Captain Suckling sat at the head of the board; and when the examination had ended, in a manner highly honourable to Nelson, rose from his seat, and introduced him to the examining captains as his nephew.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

I have always obliged you, and when my papa died you took the sofa and ten roubles in cash and have never given them back.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

In the first place, it struck me as strange that the building should be so nearly empty; I was almost alone, and the few besides myself had been led by curiosity, and had no intention of doing business with the bank.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

“My good Lord,” says Hippolita, “your daughter tells you the truth: Isabella left us by your command, and has not returned since;—but, my good Lord, compose yourself: retire to your rest: this dismal day has disordered you.
— from The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

When the neighbour came in to say that it was time to start, Lena wound Chris’s comforter about his neck and turned up his jacket collar—he had no overcoat—and we watched him climb into the wagon and start on his long, cold drive.
— from My Antonia by Willa Cather

She was no sooner gone, than the squire (having first shut the door) ejaculated twenty bitches, and as many hearty curses against her, not sparing himself for having ever thought of her estate; but added, “Now one hath been a slave so long, it would be pity to lose it at last, for want of holding out a little longer.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Last year I had met at Robertson's house a doctor belonging to the Kurumé clan, and he now came with his son to ask permission to bring some of his fellow clansmen to call on me.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

But with his last attempt he wip'd it out, Destroy'd his country, and his name remains To th' ensuing age abhorr'd.'
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

He emigrated to America, Sir, in consequence of being too much sought after here, to be comfortable; and has never been heard of since.’
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Castruccio gave ample proof of his prudence and courage in this expedition, acquiring greater reputation than any other captain, and his name and fame were known, not only in Pavia, but throughout all Lombardy. Castruccio, having returned to Lucca in far higher estimation than he left it, did not omit to use all the means in his power to gain as many friends as he could, neglecting none of those arts which are necessary for that purpose.
— from The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

"It is the greatest good fortune that you, my friend, should have chosen this morning to visit me," he cried, and Hanaud nodded with a little grimace of resignation.
— from The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

He had changed it, however, before entering the city, as he never dreamed of danger there , and imagined it would expose him to ridicule.
— from By Far Euphrates: A Tale by Deborah Alcock

He knew that between M. de Charlus and her nothing untoward could ever happen, that when M. de Charlus went anywhere with her, it was out of friendship for himself, and that he would make no difficulty about telling him everything that she had done.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

Then, uttering his whoop, the savage cast aside his now useless gun, and, shaking his uplifted tomahawk, rushed at me.
— from With Force and Arms: A Tale of Love and Salem Witchcraft by Howard Roger Garis

Let them mark well the unwilling files that are paraded by boarding-school keepers into the adjacent church or chapel, bringing a mercenary puff up to the very horns of the altar, and let them inquire how many are then flogged, or beaten, or otherwise evil-entreated, because they have flagged in an attention impossible in the days of childhood, and have not remembered a text, perhaps indistinctly or inaudibly given—let those parents or guardians, I say, inquire, and if but one poor youth has so suffered, let them be fully assured that that master, whatever may be his diligence, whatever may be his attainments, however high his worldly character may stand, is not fit to be the modeller of the youthful mind, and only wants the opportunity to betray that bigotry which would gladly burn his dissenting neighbour at the stake, or lash a faith, with exquisite tortures, into the children of those whom, in his saintly pride, he may call heretical.
— from Rattlin the Reefer by Edward Howard

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year—best wishes "fore" a Christmas Day.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1972 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Euphemia, of course, spoke like a child, and had no experience; for though well over thirty by now, her name was still Forsyte.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume II. Indian Summer of a Forsyte In Chancery by John Galsworthy

‘They fell sick by thousands,’ says Boccaccio of the poorer classes, ‘and having no one whatever to attend them, most of them died.’
— from Europe in the Middle Ages by Ierne L. (Ierne Lifford) Plunket

He could see just how the sparkle would come to her eyes, and just how the little fine lines of mischief would crinkle around her nose when she was ready to give that first wave.
— from Just David by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

As evening approached, they had not succeeded in finding a nurse; the marchioness and her husband embraced their child and had no idea what to give him, as they dared not continue to feed him as they had been doing.
— from The Bashful Lover (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIX) by Paul de Kock