Now we shall hear how Ole-Luk-Oie came every night during a whole week to the little boy named Hjalmar, and what he told him.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

“I could eat no dinner, and went to my room.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

With a 10-percent coffee extract, n d 20° = 1.3377.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Night closed the battle, so that he could not conquer him; but he challenged Egther next day, fought with and overthrew him.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

y lo administra es inglesa, la misma que con el nombre de Anglo-Argentina y desde hace muchos años explota una de las líneas de tranvías más poderosas de Sud América.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

He can either (not disclosing the fact of his illegitimacy, and not attempting to prove that he is a descendant of any kind from any one else) apply for and obtain a new grant of Page 516 {516} arms on his own basis, and worry through the College the grant of a coat as closely following in design that of the old family as he can get, which means that he would be treated and penalised with such alterations (not "marks of distinction") as would be imposed upon a stranger in blood endeavouring to obtain arms founded upon a coat to which he had no right.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

I do not adduce it as a fair criterion of comparative excellence, nor do I even think it such; but merely as matter of fact.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Las tierras no muy altas se llaman tierras calientes; las tierras más altas se conocen con el nombre de tierras templadas.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

—No haga V. caso, Capitán.... ¡Estos niños de 30 ahora!... —Toma
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

, said Mrs. Jewkes; the good man's heart is so full, he cannot eat, nor do any thing, till he has seen his dear daughter.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

The King's Commissioner thought it wise, for some good reason of his own, to conceal from me, for the present, the name of the poor lady supposed to be Lorna's mother; and knowing that I could easily now discover it, without him, I let that question abide awhile.
— from Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

Contes et Nouvelles de Marguerite, &c .
— from The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 5 (of 5) by Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre

He cannot eat nor drink until he has been to see the latter again.
— from La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet

Of his veracity I can entertain no doubt: while he, on the other hand, was equally confident of Dr. Carnero’s.
— from Letters from Spain by Joseph Blanco White

When they came out into the Champs Elysées Nick Dormer, looking round, saw his friend had disappeared.
— from The Tragic Muse by Henry James

All which Commander Eloff, no doubt, read with mixed feelings, in which, let us hope, a sense of amused agreement with his correspondent predominated.
— from Baden-Powell of Mafeking by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

Even Caermarthen, even Nottingham, declared that it was high time to fill the vacant sees.
— from The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

He stands out, as the curates stood out, absolutely real men about whom we could entertain no doubt, recognisable anywhere.
— from Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations by Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah) Macquoid