At the birth of her first little child she was very glad, and forgot the dwarf, and what she had said.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

The poor spendthrift vagabond says to a rich man: "I have discovered there is enough money in the world for all of us, if it was equally divided; this must be done, and we shall all be happy together.
— from The Art of Money Getting; Or, Golden Rules for Making Money by P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

"What a darling," Anne was saying.
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey

They are filled with so great love of the Divinity, and with such overflowing joy, that no glory is lacking to them, neither can any felicity be lacking.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

I know Colonel Dumoulin, and we shall easily get leave to pass.”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Planchet dismounted and went straight up to Lubin, who did not at all remember him, and the two lackeys began to chat with the best understanding possible; while d’Artagnan turned the two horses into a lane, went round the house, and came back to watch the conference from behind a hedge of filberts.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

I will blast him, cross him, disappoint him, and cast him down, and will set myself against him in all that he putteth his hand unto.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan

There he was, without a friend—so far as he knew—near him; unable any longer to command attention on the score of his exalted rank; conscious within himself that all his misfortunes were the consequences of his own errors; and yet, at present, so rooted in his bad habits, that he was rather disposed to 150 punish himself to any amount, than do anything which seemed to imply a disposition to yield and submit.
— from The Hope of the Katzekopfs; or, The Sorrows of Selfishness. A Fairy Tale. by Francis Edward Paget

“Of course they do, and why shouldn’t they?” demanded Loring.
— from The Bondwoman by Marah Ellis Ryan

She opened the door, and, without speaking, pointed to the little trunk.
— from Fairy Fingers A Novel by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie

Experience had proved, the bureau claimed, that when given supervisory responsibility the Negro was unable to maintain discipline among white subordinates with the result that teamwork, harmony, and ship's efficiency suffered.
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor

"He would not do anything wicked," she said; "he is a very good man."
— from Mariquita: A Novel by John Ayscough

Quietly, as the droning voice died away, we slipped back into our silence, lazily dreaming on, with Dan’s words lingering in our minds, until, in a little while, it seemed as though the dancing tree-tops, the circling Bromli kites, every rustling sound and movement about us, had taken them up and were shouting them to the echo.
— from We of the Never-Never by Jeannie Gunn

After ascertaining as well as possible the position of the picket on each side of her—each of whom was enjoying the shelter of the nearest tree—she deliberately and noiselessly stepped into the darkness and was soon gliding swiftly through the forest toward the Union lines.
— from The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents by George Barton

Distant musketry was heard occasionally, gradually this spattering fire ceased, and the groans of dying men and wounded horses succeeded the headlong rush of cavalry, the thunder of a hundred guns, the shout of proud defiance, and, wilder still, the maddening cry of victory!
— from The Battles of the British Army Being a Popular Account of All the Principal Engagements During the Last Hundred Years by Robert Melvin Blackwood