The fog had delayed him a little, but he had paddled steadily, keeping in touch with the south bank.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

"Do you live down here?" asked Lucy, looking round at the dreary place with wonder.
— from Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

He does have a logic, however strange this may at times appear; now unless he were completely deprived of it, he could never be guilty of the reasoning imputed to him.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

Would curses kill as doth the mandrake's groan, I would invent as bitter searching terms, As curst, as harsh, and horrible to hear, Deliver'd strongly through my fixed teeth, With full as many signs of deadly hate, As lean-fac'd Envy in her loathsome cave.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

8 beaver, 3 buffalow & an Elk killed to day H2 anchor [Lewis, May 8, 1805] Wednesday May 8th 1805.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Well, I know what I’s gwyne to do: I’s gwyne to set down here and listen tell I hears it agin.”
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

One night after dinner Allen asked her to ride with him a little way, said it would do him a lot of good just to talk to her.
— from The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle; Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run by Laura Lee Hope

2. Did he at length emerge from his obscurity?
— from Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. by Oliver Goldsmith

It was Gen. Lee's policy to detain Hooker as long as possible in Virginia.
— from Mosby's War Reminiscences; Stuart's Cavalry Campaigns by John Singleton Mosby

It was not till the moon was low in the west that it broke once more through the clouds, and, peering in at a small uncurtained window, revealed the white face of a man who sat by it, with drooping head and listless hands.
— from Mitchelhurst Place: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 2) by Margaret Veley

Nor does he any longer draw water from his own well or go to bed by the light of his own candle: for such services as these his life is so mixed up with "franchises" and "public utilities" and other things unheard of by his own great-grandfather, that it is hopelessly intertangled with that of his fellow citizens.
— from The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice by Stephen Leacock

Then David heard a little clink come from the letter-box in the door, and he saw that the shutter of it had been raised, and that Mr. Chip the carpenter was looking at him.
— from David Blaize and the Blue Door by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

Do not detain him any longer!
— from The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Do have a little more tea.
— from Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne