d in my memory ever since.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

The goodness of God was manifest, he declared, in my miraculous escape from the swamp.
— from Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana by Solomon Northup

Quos casu obvios Simonides ut vidit, ‘Dixi’ inquit ‘mea Mecum esse cuncta: vos quod habuistis, perit.’ iv.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

I don’t pretend to be a judge of such matters, but it seems to me, that this plan of Mrs. Graham’s, as you describe it, Mrs. Markham, extraordinary as it may be, is not without its advantages; for here you see the child is delivered at once from temptation; he has no secret curiosity, no hankering desire; he is as well acquainted with the tempting liquors as he ever wishes to be; and is thoroughly disgusted with them, without having suffered from their effects.’
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

These I set up to dry within my circle or hedge, and when they were fit for use I carried them to my cave; and here, during the next season, I employed myself in making, as well as I could, a great many baskets, both to carry earth or to carry or lay up anything, as I had occasion; and though I did not finish them very handsomely, yet I made them sufficiently serviceable for my purpose; thus, afterwards, I took care never to be without them; and as my wicker-ware decayed, I made more, especially strong, deep baskets to place my corn in, instead of sacks, when I should come to have any quantity of it.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

Divers descended in machines, made expressly on the discovery, into the bay where they were thrown; but of ten three only remained, the rest having been broken by the waves.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

We lay that night at Kilcullen, and the next day I made my entry into the city of Dublin, with four horses to my carriage, five thousand guineas in my purse, and one of the most brilliant reputations in Europe, having quitted the city a beggarly boy, eleven years before.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

The next day I masked myself early to accompany the Bucentoro, which, favoured by fine weather, was to be taken to the Lido for the great and ridiculous ceremony.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

I had just work enough to do, in mounting my employer's drawings, to keep my hands and eyes pleasurably employed, while my mind was left free to enjoy the dangerous luxury of its own unbridled thoughts.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Earlier in the evening, our conversation having turned upon duelling, I had related to the Cossack captain, much to his amusement, the story of the three-cornered duel in “Mr. Midshipman Easy,” which is probably familiar to the reader.
— from From Pekin to Calais by Land by Harry De Windt

I doubt if Mrs. Myles ever will change her mind.”
— from The Brownie Scouts and Their Tree House by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt

Of those who might have been met at some of the monthly gatherings in its earlier days I may mention Emerson, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Lowell, Motley, Whipple, Whittier; Professors Agassiz and Peirce; John S. Dwight; Governor Andrew, Richard H. Dana, Junior, Charles Sumner.
— from John Lothrop Motley, A Memoir — Complete by Oliver Wendell Holmes

The monotony of a sleepless night will then be relieved by the novelty of having apoplexy or heart failure, either of which diseases is much more exciting and dangerous than insomnia.
— from The Silly Syclopedia A Terrible Thing in the Form of a Literary Torpedo which is Launched for Hilarious Purposes Only Inaccurate in Every Particular Containing Copious Etymological Derivations and Other Useless Things by George V. (George Vere) Hobart

“It has been a good deal in my mind ever since I heard it,” remarked Croly, “and I have asked myself what must it be to be called so suddenly from earth to heaven.
— from Elsie at Ion by Martha Finley

With difficulty I made my escape, but my success pursued me.
— from White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien