‘Don’t follow them, my dear simple child,’ replied my uncle.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray
Make him do so, Count Rinaldi; my niece will pay, will you not, Marcoline?” “Certainly.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
In the comparison of the tables of Solon with those of the Decemvirs, some casual resemblance may be found; some rules which nature and reason have revealed to every society; some proofs of a common descent from Egypt or Phoenicia.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon
In the comparison of the tables of Solon with those of the Decemvirs, some casual resemblance may be found; some rules which nature and reason have revealed to every society; some proofs of a common descent from Egypt or Phœnicia.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon
When everyone had finished at last and they had pushed back their chairs and looked about them again with dozy smiles, Chris remembered Mr. Wicker's request.
— from Mr. Wicker's Window by Carley Dawson
Average pencil drawing is inclined to be too weak, and wanting in those characteristics which have been already pointed out as essential in wash drawings, but if the drawing be vigorous, and the pencil strokes clean and distinct, some capital results may be obtained.
— from A Handbook of Illustration by A. Horsley (Alfred Horsley) Hinton
In the comparison of the tables of Solon with those of the Decemvirs, some casual resemblance may be found; some rules which nature and reason have revealed to every society; some proofs of a common descent from Egypt or Phnicia.
— from History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 by Edward Gibbon
"Something has hurt you, dearest," she cooed, rubbing Moravia's arm with her velvet cheek.
— from The Man and the Moment by Elinor Glyn
And old associations do so crowd round my heart.
— from Wild Life in the Land of the Giants: A Tale of Two Brothers by Gordon Stables
Before he sat down, he got his dram; and then the company desired him to shift, and put on a dry shirt, Captain Roy Macdonald giving him his philibeg.
— from Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume III. by Thomson, A. T., Mrs.
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