THE DEATH OF A GOVERNMENT CLERK O NE fine evening, a no less fine government clerk called Ivan Dmitritch Tchervyakov was sitting in the second row of the stalls, gazing through an opera glass at the Cloches de Corneville .
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Perhaps it was the Christian exhortations of the abbé, perhaps his kind charity, perhaps his persuasive words, which had restored the courage of Noirtier, for ever since he had conversed with the priest his violent despair had yielded to a calm resignation which surprised all who knew his excessive affection for Valentine.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

A hackney car, number three hundred and twentyfour, driver Barton James of number one Harmony avenue, Donnybrook, on which sat a fare, a young gentleman, stylishly dressed in an indigoblue serge suit made by George Robert Mesias, tailor and cutter, of number five Eden quay, and wearing a straw hat very dressy, bought of John Plasto of number one Great Brunswick street, hatter.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

In this way, every natural object, every combination of natural forces, every accident in the lives of men, is filled with higher meanings.
— from The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater

Thence I to White Hall, and there walked up and down the house a while, and do hear nothing of anything done further in this business of the change of Privy-counsellors: only I hear that Sir G. Savile, one of the Parliament Committee of nine, for examining the Accounts, is by the King made a Lord, the Lord Halifax; which, I believe, will displease the Parliament.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Volendo poi sapere se tute le naue lo seguitavão et veniuão inſieme faceua vno ꝓche cuſsi ogni naue faceſse et li reſpondeſe ogni nocte ſe faceua tre gardie la p a nel principio de la nocte
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

The capture of Nanking, for example, was reported in England viâ St. Petersburg on the 11th September, while our Suez telegram did not reach till the 23rd.
— from The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg, Through the Deserts and Steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, &c. by Alexander Michie

For every subtle, strong temptation, for every cry of need, for every low moan of disappointment, for every locking of the jaws in the resolution of despair, for every disheartened look out into the morrow, for every yearningly ambitious heart there comes to-night that unmistakable ringing promise of His — ye shall have power .
— from Quiet Talks on Power by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

Guibert's description of the count of Normandy, for example, shows remarkable moral flexibility: It would hardly be right to remain silent about Robert, Count of Normandy, whose bodily indulgences, weakness of will, prodigality with money, gourmandising, indolence, and lechery were expiated by the perseverance and heroism that he vigorously displayed in the army of the Lord.
— from The Deeds of God Through the Franks by Abbot of Nogent-sous-Coucy Guibert

Its activities are directed not only toward the preservation of the natural beauty of our mountain resorts,—and in particular their forests,—but also toward making them still more accessible and enjoyable through the building of paths and camps, the publishing of maps and guidebooks, the collecting of scientific data, and the conducting of numerous field excursions.
— from Going Afoot: A book on walking. by Bayard Henderson Christy

In many cases they are produced, as has been proved by experiments, by the parental organism having been subject to a certain treatment, and placed under peculiar conditions of nutrition; for example, when air and light are withdrawn from it, or when other influences powerfully acting upon its nutrition are changed in a certain way.
— from The History of Creation, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes by Ernst Haeckel

The effects of forced emigration and famine American generosity has softened; and we do not seek a verdict on the general merits of a system which enjoys the commendation of no foreigner except Albert, Prince Consort, who declared that the Irish "were no more worthy of sympathy than the Poles."
— from Ulster's Stand For Union by Ronald McNeill

Mead Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top 2.00 The Same, ¾ levant morocco 5.00 Dumas’ Paris By Francis Miltoun Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top net 1.60 postpaid 1.75 The Same, ¾ levant morocco net 4.00 postpaid 4.15 L. C. PAGE & COMPANY New England Building Boston, Mass. Alexandre Dumas Dumas’ Paris By Francis Miltoun Author of “Dickens’ London,” “Cathedrals of Southern France,” “Cathedrals of Northern France,” etc. With two Maps and many Illustrations Boston L. C. Page & Company MDCCCCV Copyright, 1904
— from Dumas' Paris by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

Leaving the dwarf to prepare the meal after his own pleasure, Peveril employed himself in measuring the room with his eyes on every side, and in endeavouring to discover some private entrance, such as might admit his midnight visitant, and perhaps could be employed in case of need for effecting his own escape.
— from Peveril of the Peak by Walter Scott

“Oh yes, its very braw,” answered Sandy,—but she could obtain no further expression of admiration from him, for having lived near the loch nearly all his life, he saw nothing very remarkable about it.
— from Norman Vallery; or, How to Overcome Evil with Good by William Henry Giles Kingston