372 The breaking out of the civil war in 1861 found the Cherokee divided in sentiment.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Being sure that no one could do it so well as herself, she went straight to Mr. Laurence, told the hard story bravely through, and then broke down, crying so dismally over her own insensibility that the kind old gentleman, though sorely disappointed, did not utter a reproach.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

‘I cannot deny it, Sir,’ said Arabella.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Campinas, d & t The oldest coffee district in São Paulo.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Ang mga dinaugdáug nga kabus ígù lang manghupaw (sa pagpanghupaw), All the poor folks who are abused can do is sigh. 4 — nga just in time.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Lydia has no brothers to step forward; and he might imagine, from my father's behaviour, from his indolence and the little attention he has ever seemed to give to what was going forward in his family, that he would do as little, and think as little about it, as any father could do, in such a matter.”
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The worst a psychology can do is so to interpret the nature of these selves as to rob them of their worth.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

And the cathedral did indeed seem a docile and obedient creature beneath his hand; it waited on his will to raise its great voice; it was possessed and filled with Quasimodo, as with a familiar spirit.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

Noot I not how, but sin that I was wrought, Ne felte I swich a confort, dar I seye; She comth to-night, my lyf, that dorste I leye!'
— from Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

From the engineering standpoint Uncle Sam has learned now exactly what his ships can do in sustained steaming under favorable conditions of weather.
— from With the Battle Fleet Cruise of the Sixteen Battleships of the United States Atlantic Fleet from Hampton Roads to the Golden Gate, December, 1907-May, 1908 by Franklin Matthews

If she would relent, I would not mind throwing Ethel over—I could do it so easily now that Francis has disappeared.
— from Brooke's Daughter: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

See the curious details in Sinclair's Hist.
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 1 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle

I can do it,” said Mercer.
— from Burr Junior by George Manville Fenn

And how could their cooks dress in smoky kitchens the various sumptuous dishes with which the most refined 296 voluptuaries covered their tables?
— from A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2) by Johann Beckmann

In these his character is well maintained, as, for example, at the meeting of the club described in Spectator 34, where he warns the Spectator not to meddle with country squires, but they add no traits to the portrait we already have of him.
— from The Coverley Papers, From 'The Spectator' by Steele, Richard, Sir

Come down, I say, instantly, or I'll make you.” Upon which, Mr. Wood cau
— from Jack Sheppard: A Romance, Vol. 1 (of 3) by William Harrison Ainsworth

"We can do it," said the fluffy woman in blue.
— from A Woman for Mayor: A Novel of To-day by Helen M. (Helen Maria) Winslow

This sombre silence alarmed Countess Ducayla; it seemed to indicate a secret discontent with the new order of things.
— from Queen Hortense: A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era by L. (Luise) Mühlbach