The philosopher, being at a feast, put aside certain delicacies, and said to Æsop, "Carry these to my loving pet;" upon which Æsop gave them to a little dog of which his master was very fond. Xantus, on returning home, did not fail to inquire how his wife liked his present, and as the latter evidently did not understand what he meant, Æsop was sent for to give an explanation.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

A radical comes down and shocks The atheistic orthodox?
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald

A day, and a very early day, was actually fixed for the Crawfords' departure; and Sir Thomas thought it might be as well to make one more effort for the young man before he left Mansfield, that all his professions and vows of unshaken attachment might have as much hope to sustain them as possible.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

but some flame-girt Raphael shall come down, And smite the Spoiler with the sword of pain.
— from Poems, with The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde

It seemed there was nothing to do but trust in Providence, and for all the comfort that gave me I might as well have been the old lady who, when told by the captain during a storm that she must put her trust in the Almighty exclaimed, ‘Oh, Captain, is it as bad as that?’
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Instant silence fell upon the gay throng; and not a sound, but the dash of fountains or the rustle of orange-groves sleeping in the moonlight, broke the hush, as Count de Adelon spoke thus:— "My lords and ladies, pardon the ruse by which I have gathered you here to witness the marriage of my daughter.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

The young girl did not appear to pay any attention to him; she went and came, displaced a stool, talked to her goat, and indulged in a pout now and then.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

It was not so dark as usual, for the wide flare of the burning house above lighted up the cellar dimly, also showing to Murky the gleam of a cellar window off to one side, the last side to be encroached upon by the fire.
— from The Auto Boys' Mystery by James A. (James Andrew) Braden

Instead of craving death as she thought she was, her soul within her, just like that bird that hungered for the unknown skies, hungered for life radiant with tenderness, filled with love; and just like that bird, was dying from this unassuaged hunger.
— from Calvary: A Novel by Octave Mirbeau

There lies my chamber dark and still, The atoms trampled by my feet There wait, to take the place I fill
— from Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by William Cullen Bryant

The last warden of this great institution comes out and officially announces that awful fact that our present system of prison treatment is constantly developing and stimulating the very worst instincts.
— from The Twin Hells A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and Missouri Penitentiaries by John N. (John Newton) Reynolds

During my preparation of a book of games for children it occurred to me that to separate the whole of the games from the general body of folk-lore and to make them a section of the proposed dictionary would be an advantageous step, as by arranging the larger groups of folk-lore in independent sections the possibility of publishing the contemplated dictionary again seemed to revive.
— from The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2) With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc. by Alice Bertha Gomme

He opened every cupboard door, and showed them through all of the cabins.
— from Wanted—7 Fearless Engineers! by Frederick Orlin Tremaine

And whether if he had not told him, should the Company discharge any Surgeon, that he would insist on it as his Turn?
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe