I say fascinating, because if you once detect a human face produced on a great plan by unconscious nature, you never get tired of watching it.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

Ulysses's bed room does not appear to have been upstairs, nor yet quite within the house.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

Those who were present at the funeral tell me with evident surprise that you put on no mourning, and that you bedizened up neither yourself nor your maids with the trappings of woe, and that there was no ostentatious expenditure of money at the funeral, but that everything was done orderly and silently in the presence of our relations.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

“Of course; it would have been my duty; but he would not expose me to the misery that he saw before us.” “Nay, you were miserable enough already.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Now, since Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, could not even have children, for Jacob found them boys under nine years old when he entered Egypt, in what way are not only their sons but their grandsons reckoned among those seventy-five who then entered Egypt with Jacob?
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

For there is reckoned there Machir the son of Manasseh, grandson of Joseph, and Machir's son, that is, Gilead, grandson of Manasseh, great-grandson of Joseph; there, too, is he whom Ephraim, Joseph's other son, begot, that is, Shuthelah, grandson of Joseph, and Shuthelah's son Ezer, grandson of Ephraim, and great-grandson of Joseph, who could not possibly be in existence when Jacob came into Egypt, and there found his grandsons, the sons of Joseph, their grandsires, still boys under nine years of age.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Thus, Columbus discovered America, the Pilgrim Fathers founded New England, the early English settlers colonized Jamestown, and the Dutch built up New York.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

He kept urging them to act on his all-wonderful plan for blowing up New York.
— from The Apartment Next Door by William Johnston

"But," urged Narcissus, "you and he spent hours together.
— from The Westcotes by Arthur Quiller-Couch

We have sent battery after battery, until now you have an unexampled force of that arm.
— 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

My hope in this direction is increased when I remember that the lady has been a widow for some years—to be exact, without being uncomplimentary, nine years.
— from Fanny's First Novel by Frank Frankfort Moore

During the time of our abode among these islands we found reasonable quantity of wood, both fir, spruce, and juniper; which, whether it came floating any great distance to these places where we found it, or whether it grew in some great islands near the same place by us not yet discovered, we know not.
— from Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage by Richard Hakluyt

And seing thairfoir that neather access was granted to be used, nor yitt her Grace wald joyne her self to us, to consult upoun the effairis of our commoun-weall, as we [Pg 448] that be borne Counsallouris to the same, be the ancient lawis of the realme; but fearing the judgement of the Counsall wald reforme, as necessitie requyred, the foirsaid enormities, sche refuisses all maner of assistance with us, and be force and violence intendis to suppresse the liberties of our commoun-weall, and of us the favoraris of the samyn: We , thairfoir, sa mony of the Nobilitie, Barones, and Provest of Burrowes, as ar tweichet with the cair of the commoun-weall, (unto the whiche we acknowledge our self nott onlie borne, bot alswa sworne protectouris and defendaris, against all and whatsomever invaidaris of the same,) and moved be the foirsaidis proceidingis notorious, and with the lamentable complaynt of oppressioun of our communitie, our fallow memberis of the samyn: perceaving farder, that the present necessitie of our commoun-weill may suffer na delay, being convenit (as said is) presentlie in Edinburgh, for supporte of our commoun-weall, and ryplie consulted and advisit, taking the fear of God befoir our eyis, for the causses foirsaidis, whiche ar notorious, with one consent and commoun vote, ilk man in ordour his judgement being required, In name and authoritie of our Soverane Lord and Lady, Suspendis the said Commissioun granted be our saidis Soveranis to the said Quene Dowager; dischargeing her of all administratioun or authoritie sche hes or may have thairby, unto the nixt Parliament to be sett be our advise and consent; and that becaus the said Quene, be the foirsaidis faltis notorious, declairis hir self ennemye to our commoun-weall, abusing the power of the said authoritie, to the destructioun of the samyn.
— from The Works of John Knox, Volume 1 (of 6) by John Knox

[Pg 153] "You look rather white and peaky, Mag, but you'll soon brown up now you've got into the real country.
— from The Little Princess of Tower Hill by L. T. Meade

"He was a bit upset, now you come to mention it, agitated like, yes," said Tester, reviewing the circumstances in a new light.
— from Bones in London by Edgar Wallace