She must say that she had more than half a mind to go with the young people; it would be such an indulgence to her; she had not seen her poor dear sister Price for more than twenty years; and it would be a help to the young people in their journey to have her older head to manage for them; and she could not help thinking her poor dear sister Price would feel it very unkind of her not to come by such an opportunity.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

The dark shadow passed from Mr. Tupman’s face, as he warmly grasped the hand of his friend.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

However, there was no remedy but patience: I applied to my landlord, who was a very good-natured man, candidly owned my distress, and begged his advice in laying down some plan for my subsistence; he readily promised to consult his confessor on this subject, and, in the meantime, told me, I was welcome to lodge and board with him until fortune should put it in my power to make restitution.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Compassion swelled his breast; he would see her once again; he would devise some plan for restoring her to society, and the enjoyment of her rank; their separation would then follow, as a matter of course.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Hence might they see the full array Of either host, for deadly fray; Their marshalled lines stretched east and west, And fronted north and south, And distant salutation passed From the loud cannon mouth; Not in the close successive rattle, That breathes the voice of modern battle, But slow and far between.
— from Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field by Walter Scott

The dealers supply proper foods for aquaria, or you can prepare your own.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

“Now every one believes that somewhere through this land to the north of us there is a wide, deep sea passage from the North Sea
— from History of California by Helen Elliott Bandini

For as the Flopper stopped to rest, those near him gazed upon his face, distorted, full of muscular distress, sweat pouring from his forehead, pain and suffering written in every lineament—and drew back whispering into the crowd, giving place to others until all had seen.
— from The Miracle Man by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard

In the somewhat prolix account of the matter given in the Notizie Storiche (above quoted) the main points are, that “il Califa de’ Saraceni, per fabbricarsi un Palazzo presse di Babilonia, aveva ordinato che dalle Chiese d’ Cristiani si togliessero i più scelti marmi;” and that the Venetians, “videro sotto i loro occhi flagellarsi crudelmente un Cristiano per aver infranto un marmo.” I heartily wish that the same kind of punishment were enforced to this day, for the same sin.
— from The Stones of Venice, Volume 1 (of 3) by John Ruskin

The League, in this desperate situation pleaded for help now from one leader, now from another, but could obtain no efficient relief or support from any side.
— from The Hansa Towns by Helen Zimmern

As reward for righteous living is to be proportionate to deserts, so punishment for sin must be graded according to the offense.
— from The Vitality of Mormonism: Brief Essays on Distinctive Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by James E. (James Edward) Talmage

The Consul informed Y Y and the people present that he should report what he had seen and heard to the Congo Government, and that he should beg them to investigate the charge against the sentry, who deserved severe punishment for his illegal and cruel acts.
— from Correspondence and Report from His Majesty's Consul at Boma Respecting the Administration of the Independent State of the Congo [and Further Correspondence] by Roger Casement

The strain was one from which his eye never fully recovered; and from this time until the completion of the Peru , he could use it in reading for only a few minutes every day, sometimes perhaps for ten or fifteen, but never for more than thirty.
— from William Hickling Prescott by Harry Thurston Peck