The caziques who had never seen this before appeared in dismay, and believed all Cortes had said; who, however, desired Aguilar to comfort and assure them he had given orders that no harm should be done them.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

"Are you able to have a little room where you can close the door and be alone?" "Yes."
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

He walked with a stride, an uplifted open countenance, his face covered with beard, whiskers, and mustache, his voice strong and natural;—and, in short, he had put off the New England deacon and become a human being.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

This faced the courtyard, and outside it, as usual, there took place the following daily altercation between a serf named Grigory (who purported to act as butler) and the housekeeper, Perfilievna.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

In examining those arguments, they were necessarily led to consider the difference between a probable and a demonstrative argument, between a fallacious and a conclusive one; and logic, or the science of the general principles of good and bad reasoning, necessarily arose out of the observations which a scrutiny of this kind gave occasion to; though, in its origin, posterior both to physics and to ethics, it was commonly taught, not indeed in all, but in the greater part of the ancient schools of philosophy, previously to either of those sciences.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Quoted in very good purpose by D. Albert de Rosa, who fuit magnus practicus, and a solemn doctor, as Barbatias attesteth in principiis consil.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

Jo groaned and leaned both elbows on the table in a despondent attitude, but Amy spatted away energetically, and Beth, who sat at the other window, said, smiling, "Two pleasant things are going to happen right away.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

First there runs round it a trench deep and broad and full of water; then a wall fifty royal cubits in thickness and two hundred cubits in height: now the royal cubit is larger by three fingers than the common cubit.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

"Darkness as black as——": then he shouted with a yet more forcible volley of oaths: "Jean! you oaf!
— from The Bronze Eagle: A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

He had unwittingly dealt as direct a blow at the secret panel that hid the skeleton in her heart, as he had at Orrin Wyllys' indurated conscience the previous evening.
— from Jessamine: A Novel by Marion Harland

[Pg 190] "I knowed a slave call Ben Bradley and he was sold on de auction block and his massa chained him hand and foot and started for Texas.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

All three, who chanced to be sitting close together, were at the same instant, and alike, the victims of this unexpected deluge; and before any of them could have counted half a score, they were wet from head to foot, every rag upon their backs, and fronts too, becoming as thoroughly saturated as if they had been exposed for hours to a drenching rain storm!
— from The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" by Mayne Reid

He rose, still looking dazed and bewildered, and she put her arm round his body and he
— from Mortomley's Estate: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3) by Riddell, J. H., Mrs.

"Well, sir?" Anthony drew a breath, and swallowed in his throat.
— from By What Authority? by Robert Hugh Benson

Pulling down a broadening and slackening river flanked by ever receding mountains, we passed under the big C. P. R. bridge and tied up at four o’clock.
— from Down the Columbia by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman

At present I think I can do better if I am merely regarded as a busybody detective attracted by an odd case."
— from Final Proof; Or, The Value of Evidence by Rodrigues Ottolengui

As the boats approached the ship, all glasses were turned towards them; but it took some time after they had climbed up the sides to explain who they were and where they had come from, so haggard in countenance were they, and so tattered in dress, and blood and smoke-begrimed.
— from Paul Gerrard, the Cabin Boy by William Henry Giles Kingston