I should have waited, or gone by the express route, via Dover, the sea transit of which occupies only two hours.
— from Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business by D. W. (David W.) Bartlett

No more letters of the character described were sent out, because the early replies that were received by the Inspector to his circular letter brought forth no serious complaints.
— from My Adventures with Your Money by George Graham Rice

I'm very willing, because I want to be the English Rachel."
— from The Tragic Muse by Henry James

Most of these peculiar practices and superstitions are retained with much tenacity, even by those Indians who are nominally civilised and Christian, and many of them have been even adopted by the Europeans resident in the country: there are actually Portuguese in the Rio Negro who fear the power of the Indian pagés, and who fully believe and act on all the Indian superstitions respecting women.
— from Travels on the Amazon by Alfred Russel Wallace

Later on the enemy's guns became more active on the roads, and the road leading back to Essarts received salvoes all day.
— from Q.6.a and Other places: Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 by Francis Buckley

On All Souls Day he went on board a boat, just before morning, and by the evening reached the coast of Flanders.
— from Life of Thomas à Becket by Henry Hart Milman

For a moment he was overpowered by the exalted rank of the leading personages, and then fascinated by the charms and costumes of the ladies, only to find fresh subjects for further adjectives in the fineness of the weather, the blaze of lights that seemed to create an artificial day, and the unity of sentiment and disposition that pervaded all alike.
— from Inns and Taverns of Old London by Henry C. (Henry Charles) Shelley

The settlement of these details and of others incidental to them kept the three conspirators busy until nearly midnight, when Jack rose to go, having already arranged to leave the hotel by the side entrance in order to baffle the eminently respectable “Mr Mackintosh”, should that individual happen to be still on the watch.
— from The Cruise of the Thetis: A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection by Harry Collingwood

Though greatly annoyed by this "execrable rumour, spread Page 394 {394} everywhere by the subtlety of the devil," Eginhard had doubtless comforted himself by his supposed knowledge of its falsity, and he only now discovered how considerable a foundation there was for the scandal.
— from Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions by Thomas Henry Huxley