Sir Roger is so keen at this Sport, that he has been out almost every Day since I came down; and upon the Chaplain's offering to lend me his easy Pad, I was prevailed on Yesterday Morning to make one of the Company.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

If, on the contrary, he refuses to do so, it will then be quite time enough to admit two strangers into your secret.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

The driver saw it at the same moment; he at once checked the horses, and, jumping to the ground, disappeared into the darkness.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dear soul, if you had the least regard for your health, you would have your flannel underclothing made at once.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet by Louis Guimbaud

very poor work, answered Trim, to what your Honour and I make of it.—The character of this last man, said Dr. Slop, interrupting Trim, is more detestable than all the rest; and seems to have been taken from some pettifogging Lawyer amongst you:—Amongst us, a man's conscience could not possibly continue so long blinded,—three times in a year, at least, he must go to confession.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

When Hunilla— [pg 359] Dire sight it is to see some silken beast long dally with a golden lizard ere she devour.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

Here, in the quiet of Boldwood's parlour, where everything that was not grave was extraneous, and where the atmosphere was that of a Puritan Sunday lasting all the week, the letter and its dictum changed their tenor from the thoughtlessness of their origin to a deep solemnity, imbibed from their accessories now.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

And here, for a long time, Oberlus was seen; the central figure of a mongrel and assassin band; a creature whom it is religion to detest, since it is philanthropy to hate a misanthrope.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

They're tucked away out of sight, and all that is left to me is a blotting pad, on which you have done several interesting money addition sums, and Peggy has drawn four Red Indians in crayons, and Helen has tentatively written in ink the words 'alright' and 'allright.'
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, May 13, 1914 by Various

My mother heaved a sigh; this was probably her own opinion, too, but she persisted all the same, and the lawyer replied: "Very well, my dear Madame Dumas, since it will give you so much pleasure, send him to me, and we will see."
— from My Memoirs, Vol. I, 1802 to 1821 by Alexandre Dumas

"Yes, if the arm goes on as well as at present you may be able to do so in a month's time; only you will have to be very careful.
— from A Roving Commission; Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

During the Session there is Divine service in the Senate Chamber on Sunday mornings.
— from The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, Etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John, active 1854-1890

The landlord of the {149} house thought it no sin to observe the passers-by, so long as he could do so in a clandestine way.
— from Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes

Why, it can have been but a few days since I went away!
— from Toilers of Babylon: A Novel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

In return to your very kind inquiries, dear Sir, I can let you know, that I am quite free from pain, and walk a little about my room, even without a stick: nay, have been four times to take the air in the Park.
— from Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Horace Walpole

“Well that one did, so it isn’t a stump.
— from Bart Keene's Hunting Days; or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp by Allen Chapman

As actual decomposition sets in, the skin begins to discolor.
— from Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

The bright moon shining full on the white front of the old house revealed not only its highly decorated style, its fluted pillars and doorway, rich and florid carving, and balustraded summit, but also its stained and moss-grown front.
— from Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu