As soon as I got to my room, Daturi undressed me and I went to bed.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

He glided over the waters of the Deluge, and smiled on Noah's ark just as he lately glanced down upon me, and brought comfort and promise of a new world that was to spring forth from the old.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Thence, my mind wandering all this day upon ‘mauvaises amours’ which I be merry for.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Wholesale roasting is done by gas and coke machines; while retail dealers use mostly a small type of inner-heated gas machine.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Lígid dáyun ug masúnug ang sinínà, Roll (on the ground) if your clothes are afire.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

It all depends upon me, and, by Jove!
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

It was agreed that I should keep my character of valet; that in the presence of strangers I should not know a word of English; that I should keep a good look-out on the trumps when I was serving the champagne and punch about; and, having a remarkably fine eyesight and a great natural aptitude, I was speedily able to give my dear uncle much assistance against his opponents at the green table.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

I perceive I have not really understood any thing, not a single object, and that no man ever can, Nature here in sight of the sea taking advantage of me to dart upon me and sting me, Because I have dared to open my mouth to sing at all.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

After that I went into my study and did up my accounts, and found that I am about; L40 beforehand in the world, and that is all.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

I believe that when I die my money, if I have any, should go to those dependent upon me, and not into expensive coffins and flowers.”
— from Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills by Virgil M. (Virgil McClure) Harris

Mr. Babbage, wearied with this delay, determined upon making a last effort to obtain a decision.
— from Passages from the Life of a Philosopher by Charles Babbage

The sun shone down upon me, and I breathed deeply of the open air; for the wind was from the east, and the rank smell of decaying vegetation--so general throughout the Wood--was no longer in my nostrils.
— from Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the "Big Fish," or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. by Charles Gilson

I can only hope, that my conduct, as a religious man and a minister of Christ, may not bring discredit upon my ancestors, and upon the honorable origin which I claim.
— from Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1 by Harriet Beecher Stowe

But the imaginative powers were soon to be developed upon more attractive themes.
— from History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by A. G. K. (Alfred Guy Kingan) L'Estrange

My vanity prompted me to send a copy to Doctor Gozzi, but the good man caused me much amusement by returning it and writing that I must have gone mad, and that if I were allowed to deliver such a sermon from the pulpit I would bring dishonour upon myself as well as upon the man who had educated me.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 01: Childhood by Giacomo Casanova

If they come down upon me afterwards I should say I meant to register you but had to discharge you suddenly ... for drink!"
— from The Man with the Clubfoot by Valentine Williams

You may all,” he added, raising his voice—“you may all depend upon my acting with the most strict and impartial justice; and now to your dormitories instantly.
— from The Fortunes of the Colville Family; or, A Cloud with its Silver Lining by Frank E. (Frank Edward) Smedley

I saw him bend his eye down upon me, and I could hear the low hum of his plumage, as if the web off every quill in his great wings vibrated in his strong, level flight.
— from Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers by John Burroughs

After she had watched the boys disappear in the direction of the barn, intent on making a Page 180 great clean-up job of the disaster under Miss Amanda's direction, Rose Mary wended her way to the garden for a precious hour of communion with her flowers and vegetable nursery babies.
— from Rose of Old Harpeth by Maria Thompson Daviess