I have my doubts whether he is not the villain who solely did the deed; but I have no expectation of those doubts ever being cleared up now.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Now national affairs are exactly such a joint concern, with the difference that no one needs ever be called upon for a complete sacrifice of his own opinion.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

Earl Bruse came up to his two brothers, and endeavoured to mediate between them, and a peace was concluded and confirmed by oath.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Anon the escaping block comes upon a gentle slope, and with the low music of crushing crystals slips softly along in its flight as if mounted upon runners of polished steel, and then with a sudden dip it glides upon a sharper descent and fairly leaps into the air as it bounds along, hissing over the slippery roadway, and leaving a train of fire behind it.
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood

Once, when Alkibiades had made a successful speech in the public assembly, and was being conducted home in triumph by his friends, Timon the misanthrope met him, and did not get out of his way, as he did to every one else, but came up to him and took him by the hand, saying, "Go on, my boy, increase in glory; for your increase will bring ruin to all this crowd."
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

This advocacy of love for love’s sake, like art for art’s sake, if it could have power, would bring mankind in the long run to complete extinction, and so would become the vastest crime that has ever been committed upon earth.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The tiger, thinking it had learnt all the cat’s tricks, proceeded to attack its teacher, when the cat escaped by climbing up a tree; so the tiger never learnt how to climb and cannot climb trees to this day.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

With praiseworthy discretion, the good lady said nothing, and betrayed no sign of enlightenment; but cordially urged Laurie to stay, and begged Amy to enjoy his society, for it would do her more good than so much solitude.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

Bless my heart, I never thought of such a thing!" With praiseworthy discretion, the good lady said nothing, and betrayed no sign of enlightenment, but cordially urged Laurie to stay and begged Amy to enjoy his society, for it would do her more good than so much solitude.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The images from without, the objects mechanically perceived by the senses, existed by courtesy until the mental surface was ruffled, but never became part of the thought.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

Each boy came up and stood at attention.
— from The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Emerson Hough

A point of land and an exposed bar close under our lee broke the wave into several long swells, and as these met the ebb the broad sheet around us boiled up and foamed like the surface of a cauldron, and then, with scarcely a moment of slack water, the whole went whirling by in the opposite direction.
— from The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh

Let’s have more from this interesting author.—C.E. Bush, Decatur, Ark. Assorted Bouquets Dear Editor: Before commenting upon the September issue of your wonderful magazine, I would like to personally thank Mr. Bates for the kind reply to my former letter.
— from Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 by Various

Mrs. Johnston speaks no English, but can understand it a little, and the Canadian French still better; but in her own language she is eloquent, and her voice, like that of her people, low and musical; many kind words were exchanged, and when I said anything that pleased her, she laughed softly like a child.
— from Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

Druga did not look at her more, but went in and sat at the board where the thousand dead stared, each stony eye broodingly centered upon the spot where he had placed Feronia.
— from Daughter of the Night by Richard S. Shaver

He was glad that he would not even be called upon to go to see Mr. Barton again.
— from Harry Harding's Year of Promise by Alfred Raymond

He cannot speak of the enormous benefits conferred upon the human race by the vast inequalities of wealth and poverty without a tear.
— from American Sketches by Charles Whibley

Here certainly was no daintiness of phraseology, and upon these leading points, thus slightly indicated, William of Orange poured out his eloquence, bearing conviction upon the tide of his rapid invective.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 09: 1564-65 by John Lothrop Motley

When therefore, towards the close of Philip II.'s reign, it became necessary to renounce the carrying trade with Spain and Portugal, by which the communication with India and China was effected, or else to submit to the confiscation of Dutch ships in Spanish ports, and the confinement of Dutch sailors in the dungeons of the Inquisition, a more serious dilemma was presented to the statesmen of the Netherlands than they had ever been called upon to solve.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley