He fitted the book roughly into his inner pocket and, stubbing his toes against the broken commode, hurried out towards the smell, stepping hastily down the stairs with a flurried stork’s legs.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

"I'm so full of happiness, that if Father was only here, I couldn't hold one drop more," said Beth, quite sighing with contentment as Jo carried her off to the study to rest after the excitement, and to refresh herself with some of the delicious grapes the 'Jungfrau' had sent her.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Fanny turned farther into the window; and Miss Crawford had only time to say, in a pleasant manner, “I fancy Miss Price has been more used to deserve praise than to hear it”; when, being earnestly invited by the Miss Bertrams to join in a glee, she tripped off to the instrument, leaving Edmund looking after her in an ecstasy of admiration of all her many virtues, from her obliging manners down to her light and graceful tread.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

The removal of this ancient monument was the only injury which Constantius had offered to the superstition of the Romans.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

He also states that the blessed are called in Greek εὐδαίμονες, because they are good souls, that is to say, good demons, confirming his opinion that the souls of men are demons.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Glimpses do ye seem to see of that mortally intolerable truth; that all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea; while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore?
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

9 The removal of this ancient monument was the only injury which Constantius had offered to the superstition of the Romans.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

When no one came from Rome in quest of the captives, he ordered them to send some of their number home after ransom, provided they had first taken oath to return.
— 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

Bochart and Le Clerc have observed, that the Syriac word ‘gaza,’ signifies either ‘a treasure,’ or ‘a fleece.’
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid

And might it not be well to take the lass herself with us and consult her own taste to supplement the good judgment of yourself and any of the other ladies who may care to accompany us?”
— from Elsie at Ion by Martha Finley

The cakes are sometimes crumbled and soaked, and a whipped cream heaped over them, the same as for trifles.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

But, as he is endowed with very good natural and acquired parts, I was the more able to satisfy and convince him of the truth; so that, after having examined by Scripture all the most material controversies, he hath freely declared to myself, and his other friends, his desire to renounce the errors and prejudices of his education in the Jewish religion, and to embrace and profess the Christian faith.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

In truth, sweet Mistress Constance, being a year or more older than Hugh, and of a somewhat vehement if not imperious temper, had herself done much to cure him of the tender sentiment which at one time seemed about to spring up in his bosom.
— from Antony Waymouth; Or, The Gentlemen Adventurers by William Henry Giles Kingston

It chanced that a little puff of wind blew the ashes of Volhonski's cigar all over the face and big brown beard of the German, who, while eyeing him fiercely, slowly extricated the pipe from his heavy dense moustache, and striking his clenched hand on the table so as to make everything thereon dance, he said, imperiously, "The Herr Graf will apologise?"
— from Under the Red Dragon: A Novel by James Grant

Some circumstances having occurred to throw suspicion upon the Senecas, the party soon directed their search among the villages of that tribe.
— from Wau-Bun: The Early Day in the Northwest by Kinzie, John H., Mrs.

I suppose myself that he derived his information chiefly from his mother; but there are certainly scenes in the book which he cannot have owed to this source.
— from A Russian Gentleman by S. T. (Sergei Timofeevich) Aksakov

Aware of the enemy's fleet, which he could see bearing down upon him, Conon had only time to signal to the crews to join their ships and rally to the rescue with all their might.
— from Hellenica by Xenophon

If we can get the launch through the water door, maybe we can hitch on to the Sprite and tow her out."
— from Motor Matt's Prize; or, The Pluck That Wins by Stanley R. Matthews