I did it; and after a little he had the idea, and he brought his fist down and said he didn’t believe a nation where every man had a vote would voluntarily get down in the mud and dirt in any such way; and that to steal from a nation its will and preference must be a crime and the first of all crimes.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

“And now, my dear Athos,” said he, “do me the kindness to tell me where we are going?”
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Yet went she not, as not with such discourse Delighted, or not capable her eare Of what was high: such pleasure she reserv’d, Adam relating, she sole Auditress; Her Husband the Relater she preferr’d Before the Angel, and of him to ask Chose rather; hee, she knew would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal Caresses, from his Lip Not Words alone pleas’d her.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes to see what was coming.
— from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

I heard a slight scraping at the fence, and rousing myself from the lethargy that had fallen upon me, I looked down and saw him dimly, clambering over the palings.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Now she had heard of the Sicilian revolt and understood Arrighetto to be alive, wherefore, casting off her former fears, she told him everything in order and showed him the reasons that had moved her to do as she had done.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

Yet went she not, as not with such discourse Delighted, or not capable her eare Of what was high: such pleasure she reserv'd, 50 Adam relating, she sole Auditress; Her Husband the Relater she preferr'd Before the Angel, and of him to ask Chose rather; hee, she knew would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal Caresses, from his Lip Not Words alone pleas'd her.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

After a time, she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance and she hastily dried her eyes to see what was coming.
— from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Each thing she did as she had done it in her dream the night before; it was as if she were constrained by a power greater than her will to fulfil a sinister prophecy.
— from Judith of the Plains by Marie Manning

For the bell began to ring, and I dashed down, to run out of the stable and across the yard, expecting that he would follow me, and running so blindly that I came right upon Dicksee, just leaving the stable door, and sent him down upon his hands and knees.
— from Burr Junior by George Manville Fenn

“The house will always be there and I can search it later,” thought the young man, following the carriage at a run, to solve his last doubts; and soon he did so.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

47 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death: and shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hell?
— from The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland

Yes, he was ill, and perhaps he was going to die, and she had done it!
— from Half a Dozen Girls by Anna Chapin Ray

When he intended to keep St. George's day, and solemnize his daughter's marriage with Lord Walden, the Lord pulled him down from the height of all his honours by a sudden and surprizing death.
— from Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie

By His death and sacrifice He draws men to Himself, and blends them in a living unity.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St. Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren