But in a few minutes he would recklessly conjure up some undefinable means by which they were both to be made rich and happy for ever, and would become as gay as possible.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

81 The discovery that Vasari’s volumes were not entirely written by himself, though probably under his dictation, and unquestionably, with his communications, as we know that Dr. Morell wrote the “Analysis of Beauty” for Hogarth, will perhaps serve to clear up some unaccountable mistakes or 135 omissions which appear in that series of volumes, written at long intervals, and by different hands.
— from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli

‘Wilt thou not leave thy sheep, my child, And come unto service unto me?
— from Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick

But if he has them not, I shall only exclaim a phrase out of Terence's "Andria": "Hoccine credibile est aut memorabile Tanta vecordia innata cuiquam ut siet, Ut malis gaudeant?"
— from Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century by Karl Marx

I purpose stopping here until afternoon, and will then have you taken to Cambridge, unless some unforeseen matter shall arise to alter my plans.
— from From Kingdom to Colony by Mary Devereux

But from the first my thoughts were ever flying ahead to the Monongahela, and the sole interest I turned to my surroundings was centred upon such urgent matters as food, lodging, and fresh mounts.
— from A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Robert Ames Bennet

Government #_Long-form name: Republic of Bolivia _#_Type: republic _#_Capital: La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary) _#_Administrative divisions: 9 departments (departamentos, singular—departamento); Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, El Beni, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija _#_Independence: 6 August 1825 (from Spain) _#_Constitution: 2 February 1967 _#_Legal system: based on Spanish law and Code Napoleon; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction _#_National holiday: Independence Day, 6 August (1825) _#_Executive branch: president, vice president, Cabinet _#_Legislative branch: bicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional) consists of an upper chamber or Chamber of Senators (Camara de Senadores) and a lower chamber or Chamber of Deputies (Camara de Diputados) _#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Corte Suprema) _#_Leaders: Chief of State and Head of Government—President Jaime PAZ Zamora (since 6 August 1989); Vice President Luis OSSIO Sanjines (since 6 August 1989) _#_Political parties and leaders: Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR), Jaime PAZ Zamora; Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN), Hugo BANZER Suarez; Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (MNR), Gonzalo SANCHEZ de Lozada; Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Jorge AGREDO; Free Bolivia Movement (MBL), led by Antonio ARANIBAR; United Left (IU), a coalition of leftist parties which includes Patriotic National Convergency Axis (EJE-P) led by Walter DELGADILLO, and Bolivian Communist Party (PCB) led by Humberto RAMIREZ; Conscience of the Fatherland (CONDEPA), Carlos PALENQUE Aviles; Revolutionary Vanguard-9th of April (VR-9), Carlos SERRATE Reich; Civic Union Solidarity (UCS), Max FERNANDEZ _#_Suffrage: universal and compulsory at age 18 (married) or 21 (single) _#_Elections: President—last held 7
— from The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

"'One of the things little girls cannot understand,' said Uncle Majesty.
— from The Secret Memoirs of Bertha Krupp From the Papers and Diaries of Chief Gouvernante Baroness D'Alteville by Henry W. (Henry William) Fischer

She shall not believe that I could use such unfair means.
— from Through Night to Light: A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen

Leon held on, and after carefully feeling his way came upon several Union men who were gathered about a rebel who had been shot from his horse.
— from A Rebellion in Dixie by Harry Castlemon

This was continued until some unerring marksman severed the cord about the neck of the image, or perhaps it was riddled and shredded by the fusilade.
— from The History of Saint Augustine, Florida by William W. (William Whitwell) Dewhurst