I have possess'd your Grace of what I purpose, And by our holy Sabbath have I sworn To have the due and forfeit of my bond.
— from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

The result was a meeting on the daisies at four o’clock in the morning, when the captain’s ball grazed your uncle’s leg, and in return he received a compliment from Terence, in the hip, that spoiled his dancing for life.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 by Various

She was told to look in every room, and she did so, and it was put down as fancy.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

Then he went his way, and in the evening came to the village where the two inns were; and in one of these were people singing, and dancing, and feasting; but the other looked very dirty, and poor.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

Like to Lysander sometime frame thy tongue, Then stir Demetrius up with bitter wrong; And sometime rail thou like Demetrius; And from each other look thou lead them thus, Till o'er their brows death-counterfeiting sleep With leaden legs and batty wings doth creep: Then crush this herb into Lysander's eye; Whose liquor hath this virtuous property, To take from thence all error with his might And make his eyeballs roll with wonted sight.
— from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

We used to go on shore there for a walk every day, and found the people inquisitive but friendly.
— 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

The guest on her left was Mr. Candy, our doctor at Frizinghall.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

“Tell him,” she gasped, “to drive as fast as he can.” Hennie grinned at his friend the chauffeur.
— from The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

In fact, one of the things which makes Tyrol, as a whole, of unusual interest to students and artists is the variety of the domestic architecture found within its borders.
— from Tyrol and Its People by Clive Holland

It would now have been the Landlord's turn to faint away, if his determined will had not supported him; his spectacles fell down from his forehead over his eyes of their own accord, to let him see plainly if what was passing here was really true: this woman, who had never rested till he, the experienced baker and brewer, went into partnership with her brother in a large concern for selling clocks, and when his brother-in-law died, almost forced him to continue the business alone, although he understood very little of such a traffic;—this woman, who had always urged him on to fresh speculations, and knew his involvements even better than he did himself;—this woman had now summoned the rabble as witnesses, in order to devolve the whole shame and blame on him.
— from Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker. In Three Volumes. Vol. III. by Berthold Auerbach

" Thus they are harassed with doubts and fears from day to day and from year to year.
— from The All-Sufficiency of Christ. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. I by Charles Henry Mackintosh

Her crew of 38 all perished, except two men, one of whom, Douglas V. Duff, acting fourth officer, has described his experiences.
— from The German Pirate: His Methods and Record by Ajax

Every one liked him, and no one ever said a word in his dispraise; and for the rest, he could tyrannize as royally as any other young man who is his family’s sole blessing.
— from Not Like Other Girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey

[Pg 276] ’Tis square and black, and on its face When noon is still, the mirror’d sky Looks dark and further from the earth Than when you gaze at it on high.
— from Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 2 by Robert Bridges

“Yes, sir; and yet I dreaded at first to speak, for I foresaw something of what would happen, since to those who study deeply a vision of the future is vouchsafed at times, and I realised even then what might be your resolve—namely, to undertake the perilous quest yourself.”
— from The King's Esquires; Or, The Jewel of France by George Manville Fenn

He came thus early because he thought it possible that Emily accompanied her father on his morning's walk into Dunfield; in which case he would follow at a distance, and find his opportunity as the girl returned.
— from A Life's Morning by George Gissing

At 6 o'clock we took the front seat with the driver on a great high stage which we mounted by a ladder—they call the stage the "machine"—and drove a few miles to the Trossachs Hotel, past Loch Achray and Loch Vennachar....
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

A great deal has been, and will continue to be said, about disqualifications, arising from the commission of offences; but were this subject urged to its full extent, it would disqualify a great number of the present Electors, together with their Representatives; for, of all offences, none are more destructive to the morals of Society than Bribery and Corruption.
— from The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Thomas Paine