Graham, R. Coffee houses as a counter action to the saloon.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

It seemed to me that what Gussie needed was not so much the advice of a seasoned man of the world as a padded cell in Colney Hatch and a couple of good keepers to see that he did not set the place on fire.
— from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

She had been used to do so, to soothe him when she carried him about, a child as heavy as herself.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

William Hazlitt, for example, drew attention to the rich quality of Elia ; as also did Leigh Hunt; and William Hone, who cannot, however, as a critic be mentioned with these, was tireless in advocating the book.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

I have seen all my army, corps, and division commanders, and have signified only to the former, viz., Schofield, Thomas, and McPherson, our general plans, which I inferred from the purport of our conversation here and at Cincinnati.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

And then she would say quite simply, without taking (as she would once have taken) the precaution of covering herself, at all costs, with a little fragment borrowed from the truth, that she had just, at that very moment, arrived by the morning train.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

While emptying the buckets at the back of the house he could hear an animated conversation in progress within-doors between his great-aunt, the Drusilla of the sign-board, and some other villagers.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

Elizabeth-Jane could, however, add a capping touch to information so new to her in the bulk.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

Two or three days after the “San Nicolas” had sailed, it became generally known that Lieutenant Pedro Alvarez, the only surviving officer of the unfortunate “Saint Cecilia,” had arrived at Cadiz.
— from Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War by William Henry Giles Kingston

The two rooms, with the separate approach to each, were designed as college rooms for men who took their meals in the common hall; and, as college rooms, they give very far from contemptible accommodation.
— from History of the Cathedral Church of Wells As Illustrating the History of the Cathedral Churches of the Old Foundation by Edward A. (Edward Augustus) Freeman

My first effort caught his attention and caused him to turn and look at me.
— from The Speech of Monkeys by R. L. (Richard Lynch) Garner

Phyllis Alden was so deeply impressed with the fact that Lieutenant James Lawton had chosen her as a confidante and insisted on telling her all his aims and aspirations, that she had thought of little else except him.
— from Madge Morton's Secret by Amy D. V. Chalmers

(884) Lord Amherst, the then commander-in-chief, had appointed a cousin of Miss Berry's to an ensigncy, on his recommendation.
— from The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole

He did not arrive at camp until just after the battle, but he gave an order to Colonel Reed, whom the congress had also appointed colonel, to collect his regiment, a part of which was under Stark at Medford, and put himself under General Ward.
— from The Command in the Battle of Bunker Hill With a Reply to "Remarks on Frothingham's History of the Battle, by S. Swett" by Richard Frothingham

For an instant he grasped the knife more firmly, to slay the son of the chief enemy of his country; then the possibility of carrying him away a captive occurred to him, but he saw that this was out of the question.
— from For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

th her fluffy pink costume, hat and all, covered by a hooded cloak of gray silk which became her exceedingly.
— from Gambolling with Galatea: a Bucolic Romance by Curtis Dunham

"You will certainly have an admirable chance to see about it.
— from Pride: One of the Seven Cardinal Sins by Eugène Sue