The day after the capitulation he writes to De Grasse: "The surrender of York ... the honor of which belongs to your Excellency , has greatly anticipated
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

At least, I thought, when he has finished the document and the cigar he will go to his room, but before he had reached the end of either, there came a remarkable development, which turned our thoughts into quite another channel.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

“But how could you be persuaded to assume that disguise, and to come here? You can leave the convent, and you have never apprised me of that important circumstance.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Then the boy and the girl went to the palace of the King, her father, where everyone was weeping for her death, and they could hardly believe their eyes when they saw her come back well.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

His devotion, and the compassion he showed for her misfortunes, produced the effect they always produce on noble minds—Mercédès had always had a sincere regard for Fernand, and this was now strengthened by gratitude.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Meanwhile Dolly and the children had moved into the country, to cut down expenses as much as possible.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The Indians soon extending their ranks entirely across, had the Virginians completely hemmed in, and in the event of getting the better of them, had them at their disposal, as there could have been no chance for escape.
— from Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer by Cecil B. Hartley

The doctor, and Gray, and I, for one; the squire, Hunter, and Joyce upon the other. Tired as we all were, two were sent out for firewood, two more were sent to dig a grave for Redruth, the doctor was named cook, I was put sentry at the door, and the captain himself went from one to another, keeping up our spirits and lending a hand wherever it was wanted.
— from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

But that 'ere fellow don't know nothin' of ships, sure enough, or he wouldn't offer what he did, and the crimps' houses all of a swarm with hands!' "'Take my word, mate,' says I, 'it's a paying trip, or he wouldn't do it—leave a Quaker alone for that.
— from The Green Hand: Adventures of a Naval Lieutenant by George Cupples

8 The larger number of the deaconesses at the central house, as well as the twenty-five at the branch house in South London, are employed in twenty-one London parishes, where their work has been sought by the clergymen; they go to all, 183/ 179 undertaking every kind of labor that can give them access to the hearts and homes of the people.
— from Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America by Jane M. (Jane Marie) Bancroft

The old ladies unanimously agreed that he was a most agreeable, interesting young man; and though the young ones did pretend to run him down among themselves, calling him ugly, and so on, it was only in the vain hope of dissuading each other from thinking of him.
— from Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees

May the omnipotent hand which directs all things, cause his spirit to hover around our councils in the field, and at all times be with his beloved regiment.
— from The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 1 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. by Zebulon Montgomery Pike

His knickerbockers disappeared the day after the conversation he had with his sister, as detailed in the previous chapter, and he made his appearance at the store in a new suit of clothes, which so changed him that the boss and clerks hardly recognized him at first.
— from Fame and Fortune Weekly, No. 801, February 4, 1921 Stories of boys that make money by Various

To their everlasting credit be it said that not one of those teachers expressed a doubt or offered an excuse, but each and every one of them, without a single exception, volunteered to teach at night, after she had taught all day, and to canvass her district in advance to inform the people of the purpose of these schools and to urge them all to attend.
— from Moonlight Schools for the Emancipation of Adult Illiterates by Cora Wilson Stewart

"Oh, the boys kept him on the 'anxious seat' for two or three days, and that cured him.
— from Saddle and Mocassin by Francis Francis