Miss Polly remembered suddenly why SHE had taken this child in the first place—and with the recollection came the remembrance of Pollyanna's own words uttered that very morning: “I love to be called 'dear' by folks that belong to you!”
— from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

Men do not change from enemies to friends by the alteration of a name: And in order to shew that reconciliation now is a dangerous doctrine, I affirm, that it would be policy in the king at this time, to repeal the acts for the sake of reinstating himself in the government of the provinces; in order, that he may accomplish by craft and subtilty, in the long run, what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one.
— from Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Thence by water to Redriffe, reading a new French book my Lord Bruncker did give me to-day, “L’Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules,” [This book, which has frequently been reprinted, was written by Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, for the amusement of his mistress, Madame de Montglas, and consists of sketches of the chief ladies of the court, in which he libelled friends and foes alike.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Thus the remains of a fortification near the tomb of Cecilia Metella are now called Capo di Bove, from the arms of the Gaetani family over the gate.]
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Some of the chiefs are seated in cars drawn by fabulous animals, while others are mounted on elephants.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

the ears are covered with some coarse dark brown feathers.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Thou art seen to sweat with pain, to turn pale and red, to tremble, to vomit blood, to suffer strange contractions and convulsions, at times to let great tears drop from thine eyes, to urine thick, black, and dreadful water, or to have it suppressed by some sharp and craggy stone, that cruelly pricks and tears the neck of the bladder, whilst all the while thou entertainest the company with an ordinary countenance; droning by fits with thy people; making one in a continuous discourse, now and then making excuse for thy pain, and representing thy suffering less than it is.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

H2 anchor CHAPTER X My Carriage Broken—Mariuccia’s Wedding—Flight of Lord Lismore—My Return to Florence, and My Departure with the Corticelli My Spaniard was going on before us on horseback, and I was sleeping profoundly beside Don Ciccio Alfani in my comfortable carriage, drawn by four horses, when a violent shock aroused me.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Each Stair mysteriously was meant, nor stood There alwaies, but drawn up to Heav’n somtimes Viewless, and underneath a bright Sea flow’d Of Jasper, or of liquid Pearle, whereon Who after came from Earth, sayling arriv’d, Wafted by Angels, or flew o’re the Lake Rapt in a Chariot drawn by fiery Steeds.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

He was a fool to allow himself to be thus cast down by fear, even before anything was decided, before his witnesses had seen those of this George Lamil, before he yet knew whether he were going to fight a duel.
— from Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant

The Pocket Charles Dickens : being Favourite Passages chosen by Alfred H. Hyatt .
— from Eve: A Novel by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

He reappeared in Lexington in an ornate coach drawn by four horses and attended by several slaves.
— from Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Mathew Joseph Holt

She cudgelled dull brains for something to say, then having found it, turned it over and over in her mind, distrusting her voice, till it grew silly and meaningless, and she let it go.
— from The Young O'Briens: Being an Account of Their Sojourn in London by Margaret Westrup

"—[Narrative of Colonel Daniel Boone, from his first arrival in Kentucky in 1769, to the year 1782.]— Flagg.
— from Flagg's The Far West, 1836-1837, part 1 by Edmund Flagg

The attitude suited him well, as if he'd tried many and found slightly concealed discourtesy best for the personality of the busy executive.
— from Address: Centauri by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace

Here for the second time since Beïla we found a village and traces of inhabitants, the former encircled for a considerable distance by fields of maize and barley, enclosed by neat banks and hedges—a grateful contrast to the desolate waste behind us.
— from A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán by Harry De Windt

If we can delay but for a few years the necessity of vindicating the laws of nature on the ocean, we shall be the more sure of doing it with effect.
— from Thomas Jefferson, the Apostle of Americanism by Gilbert Chinard