The she-dragon employed by her mother, in obedience to the sign which was displayed from the window immediately put on her veil, and followed Wilhelmina at a distance, until she saw her fairly housed.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

4 II Un viaje por el corazón de España Cuando empezada la caminata dejaron a un lado las casuchas de Villahorrenda, el caballero, que era joven y de muy buen ver, habló de este modo: —Dígame usted, Sr. Solón...
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

M. de Villefort was therefore obliged to request M. d’Avrigny to superintend all the arrangements consequent upon a death in a large city, more especially a death under such suspicious circumstances.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

All agreements were drawn up solemnly, so that they might be more inviolable; before the reign of force, the gods were the judges of mankind; in their presence, individuals made their treaties and alliances, and pledged themselves to perform their promises; the face of the earth was the book in which the archives were preserved.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

" "You are deceiving us, Small," said Athelney Jones, sternly.
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

Chichikov hastened to explain that HIS sympathy had nothing in common with the captain’s, since he dealt, not in empty words alone, but in actual deeds; in proof of which he was ready then and there (for the purpose of cutting the matter short, and of dispensing with circumlocution) to transfer to himself the obligation of paying the taxes due upon such serfs as Plushkin’s as had, in the unfortunate manner just described, departed this world.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes; these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions, which then seemed to me probable: from that period to the present day I have steadily pursued the same object.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

"I'm not sure if I DO understand," she said.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

"This is Friday; we shall reach Saratoga Saturday night, should no accident detain us, spend Sunday there resting, according to the commandment, then Monday and Tuesday in sight-seeing."
— from Elsie Yachting with the Raymonds by Martha Finley

But no matter, she could see two steps in front of her; and holding the lantern steadily before her, she stepped carefully down and down, until she stood on the firm greensward of the glen.
— from Queen Hildegarde by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Such a remark implies a high temperature (during the period of growth) between the walls of the chasm, and also leads us to look for some soil—some scorched or dried up soil (sadly in need of irrigation)—between the jaws of the Canyon.
— from Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado by Alexander McAllan

"But are we not to see those who have done us such service," Ronald asked, "in order that we may thank them in person?"
— from Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Das Urchristentum, seine Schriften und Lehren in geschichtlichem Zusammenhang beschrieben.
— from The Quest of the Historical Jesus A Critical Study of its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede by Albert Schweitzer

"Newall's got his dander up," said Sedgefield, a rather good-looking, fair boy, another of the occupants of Harry's dormitory.
— from The Hero of Garside School by Panting, J. Harwood, (James Harwood)

In measure to the wind she reminds us of peaceful driftings under still skies, or of torn sails and dragging anchors.
— from A Floating Home by Cyril Ionides

Bienville is a soldier, not a courtier, and stung beyond endurance by the threat of his enemies that they would yet beguile your Majesty to sell your fair Province of Louisiana, and turn the royal barracks into a peddler's shop—mayhap he did use some such hot and thoughtless expressions to me.
— from The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV by Harris Dickson

Div. 194 Sub-license under limited lease of unpublished drama prevented under common law, 187 1902 Mifflin v. Dutton U. S. Sup.
— from Copyright: Its History and Its Law by R. R. (Richard Rogers) Bowker