I hastened to swing myself into the coach, and so came in for a conversation which thereupon took place between the driver, who was also the owner of the coach, and the provisional government.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

If it breaks the clouds, and, at the same time, catches fire or burns, but not until it has left the cloud, it forms a thunder-bolt.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

Finally, when he was in his thirty-ninth year, he came in for a legacy.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

But the man who has been born into a poor position looks upon it as the natural one, and if by any chance he comes in for a fortune, he regards it as a superfluity, something to be enjoyed or wasted, because, if it comes to an end, he can get on just as well as before, with one anxiety the less; or, as Shakespeare says in Henry VI.,[1] ….
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer

The French citation is from a MS. in the Vienna Library, from which extracts are given by Sign.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

For he was a Christian, and baptised, and often bowed himself before Thee our God in the Church, in frequent and continued prayers.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

They are to be classed among disturbances of conduction or of association ; and nowhere can I find any fact which should force us to believe that optical images need [30] be lost in mental blindness, or that the cerebral centres for such images are locally distinct from those for direct sensations from the eyes.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

If, on the other hand, we do not refuse certain intimate friends a sight of these papers now, it is that, relying on their genuine interest in the contents, we are confident that they will not pass on their knowledge to any who do not share their feelings in the matter.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

For, by his virtues won, they cling In fond affection to their king, And thee and me, O brave and true, And Bharat and Śatrughna too.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Next, side doors instead of a top lid came into fashion, and in this manner followed the many steps that led to the development of the piece of furniture we designate, for convenience, the desk.
— from The Pleasures of Collecting by Gardner C. Teall

But of course I forgot and yelled back, and in a minute three fellows clattered up the stairs
— from The Diary of a Freshman by Charles Macomb Flandrau

I am not speaking of that class; I speak of that unclassified order peculiar to England, which, no doubt, forming itself originally from the ideal standard of honour and truth supposed to be maintained by the /gentilshommes/, or well-born, no longer requires pedigrees and acres to confer upon its members the designation of gentleman; and when I hear a 'gentleman' say that he has no option but to think one thing and say another, at whatever risk to his country, I feel as if in the progress of the age the class of gentleman was about to be superseded by some finer development of species."
— from Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 04 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

But, if this were the case, these spots would never be permanent, either as to position or form; and, seeing the moon from various aspects, even if these spots did not move they would change in form, as objects do which are seen from different sides.
— from The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete by da Vinci Leonardo

Another variety is conical in form and six or eight inches in diameter.
— from The Old World and Its Ways Describing a Tour Around the World and Journeys Through Europe by William Jennings Bryan

On leaving the chapel after the ceremony, I found a new Superior, waiting for us at the door to conduct us to our rooms.
— from Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal An Authentic Narrative of the Horrors, Mysteries, and Cruelties of Convent Life by Sarah J. Richardson

And counsel, I fear, availeth him little, if grace be so far gone from him.
— from Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by More, Thomas, Saint

But on the account sent overland by Pizarro of his own distresses, part of which they knew we must have encountered, as we were at sea during the same time, and on their having no news of us in eight months after we were known to set sail from St. Catherine's, they were fully persuaded that we were either shipwrecked, or had perished at sea, or at least had been obliged to put back again; for it was conceived impossible for any ships to continue at sea during so long an interval, and, therefore, on the application of the merchants and the firm persuasion of our having miscarried, the embargo had been lately taken off.
— from Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced by Richard Walter

That here the horrid crime I first announc'd.
— from Iphigenia in Tauris by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

State industrial commissions publish reports that furnish valuable material on industrial accidents, working-men's insurance, sanitary conditions in factories, and the health of workers.
— from How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer