'The difference with Lord Auchinleck is now over; and since young Alexander has appeared, I hope no more difficulties will arise among you; for I sincerely wish you all happy.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

Respecting me, however, she had long since seen her error, and perhaps fallen into another in the opposite extreme: for if, at first, her opinion of me had been lower than I deserved, I was convinced that now my deserts were lower than her opinion; and if the former part of this continuation had been torn away to avoid wounding my feelings, perhaps the latter portion had been removed for fear of ministering too much to my self-conceit.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

To venerate the simple days Which lead the seasons by, Needs but to remember That from you or me They may take the trifle Termed mortality!
— from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson

You hold a fair assembly; you do well, lord.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

ORI, delirious (with love), one of the Erotic Genii.
— from The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Snorri Sturluson

Since Lord de Winter left him I am distracted, sirs.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

At nightfall lanterns placed at regular distances were lighted; they were ascended and descended by means of a rope, which traversed the street from side to side, and was adjusted in a groove of the post.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

“Stavrogin,” began the lady of the house, “they’ve been discussing the rights of the family before you came—this officer here”—she nodded towards her relation, the major—“and, of course, I am not going to worry you with such stale nonsense, which has been dealt with long ago.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Certainly, madame,” said Porthos, winking to himself, as a gambler does who laughs at the dupe he is about to pluck.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Then the slaughter of them in their flight, such as takes place when matters are [Pg 360] conducted more under the influence of anger than of courage, was continued even to the total destruction of the enemy, and the melancholy news from Tusculum, the state having been alarmed without cause, was followed by a letter from Postumius decked with laurel, (announcing) that "the victory belonged to the Roman people; that the army of the Æquans was destroyed."
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

If history proved any thing, it was that the condition of those was most degraded who lived under the colonial governments of [477] Republics.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress

Doubt—uncertainty—secrecy characterise all its history:—at least the experience of the last two days would lead me so to believe!”
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

Daily the "labyrinth of alleys" becomes denser with leafage, and the sun is hot enough to make the shade very pleasant, while occasional showers keep the greenery fresh.
— from Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume 1 (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

The lead-camel was larger than the rest—much larger, and very much lighter colored; a sort of dingy white, like a sheep before shearing.
— from The Lance of Kanana: A Story of Arabia by Harry W. (Harry Willard) French

Yet still my niche is not so cramped but thence One sees the pulpit o' the epistle side, And somewhat of the choir, those silent seats; And up into the aery dome where live The angels, and a sunbeam's sure to lurk.
— from Modern Painters, Volume 4 (of 5) by John Ruskin

Exactly in the same way, however, that one hurries away from the life of a city and its dissipations to breathe the fresh air and taste the delicious quiet of the country, did I turn from the scenes of splendour, from the crush of wealth, and the conflict of emotion, to that Green Island where so many of my sympathies were intertwined, and where the great problem of human happiness was on its trial on issues that differed wonderfully little from those that were being tried in gilded salons, and by people whose names were blazoned in history.
— from Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Charles James Lever

"Why he spent an hour with me that afternoon, and was to dine with Lord Zeal and Lord Raglin and half a dozen other men that night—they all came up to London to talk over one of Sir Cadge Vanneck's mines.
— from Ancestors: A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton