But I take all the blame upon myself for never having told your worships of my uncle's vagaries, that you might put a stop to them before things had come to this pass, and burn all these accursed books—for he has a great number—that richly deserve to be burned like heretics."
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Perspiration burst from every pore, and stood in cold big beads upon my forehead.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

But unfortunately Mrs. Fisher also was filled with a desire to get to San Salvatore first and pick out the room or rooms she preferred, and she and Lady Caroline had after all traveled together.
— from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

Forð-teon , v. to draw forth, bring up, MD; forðteh , pt. s. , S.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

"I visited the clergymen of this town, and I found some of them different from any I had seen before; they talked of the revealed word of the Old Testament, with warmth of heart and enthusiasm, and I heard for the first time a powerful testimony to the Christian doctrine; my whole heart was stirred up against it, the ground burned under my feet, and I hurried away purposing never to return again.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

Her cheek was pressed close to mine, and I felt her burning breath upon my face.
— from A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov

He came so close to my person that I felt his hot breath upon my face.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

First : if the Allies were to "nurse" the trade and industry of Germany for a period of five or ten years, supplying her with large loans, and with ample shipping, food, and raw materials during that period, building up markets for her, and deliberately applying all their resources and goodwill to making her the greatest industrial nation in Europe, if not in the world, a substantially larger sum could probably be extracted thereafter; for Germany is capable of very great productivity.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

But the least push of joy Breaks up my feet, And I tip — drunken. Let no pebble smile, 'T was the new liquor, — That was all!
— from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson

"I must plead guilty, I am afraid," replied Colonel Manners; "but if the fault be a very grievous one, I must lay the blame upon Miss Falkland, as it was under her special injunctions
— from The Gipsy: A Tale (Vols I & II) by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Fowler, he said, had done the deed alone but had bitterly upbraided Milsom for giving no assistance.
— from Chronicles of Newgate, Vol. 2 From the eighteenth century to its demolition by Arthur Griffiths

Having awakened in this clever fashion the slumbering strings of sectarian hatred and religious association, the author of Plain Truth brings the same sure and compelling touch to the other points of his theme: the danger that the Iroquois might, from considerations set forth in the pamphlet with telling force, be wholly gained over by the French; which meant deserted plantations, ruin, bloodshed and confusion; the folly and selfishness of the view that Rural Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia did not owe each other mutual obligations of assistance; the ruin in which commerce, trade and industry were certain to be involved by the occlusion of the Delaware; the probability that the enemy, finding that he could come higher and higher up the river, seize vessels, land and plunder plantations and villages, and return with his booty unmolested, might finally be led to believe that all Pennsylvanians were Quakers, against all defence, from a principle of conscience, and thus be induced to strike one bold stroke for the city and for the whole plunder of the river.
— from Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed, Volume 1 (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce

I read them after him with a great deal of amusement, but without the passion that I bestowed upon my favorite authors.
— from Literature and Life (Complete) by William Dean Howells

," continued Grismer with a sigh, "you recollect the dreadful disgrace she brought upon my family?
— from The Restless Sex by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Then let it be laid up in the mind as a settled truth, that it is our peculiar ministry to break the chains of ignorance and superstition, to demolish the habitations of cruelty, to crush the thrones of intellectual and moral enthralment, to overthrow the temples of idolatry, and bring up man from his long degradation to reunion with God through the blood of the Lamb.
— from The Faithful Steward Or, Systematic Beneficence an Essential of Christian Character by Sereno D. (Sereno Dickenson) Clark

I wept with joy, delicious tears, Which dreams alone bestow; Until, mayhap, from out the years We sleep, and further go.
— from A Hidden Life and Other Poems by George MacDonald

Ere three days I shall leave this, and with it all the hopes that once beamed upon my fortunes, and all the happiness,—nay, not all, my boy, for I feel some thrill at my heart yet, as I think that I have been true to you.”
— from Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Charles James Lever

I've been usin' me fists all me life, beltin' the washboord, an' I'm nowhere yet.
— from The Art of Disappearing by John Talbot Smith

"Ah, child, you are so wonderful that I dare not touch you; I have such grand awe in my heart that even your breath upon my face makes me bow down as though an angel touched my forehead."
— from Love Among the Ruins by Warwick Deeping