Now, only you put that to Lady Dedlock, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, and ask her ladyship whether, even after he had left here, she didn't go down to his chambers with the intention of saying something further to him, dressed in a loose black mantle with a deep fringe to it."
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

It was a little dialogue between asters and sweet-peas, wild canaries in the lilac bush, and the guardian spirit of the garden.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Murazov, too, had departed, but at an earlier hour, and in a tilt-waggon with Ivan Potapitch.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

We may then proceed to consider (3) the subject of education as conceived by Plato, bringing together in a general view the education of youth and the education of after-life; (4) we may note further some essential differences between ancient and modern politics which are suggested by the Republic; (5) we may compare the Politicus and the Laws; (6) we may observe the influence exercised by Plato on his imitators; and (7) take occasion to consider the nature and value of political, and (8) of religious ideals.
— from The Republic by Plato

The ‘Good Angel’ warns him: O Faustus, lay that damned book aside, And gaze not on it, lest it tempt thy soul, And heap God’s heavy wrath upon thy head!
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

Up, and to the office, where sat all the morning; at noon to the ‘Change, and thence to the Royall Oake taverne in Lumbard Streete, where Sir William Petty and the owners of the double-bottomed boat (the Experiment) did entertain my Lord Brunkard, Sir R. Murrey, myself, and others, with marrow bones and a chine of beefe of the victuals they have made for this ship; and excellent company and good discourse: but, above all, I do value Sir William Petty.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

None of them were quite drunk, but all appeared to be considerably excited.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In 1821 he supported on rue de Bondy an actress, who was shortly transferred from the Panorama to the Gymnase-Dramatique.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

Why it should have been written by the Marquis de Luchet, who is said to have collaborated with Mirabeau in the Galerie de Portraits published in the following year, why it should have been appended to Mirabeau's Histoire Secrète de la Cour de Berlin , and accordingly attributed to Mirabeau himself, why Barruel should have denounced it as dust thrown in the eyes of the public, although it entirely corroborated his own point of view, are questions to which I can find no reply.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

Hence the tiger is to this day compelled to “ask for” his prey, and uses divination ( bĕrtĕnung ), as all men know, for the purpose of discovering whether his petition has yet been granted.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

As the bishop spoke, one of the mosaic slabs sank below the floor, drawn down by an artful contrivance of ropes and weights; a large gap was thus left open, and out of it a whirl of flames leaped up, spreading a suffocating odor of sulphur.
— from The Poniard's Hilt; Or, Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Eugène Sue

The dancing, leaping water reflected every shade and tint—now a rich green, then a deep blue and again a dirty gray as the sun hid for a moment behind a cloud, and as a gust of wind caught the top of the combers decapitating them at one mad rush, the spray was dashed high in the air, flashing out all the prismatic colours.
— from The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life by Arthur Hornblow

VANILLA ICE CREAM —Put two cups of milk in a double boiler, add a pinch of soda and scald, beat four eggs light with two cups of sugar, pour the hot milk on slowly, stirring all the time; turn back into double boiler and cook until a smooth custard is formed.
— from Good Things to Eat, as Suggested by Rufus A Collection of Practical Recipes for Preparing Meats, Game, Fowl, Fish, Puddings, Pastries, Etc. by Rufus Estes

While this was going on one of their number went away for a short time, and soon returned with a sledge drawn by about a dozen dogs.
— from Fast in the Ice: Adventures in the Polar Regions by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

"I have not the least idea, at present, what I shall want you to do; but at any rate we shall go to Nantes, and it is there that you must meet us.
— from No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

"Are you going back to school after the holidays?" asked Dan Baxter, after a pause.
— from The Rover Boys In The Mountains; Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune by Edward Stratemeyer

“Aw dooan’t know as it is—not if it be for feightin’ such a thing as th’ ostler at th’ Pack Horse for sayin’ Martha’s bow–legged, when aw know better, but aw do believe at aw gat my conviction o’ sin much i’ t’ same way.”
— from Ben o' Bill's, the Luddite: A Yorkshire Tale by D. F. E. Sykes

Having learnt dog language, use it to your dog in a reasonable way: talk to him as a friend, tell him the news of the day, of your hopes and fears, your likes and dislikes, but above all use talk always in the place of a whip.
— from Studies in the Art of Rat-catching by Henry C. Barkley

She recognized them with a deep blush and an embarrassed, deprecating air; for the thought instantly struck her that Vi had probably just been telling her mother what had occurred during her absence.
— from Elsie's children by Martha Finley

And, in, addition there were some rather under-exposed photographs, obviously done by an amateur, at close quarters, of the actual machine's mutterings had made, in its shed near the Crystal Palace.
— from The War in the Air by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells