we found twenty seven of the best rifle powder, 4 of common rifle, three of glaized and one of the musqut powder in good order, perfectly as dry as when first put in the canesters, altho the whole of it from various accedents has been for hours under the water.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

‘Cat!’ repeated the old gentleman.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

“‘A man I knew who had been to Siberia and returned, told me that he himself had been a witness of how the very most hardened criminals remembered the old general, though, in point of fact, he could never, of course, have distributed more than a few pence to each member of a party.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

'Does Age, old Man, your wits confound?' Replied the offended God, and frowned; (His frown was sweet as is the Virgin's smile!)
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

“Certainly,” replied the old gentleman; “take as much as you want, and leave the rest.”
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

‘I have witnessed some certainly,’ replied the old gentleman, ‘but the incidents and characters have been of a homely and ordinary nature, my sphere of action being so very limited.’
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

‘I will consider,’ replied the old gentleman.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

After this Yôdô and Gotô plied me with questions about the Luxemburg affair, the constitution and powers of parliament and the electoral system; it was evident that the idea of a constitution resembling that of Great Britain had already taken deep root in their minds.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

Only a miser; that's all.' Oliver thought the old gentleman must be a decided miser to live in such a dirty place, with so many watches; but, thinking that perhaps his fondness for the Dodger and the other boys, cost him a good deal of money, he only cast a deferential look at the Jew, and asked if he might get up. 'Certainly, my dear, certainly,' replied the old gentleman.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

"Tea is the best drink in all cold countries," replied the old gold hunter.
— from The Young Treasure Hunter; Or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska by Frank V. Webster

Even in outward form they closely resemble the old German epics and the popular historical ballad, and were intended above all not merely to be read, but to be sung, and that by the whole congregation.
— from Church History, Volume 2 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

According to Canon Westcott this passage contains two of the "clear references" to our Gospels upon which he bases his statement, namely to Matt.
— from Supernatural Religion, Vol. 2 (of 3) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels

But names transferred from creatures to God, are said primarily of creatures rather than of God, as "lion," "stone," and the like.
— from Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

"Oh, it's all very well to be cheerful, if you can," retorted the other, gloomily; "but I've been a good many years building up this local business, and I admit I can't take much enjoyment in watching it float out the door and disappear down the street."
— from White Ashes by Alden Charles Noble

The vestiges of the years intervening between childhood and womanhood that had chiefly been seamed by struggles to attain emotions such as came readily to other girls, and which she felt should, by duty, if not inclination, come to her, had vanished.
— from Mrs. Severn: A Novel, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Mary Elizabeth Carter

"My Jack went to an orphan asylum to show pictures to the children!" reiterated the old gentleman, unable to grasp another idea.
— from Five Little Peppers Grown Up by Margaret Sidney

Ever exhibit any interest in foreign tongues before?” “Not enough to get him through one term in college,” returned the other grimly.
— from Average Jones by Samuel Hopkins Adams