Up, and to the office, where all the morning till noon getting some things more ready against the afternoon for the Committee of Accounts, which did give me great trouble, to see how I am forced to dance after them in one place, and to answer Committees of Parliament in another.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

To my Lord and there spoke to him about his opinion of the Light, the sea-mark that Captain Murford is about, and do offer me an eighth part to concern myself with it, and my Lord do give me some encouragement in it, and I shall go on.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Ang íyang dalágang gúwang mauy gihan-úkan sa mga
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

To-night come Sir J. Bankes to me upon my letter to discourse it with him, and he did give me the advice I have taken almost as fully as if I had been directed by him what to write.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Being come home, I much troubled out again by coach (for company taking Sir W. Warren with me), intending to have spoke to my Lord Arlington to have known the bottom of it, but missed him, and afterwards discoursing the thing as a confidant to Sir W. Warren, he did give me several good hints and principles not to do anything suddenly, but consult my pillow upon that and every great thing of my life, before I resolve anything in it.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

When he entered the forest there met him a little grey-haired old man who bade him good-day, and said, "Do give me a piece of cake out of your pocket, and let me have a draught of your wine; I am so hungry and thirsty."
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

So far De Grasse may be acquitted of any error beyond that of not rising above the traditions of his service.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

" At last the distemper grew more violent, and threw her downright into raving fits, in which she shrieked out so loud that she disturbed the whole neighbourhood.
— from The History of John Bull by John Arbuthnot

So home, and did get my wife to read, and so to supper and to bed.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

A long table extended across the end of the large dining hall, where sat Governor Davis and Mrs. Davis, the speakers and other distinguished guests, Mayor and Mrs. King, Chairman Brannan, Judge John T. Goolrick and other city officials and their wives.
— from Historic Fredericksburg: The Story of an Old Town by John T. (John Tackett) Goolrick

"How could you bear such a dreadful reverse with such fortitude—such magnanimity?" "You give me greater credit than I deserve, Geoffrey: my imprudent conduct merited a severe punishment, and I had sense enough to discern that it was just.
— from The Monctons: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 2) by Susanna Moodie

"Disappeared?" gasped Matt.
— from Motor Matt's Make Up; or, Playing a New Rôle by Stanley R. Matthews

I have cost that dear girl many tears, but when I am gone I am sure you will be a father to her.--Is it
— from Arabella Stuart: A Romance from English History by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Gothic architects may still, on the other hand, as they always have done, gain much from the teachings of Classic buildings.
— from Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages: Notes of Tours in the North of Italy by George Edmund Street

To set my blood in motion I ride the more, and to-day, on my way home, saw one of the many Cosmorames exhibited here, which certainly affords a very agreeable chamber journey , as they call it in B——. The picture of the Coronation of Charles the Tenth in the Cathedral at Rheims, doubtless gave me a far more commodious view of it than I should have had in the crowded church.
— from Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince. by Pückler-Muskau, Hermann, Fürst von

2 “From Heaven’s height look down and see The sorrows of thy family; Preserve for me thy only boy, And in thy daughter give me joy.” Table of Contents Preface.
— from Adventures in the Philippine Islands by Paul P. de La Gironière

The pages of Judge Sewall's diary give many hints of his daily fare.
— from Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle