Don Quixote drew up, not a little to the satisfaction of Sancho, for he was by this time weary of telling so many lies, and in dread of his master catching him tripping, for though he knew that Dulcinea was a peasant girl of El Toboso, he had never seen her in all his life.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Menos aún debe atribuirse a Murillo ni a Ribera: aquél es más tierno, y éste es más sombrío; y, además, ese estilo no pertenece ni a la escuela del uno ni a la del otro.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

05 Era domingo de Carnaval, y la campana de la iglesia llamaba por cuarta vez a misa, con su voz delgada y pura como la de un niño, a los ateridos cristianos de aquella feligresía demasiado próxima al cielo, los cuales no se resignaban fácilmente, en día tan crudo y desapacible, a dejar la cama o a separarse de los 10 tizones, alegando acaso, como pretexto, que «los días de Carnestolendas
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

"Maude Remington," said Mr. De Vere, struck with admiration by her noble, self-sacrificing spirit, "I will not bid you stay, for I know it would be useless; but if that which you so much fear comes upon you, if the face now so fair to took upon be marred and disfigured until not a lineament is left of the once beautiful girl, come back to me.
— from Cousin Maude by Mary Jane Holmes

I wept bitterly while she spoke, for to find how completely I had created misery for myself was no agreeable matter of reflection, and my remorse was heightened when mamma said, "You have disappointed us not a little, my dear Emmeline; for I will no longer conceal from you that the little tour we took on our way to London was originally planned by your father and myself, to reconcile you to a change of residence.
— from The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence by Grace Aguilar

He nearly destroyed both wings of the Russian host, but the centre stood firm, rallied the survivors, fought doggedly until nightfall, and lumbered defiantly away with some show of equality.
— from Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812 by Edward (Edward A.) Foord

The Court, while sensible of the imperative necessity of protecting itself from all unseemly disorder and preserving its dignity undiminished, nevertheless always leans to the side of mercy.
— from The Sheriffs Bluff 1908 by Thomas Nelson Page

The armistice, which terminated on August 10, preceded the opening of the third part of the campaign in which Russia and Prussia were joined by Austria and Sweden, and, after gradually drawing closer round the main French position in Saxony, finally inflicted a crushing defeat upon Napoleon at Leipzig in the middle of October.
— from The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by John Knight Fotheringham

"Dry up, now, and let us see the Malays work with the thing," interposed the captain.
— from Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by Oliver Optic

He always talked to Camp as if he understood what was said—and the animal certainly did understand not a little of it; in particular, it seemed as if he perfectly comprehended on all occasions that his master considered him a {274} sensible and steady friend; the greyhounds, as volatile young creatures whose freaks must be borne with.
— from Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 697 May 5, 1877 by Various

At last they feel something heavy, and with vast labour draw up, not a load of fish, but only a pot full of sand, or a great stone.
— from Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 by Walter Pater