You don’t want us to come down here perhaps—do you?
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

On his complaining to Maia of her son's conduct, she pointed to the innocent babe then lying, apparently fast asleep, in his cradle, whereupon, Apollo angrily aroused the pretended sleeper, and charged him with the theft; but the child stoutly denied all knowledge of it, and so cleverly did he play his part, that he even inquired in the most naive manner what sort of animals cows were.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

he thought, trying himself, and thinking of everything that could destroy his present peace of mind.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

For when they reflect how conscientiously they served God, and when they settle again to the firm persuasion that He can in nowise desert those who so serve Him, and so invoke His aid; and when they consider, what they cannot doubt, how pleasing to Him is chastity, they are shut up to the conclusion that He could never have permitted these disasters to befall His saints, if by them that saintliness could be destroyed which He Himself had bestowed upon them, and delights to see in them.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Nothing availed; chronic dyspepsia had pursued me since childhood.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

And she was worshipp'd; after nature's fashion, Their intense souls, into each other pour'd, If souls could die, had perish'd in that passion,— But by degrees their senses were restored, Again to be o'ercome, again to dash on; And, beating 'gainst his bosom, Haidee's heart Felt as if never more to beat apart.
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Janetta had set off on her expedition to Brand Hall out of an impulse of mingled pity and indignation—pity for the little boy, indignation against the mother who could desert him, perhaps against the father too.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

An affirmative answer was given, and Colonel de Haldimar proceeded.
— from Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy — Volume 3 by Major (John) Richardson

He inserts, cavendi causa , this significant clause: 'De hiis praenominatis non debeo Regi nisi servitium vii.
— from Feudal England: Historical Studies on the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries by John Horace Round

Our Lord did not call on His disciples to accept notions about Him, but to believe in Him, to trust Him as a child does his parent, or a soldier his commander.
— from Pastor Pastorum; Or, The Schooling of the Apostles by Our Lord by Henry Latham

His judgement was ripened, his confidence firm; and he could dominate his party, while the able and ambitious leaders on the other side too often clashed with one another.
— from Victorian Worthies: Sixteen Biographies by George Henry Blore

After he was settled in New York, Curtis did his part in an effort to get Dwight established in that city.
— from Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis to John S. Dwight; Brook Farm and Concord by George William Curtis

There is more news: I learn'd in Worcester, as I rode along, 125 He cannot draw his power this fourteen days.
— from The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 4 of 9] by William Shakespeare

Agnes, who had a bent for theatricals, was immensely successful as Innocent Delight, and Ruth, of course, did her part well.
— from The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended by Grace Brooks Hill

"Well, now de man come fo' cover de half part wey lef', no mo'; he know say ef he jus' cover um, de man go come out
— from Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales by Henry W. Ward

Nigel, of course, deserved his peace and comfort the least.
— from Bird of Paradise by Ada Leverson