[Pg 179] But in spite of them all we were sleeping soundly that night in the third story of our little eyry, when, about three o'clock in the morning, the sound of tocsins, gongs, and trumpets was flung out all over the distant hills and mountains, and re-echoed tauntingly, like the cry of so many demons full of mad sport, in the multitudinous voices of the rocky solitudes.
— from The Romance of the Harem by Anna Harriette Leonowens

What say you, sir?" turning to Mr. Daly, "has a man a right to a choice in such a matter as this?
— from Elsie's Motherhood by Martha Finley

“If he should take it into his head to come down here and make a row, there will be the deuce to pay,” said Morland.
— from Where Love Is by William John Locke

You'd better sit down here a minute and rest, Captain Pindar.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

The music flew on, as if all the winds of heaven were blowing it; then it slowed down, halted a moment, and repeated itself till Dodo burst out: "Oh, Edith, it's lovely!
— from Dodo: A Detail of the Day. Volumes 1 and 2 by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

In urging him to remain in New York, or to go to some inland resort, you will be doing him and me a real service.
— from Marjorie Daw by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

"Italians and Greeks don't want fiery drinks half as much as Russians and Scandinavians—haven't the same craving as Nova Scotians and cold-country people generally, I suppose.
— from The Magnetic North by Elizabeth Robins

The governor heard here that they were plotting to desert him at Mabila and return by boat to Havana.
— from Hero Tales from History by Smith Burnham