"Thus through the livelong day to the going down of the sun we stayed there eating and drinking our fill, but when the sun went down and it came on dark, we camped upon the sea shore.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

Finally, according to Harabadur's biography, it was situated in Abalahu, which geographically and etymologically corresponds to modern Butkha ( Yuen shi ); Abalahu, as Kúblái himself said, was rich in fish; indeed, after the suppression of Nayan's rebellion, the governor of that country used to send to the Peking Court fishes weighing up to a thousand Chinese pounds ( kin .).
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

[ Cries under the stage.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Stephen, disheartened suddenly by the dean’s firm, dry tone, was silent; and through the silence a distant noise of many boots and confused voices came up the staircase.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

If the choice of a zone of operations involves no extensive combinations, since there can never be more than two or three zones on each theater, and the advantages generally result from the localities, it is somewhat different with lines of operations, as they are divided into different classes, according to their relations to the different positions of the enemy, to the communications upon the strategic field, and to the enterprises projected by the commander.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

But a terrible dread of lying helpless in that remote and awful twilight sustained me while I clambered upon the saddle.
— from The Time Machine by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

But you are man, you well can understand The shame that cannot be explained for shame.
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

The monument was executed in this city, under the supervision
— from Woodward's Country Homes by F. W. (Francis W.) Woodward

And when he got to his house, he didn't stop running, but just dropped the handle of the cart, and he climbed up the steps as fast as he could and ran into the house.
— from The Doers by William John Hopkins

This was an indication that the salmon were coming up the streams; and we could hardly restrain our impatience as we thought of them, and worked with increased vigor.
— from The Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A. by Edward Sylvester Ellis

Then I thought I might just as well jump overboard, and make an end of it, as be pitched over; directly after, I fancied I could crawl under the spare sail that covered the long-boat, and lie there.
— from Midnight Webs by George Manville Fenn

The natives with their usual cunning at length offered to convey us to Shooa, provided that I paid them the beads in advance.
— from In the Heart of Africa by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

The rapidity with which these creatures utter their speech is so great that only such ears as theirs can detect these very slight inflections.
— from The Speech of Monkeys by R. L. (Richard Lynch) Garner

The keepers had observed violent tremblings, for the tower vibrated considerably under the smashing blows of the waves.
— from Lightships and Lighthouses by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

When he rings the bell, when the servant comes up the stairs, I shut my eyes.
— from Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 by Various

The sun shone through the upper part of a high window, of which many of the panes were broken, right in upon the cart-wheels, which, glowing thus in the chimney under the sombre chimney-piece, added to the grotesque look of the whole assemblage of contrasts.
— from Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood by George MacDonald