The Martians, after conversing for a short time, turned and rode away in the direction from which they had come, leaving one of their number alone by the enclosure.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Meanwhile Madame Montoni's agitation did not permit her to reply; alternately her complexion varied from livid paleness to a crimson flush; and she trembled,—but, whether with fear, or with indignation, it were difficult to decide.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

So he came forward and said that their acts ought not to be ratified by the senate and the people, Frag.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

And now the shouting quickly ceased, for all saw that something unwonted was toward, so the folk stood up in their places and leaned forward to see what was the ado.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

In the beginning of his reign, he used to spend daily an hour by himself in private, during which time he did nothing else but catch flies, and stick them through the body with a sharp pin.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Clip from any source ten anecdotes and state what truths they may be used to illustrate.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

This is all the psychological or moral basis that I can find; and so there is nothing left me but to pronounce the whole thing an antiquated superstition that has taken deep root, and one more of the many examples which show the force of tradition.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer

The most famous was a set entertainment given him by his brother, at which, it is said, there were served up no less than two thousand choice fishes, and seven thousand birds.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Supported by his hardy foreigners, and also by many Christians who were attracted by his pay and the sure prospect of booty, he carried fire and sword through the lands of the north.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole

All our chances for a soft thing are gone in this ship, and if you want to enjoy yourself for the rest of the season, keep your weather eye open, and follow my lead—that's all for the present."
— from Northern Lands; Or, Young America in Russia and Prussia by Oliver Optic

Her cheeks flushed as she took up the veils, of which she alone knew the symbolic meaning; the white veil, the purple veil: each had its story to tell her; and the veil of burning scarlet.
— from Tales of Chinatown by Sax Rohmer

Fire broke out in Catalina fort and silenced the Spanish guns.
— from Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by Trumbull White

The book appeared like a meteor; it caused for a short time a great deal of talk, and then sank into oblivion for ten years, till the growing stream of Anarchist thought again came back to it in more recent times.
— from Anarchism: A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory by E. V. (Ernst Viktor) Zenker

They wished to build houses, and cultivate fields, and surround their homes with the comforts and the opulence of a high civilization.
— from King Philip Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

It was not strange, that none could foresee the changes a week would bring, or guess that in a few days they would be fighting for their lives; that they would carry fire and sword through the peaceful landscape; that the polo ground would be the scene of a cavalry charge, or that the cheery barbarians among whom they had lived quietly for so many months would become maddened and ferocious savages.
— from The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War by Winston Churchill

Anybody in Rome, or in Calcutta, could forward a suggestion to the Pope without going to a Royal Commission.
— from The Pope, the Kings and the People A History of the Movement to Make the Pope Governor of the World by a Universal Reconstruction of Society from the Issue of the Syllabus to the Close of the Vatican Council by William Arthur

In the court I dare not Attempt him; and in public he's so guarded, With a herd of parasites, clients, fools, and suitors, That a musket cannot reach him:—my designs Admit of no delay.
— from The Plays of Philip Massinger, Vol. I by Philip Massinger

The same author also says that it is a medicine which can, for a short time, restore an effete old man to juvenility.
— from Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction by John Davenport