Accordingly, I was content to reply: "Let such circumstances come, Mr. Land, and we'll see.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

It is not a denial of anything to have been always without it, and what Troy had never enjoyed he did not miss; but, being fully conscious that what sober people missed he enjoyed, his capacity, though really less, seemed greater than theirs.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

The carriage with the four horses crossed the railway line; Semyon followed it.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

It may be observed that the Lambton story christianises the Ragnar legend, showing that to be done in atonement for sin which in the other was done for love.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

418 Ortelius ( Theatrum orbis terrarum ) calls this region “Lao” (see also chart on p. 210) and Mercatore ( Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes ) “Lave.”
— 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

My 'hints,' as you call them, concerned the real Lady Scarlett; the legitimate daughter of your elder brother Cecil, and his namesake."
— from The Brightener by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

He first secured his position on the north of the Loire, then, crossing that river, laid siege to Orleans, the key to the south, and the last bulwark of the national party.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

When we wakened in the morning, the whole scene of the preceding night seemed like a dream; however, at twelve came the real Lady Scott, and we called for Scott at the Parliament House, who came out of the Courts with joyous face as if he had nothing on earth to do or to think of, but to show us Edinburgh.
— from The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 by Maria Edgeworth

Russell burned like a beacon, but Capes illuminated by darting flashes and threw light, even if it was but momentary light, into a hundred corners that Russell left steadfastly in the shade.
— from Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells