Bertram, undaunted , refused to surrender.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

And there is a kind of sacredness attached to the memory of the great and the good, which seems to bid us repulse the scepticism which would allegorize their existence into a pleasing apologue, and measure the giants of intellect by an homeopathic dynameter.
— from The Iliad by Homer

I was left on foot, worn out, famishing, without anyone to help me or any thought of seeking help: and so thus I lay stretched on the ground, how long I know not, after which I rose up free from hunger, and found beside me some goatherds, who no doubt were the persons who had relieved me in my need, for they told me how they had found me, and how I had been uttering ravings that showed plainly I had lost my reason; and since then I am conscious that I am not always in full possession of it, but at times so deranged and crazed that I do a thousand mad things, tearing my clothes, crying aloud in these solitudes, cursing my fate, and idly calling on the dear name of her who is my enemy, and only seeking to end my life in lamentation; and when I recover my senses I find myself so exhausted and weary that I can scarcely move.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

And there is a kind of sacredness attached to the memory of the great and the good, which seems to bid us repulse the scepticism which would allegorize their existence into a pleasing apologue, and measure the giants of intellect by an homaeopathic dynameter.
— from The Odyssey by Homer

Without further preface, I at once read the narrative of the conspiracy, describing it in clear outline, and dwelling only upon the pecuniary motive for it, in order to avoid complicating my statement by unnecessary reference to Sir Percival's secret.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

But Ursula resented the stout, inflated prosperity implied everywhere.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

If fresh tomatoes are to be used, remove the skins, cut into pieces, put into the saucepan with a few tablespoonfuls of water, and cook until the tomatoes are thoroughly softened.
— from Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

The mood of the gunners to a man was one of quiet but unflinching resolve to stand to the last gun.
— from From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet

Descending the first hill into a shallow valley, we come upon the western walls of the Seraglio, marking the confines of ancient Byzantium, A and directly before us rises the Sublime Porte, containing the offices of the prime minister, foreign minister, and minister of the interior—silent, gloomy regions where seem gathered 70 all the sombreness and melancholy of the fate of the empire.
— from Constantinople, v. 1 (of 2) by Edmondo De Amicis

Ladies and others brought us refreshments; the scene became theatrical indeed.
— from Memoirs by Charles Godfrey Leland

“Oh what was that?” “Why the enemy were close upon them, and B—— (that was the officer) was bent upon rescuing the sergeant of his troops who was wounded and helpless, and whose own horse had been killed.
— from Who Ate the Pink Sweetmeat? And Other Christmas Stories by Kate Upson Clark

Having succeeded by stratagem in introducing some of their members into the municipal council, they demanded a church and the public exercise of their worship, and the demand being unfavourably received, they succeeded by violence in enforcing it, and also in usurping the entire government of the city.
— from The Thirty Years War — Volume 01 by Friedrich Schiller

Because, unsophisticated reader, these same department stores are the largest and steadiest advertisers.
— from History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times by Gustavus Myers

A brazen urn received the suffrages of condemnation—one of wood those of acquittal.
— from Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book II by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

The artisans are declaring against us; the small traders have been unmercifully rooked; the shopkeepers are making no profits; and, as to Ireland, it is more than beginning to wince under the operation of a system which has destroyed its only product.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 427, May, 1851 by Various

But upon reaching the store the following day a disappointment awaited him.
— from Richard Dare's Venture; Or, Striking Out for Himself by Edward Stratemeyer