Henry himself met me, and as soon as my trunk and basket could be routed out from all the other trunks and baskets in the world, we were on our way to Hans Place in the luxury of a nice, large, cool, dirty hackney coach.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

moral del malaventurado arroyuelo, y, llamándola por medio de un silbido, dignóse hablarle de este modo: —Cara de higo chumbo, siéntate a mi lado y óyeme.... 20 Luego [94-3] acabarás de lavarte, que bien lo necesitas, y puede que
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

In the carriage stood the police captain, directing his coachman towards our gate.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

It came at last, the dear, critical, dangerous hour came; and now, supported only by the courage love lent me, I ventured, a tip-toe, down stairs, leaving my box behind, for fear of being surprized with it in going out.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

All these had, of course, been previously patients of Doctor Herzenstube, and the celebrated doctor had criticized his treatment with extreme harshness.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Innocence and courage decided his choice; his guards, captives, and treasures, were diligently embarked; and so prosperous was the navigation, that his arrival at Constantinople preceded any certain account of his departure from the port of Carthage.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

He deceived us by not sailing at the time proposed; but we made an agreement with other sailors to go off in the evening, hoping to get to Corinth the next morning: but, after tossing all night, we found in the morning the ship had only made twenty miles; and about mid-day the captain declared he could not get to Corinth, and must put into a small port on the opposite side of the gulf, called Galaxidi, and wait for better weather.
— from Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by John Yeardley

"Indeed I do," retorted George, cheerily, doffing his cap.
— from Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) by Bill Nye

In this relaxing of the tension of the play humor is not out of place, and its attainment here by Mr. Murray shows that he could write comedy did he choose.
— from Irish Plays and Playwrights by Cornelius Weygandt

Unless the man of genius buries himself resolutely in the country and by the sea, as Tennyson did, as Clausen does, he cannot altogether escape the influence of the unloveliness of modern life.
— from Critical Studies by Ouida

No one spoke as Father Charles drew his coat still closer about him.
— from Back to God's Country and Other Stories by James Oliver Curwood

Dreve hiove, cheve cheento, dreve hiove, cheve cheemto, dreve hioe, trae haento, 2nd.
— from The Pipes of War A Record of Achievements of Pipers of Scottish and Overseas Regiments during the War, 1914-18 by John (Pipe-Major) Grant

Her cheap dress, her check apron, could not hide the pure intellectual flame of her spirit.
— from Other Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland

Personal insults cannot disturb his calm, but the sight of a child being abused or a defenceless one being attacked, will so infuriate him that he may even commit murder.
— from A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science by James Leslie Allan Kayll

The queen listened with deep emotion; a feeling of unspeakable sorrow filled her soul, and despite all her efforts her eyes filled with tears, which leisurely coursed down her cheeks.
— from Marie Antoinette and Her Son by L. (Luise) Mühlbach