All her old gaiety of manner seemed to have come back, and she came and snuggled in beside me and told me all about Arthur.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

Polo describes the couriers as changed at short intervals, but more usually in Asiatic posts the same man rides an enormous distance.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

May he continue Long in his Highness' favour, and do justice For truth's sake and his conscience; that his bones When he has run his course and sleeps in blessings, May have a tomb of orphans' tears wept on him!
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

"I would break what you call a Sentiment: I broke my word to Wilfrid.
— from Sandra Belloni — Volume 7 by George Meredith

"May he ... do justice, For truth's sake and his conscience; that his bones, When he has run his course, and sleeps in blessings, May have a tomb of orphans' tears wept on him."
— from An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition by George Sharswood

Wherefore, having several boards now remaining of the boxes I had broken up for chairs and stools, I bethought me of supplying this great deficiency; so of these spare boards, in a workmanlike way (for by this time I was become a tolerable mechanic), I composed a very tight closet, holding half-a-dozen broad shelves, shut up by a good pair of doors, with a lock and key to fasten them.
— from The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, Volume 1 (of 2) by Robert Paltock

I saw he was anxious to get on with his cooking, and so I brought my visit to a close.
— from India and the Indians by Edward Fenton Elwin

"The girl was far too excited and impatient to think of sitting down; she came and stood immediately behind me.
— from Barbarossa, and Other Tales by Paul Heyse

And Vanya and Maroosia ate sunflower seeds too, and sometimes played outside the cottage and sometimes inside; but mostly stood very quiet close to the swinging cradle, waiting till old Babka Tanya, the nurse, should pull the shawls a little way aside and let them see the pink, crumpled face of the little Nikolai, and the yellow fluff, just like a duckling's, which covered his bumpy pink head.
— from Old Peter's Russian Tales by Arthur Ransome

She scolded the girls constantly, and seemed irritated beyond measure.
— from For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store by Lurana Sheldon

51 — CHURCH AND STATE Independent But Mutually Helpful THE teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints concerning the duty of its members, and of all men, in relation to the secular law, are set forth in Section 134 of the D&C, which is one of the standard works of the Church.
— from The Vitality of Mormonism: Brief Essays on Distinctive Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by James E. (James Edward) Talmage