Then again Hadrian was urged to accept the episcopate; but he desired a respite, to see whether in time he could find another to be ordained bishop.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

Being questioned by one of the English who first came up with him, and who had not attained his twenty second year, the proud-hearted warrior, looking with lofty contempt upon his youthful countenance, replied, “You are a child—you cannot understand matters of war; let your brother or your chief come: him will I answer.” Though repeated offers were made to him of his life on condition of submitting with his nation to the English, yet he rejected them with disdain, and refused to send any proposals of the kind to the great body of his subjects, saying that he knew none of them would comply.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

New York city was our northern limit, and to go there, and be forever harassed with the liability of being hunted down and returned to slavery—with the certainty of being treated ten times worse than we had ever been treated before was a prospect far from delightful, and it might well cause some hesitation about engaging in the enterprise.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

Maddened by the novel excitement, Laura heaved and thrust alternately, displacing and replacing the sturdy instruments above and below, and declaring she really knew not which of them afforded her the greatest delight.
— from Laura Middleton; Her Brother and her Lover by Anonymous

At any rate, for the last five years he has been living at this place of his down in Lincolnshire, as confirmed a species-shunning hermit as ever put fresh water in the tank every second day and refused to see a soul.
— from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

He lurked in the forest, avoiding discovery and robbing the snares at the rare intervals when game was caught.
— from White Fang by Jack London

Some of the dialogues also refer to subjects of natural philosophy, such as the Timæus.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

[ 266 ] Especially did Asmodeus represent the subordination of so-called ‘religious’ and tribal distinctions to secular considerations.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

When I enter there, I require what I will to be brought forth, and something instantly comes; others must be longer sought after, which are fetched, as it were, out of some inner receptacle; others rush out in troops, and while one thing is desired and required, they start forth, as who should say, "Is it perchance I?"
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

He sincerely hopes nobody will ever discover and reprint that story.
— from When Winter Comes to Main Street by Grant M. (Grant Martin) Overton

Muscle and nerve do not wait for digestion and reproduction to show signs of halting before they begin to advance.
— from The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by John M. (John Mason) Tyler

As a matter of fact, whatever theories we may hold to the contrary, we do all realize the same cosmic environment in the same way; that is to say, our minds all act according to certain generic laws which underlie all our individual diversities of thought and feeling.
— from The Creative Process in the Individual by T. (Thomas) Troward

He was so daring and reckless that some one tried to warn the king of England by saying, “That young Wolfe is mad.”
— from Hero Tales from History by Smith Burnham

they cry, And through the Austrian phalanx dart, As rushed the spears through Arnold’s heart; While, instantaneous as his fall, Rout, ruin, panic, scattered all; An earthquake could not overthrow A city with a surer blow.
— from Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

You desire and resolve the same thing.
— from The Parisians — Volume 07 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

"It might do all right to stir up a racket New Year's Eve, but to call that screechin' music—" Just then the crabs started fiddling again, harder than ever, and as it promised to be a long performance, they left the little creatures scraping away at their fiddles as if for dear life and swam along the rocky canyon until, on turning a corner, they came upon a new and different scene.
— from The Sea Fairies by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

"The valiant José, for his name is worthy of being remembered as that of a hero, went on toward the savage mob, so as to gain time for his master to fly, and fell a victim to his devotedness, after receiving thirty-six sword-blows.
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

—The commissioners may direct the appointment of such paid officers, with such qualifications, as they think necessary in every union, and may define their duties and determine their continuance in office or dismissal, and regulate their salaries.
— from A history of the Irish poor law, in connexion with the condition of the people by Nicholls, George, Sir