Tea, play, and the conversation, which had become interesting during the discussion of such serious affairs, lasted till one o’clock in the morning.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

At last he came upon an elderly, crusty Jew, who sold second-hand articles, and from whom he purchased a dress of Scotch stuff, a large mantle, and a fine otter-skin pelisse, for which he did not hesitate to pay seventy-five pounds.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

“But that is my conviction, and judging by the last letter with which His Highness the Archduke Ferdinand has honored me, I imagine that the Austrian troops, under the direction of so skillful a leader as General Mack, have by now already gained a decisive victory and no longer need our aid,” said Kutúzov.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

To explain this better: he, who when dying of starvation steals a loaf, commits a wrong;
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

Various armored dinosaurs, of smaller size and less heavily plated, have been described from the Jurassic, Comanchic and Cretacic formations of Europe.
— from Dinosaurs, with Special Reference to the American Museum Collections by William Diller Matthew

One is the wild dove (or, as some call them the rock dove, or saxatilis ), such as live in the towers and dormers ( columines ) of a farm house, whence they get the name columbae , because, on account of their natural timidity, they seek the highest places on the roof.
— from Roman Farm Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Marcus Porcius Cato

On that date the Visa Office of the Department of State sent a letter to the District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Dallas, Tex., requesting the Service to take action on her immigrant visa.
— from Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by United States. Warren Commission

Could Fate be cruel enough to deal one so soft and loving such a blow?
— from Beyond by John Galsworthy

Sixteen days of smooth seas and lovely weather brought us by way of Honolulu to Yokohama.
— from A Tour of the Missions: Observations and Conclusions by Augustus Hopkins Strong

I just scratched and fought my way through the streets like a little hungry wolf till I got in a blacksmith's shop down on South Street and learned to handle tools.
— from The Foolish Virgin by Dixon, Thomas, Jr.

Not Holy Wars nor death of heretics, Nor rich cathedrals towering to the sky, Nor bended knee before the crucifix, Nor any faith in form can sanctify; But Brotherhood devoid of selfish strife, And Love, the incense of a noble life.
— from The Loom of Life by Cotton Noe

By dint of shouting, swearing and lashing we reached Bourget in an hour's time.
— from My Memoirs, Vol. IV, 1830 to 1831 by Alexandre Dumas