Whether, when evening came, he took a way to his lodgings that led through fields, with any design of finding Miss Bella Wilfer in those fields, is not so certain as that she regularly walked there at that hour.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

In a rush of tenderness, with tears in his voice, he showered caressing words upon her, that grew tenderer and tenderer, and even called her “thou,” as though she were his wife or mistress.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

So sudden was their attack that they had penetrated into the very heart of the city before the Athenians could organize their forces; but Theseus expeditiously collected his troops and commenced such a furious onslaught upon the invaders that, after a desperate encounter, they were driven from the city.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

All trades, arts, and handiworks have gained by division of labour, namely, when, instead of one man doing everything, each confines himself to a certain kind of work distinct from others in the treatment it requires, so as to be able to perform it with greater facility and in the greatest perfection.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant

An emotion at sight of them, assisted by the growing dusk of evening, caused her to act on impulse, and first looking around her quickly, she pulled out the peg which fastened down the cover, and went on.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

Wherefore, O judges, be of good cheer about death, and know of a certainty, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
— from Apology by Plato

In such ecstasies that he even controlled his tongue and was silent.
— from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Any reader of sensibility will easily conceive how these admonitions were relished by a young gentleman whose pride was indomitable, whose notions of honour were scrupulously rigid and romantic, whose temper was warm, and whose love was intense.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

[39] (1733–1815), the Hanoverian traveler, furnishes the following description of the early Arabian, Syrian, and Egyptian coffee houses: They are commonly large halls, having their floors spread with mats, and illuminated at night by a multitude of lamps.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

He brought something of the spirit of the old English coffee house to America, and incorporated it in Keen's Chop House in New York.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

There are notes so refined that ordinary ears cannot hear them, and we are all familiar with the fact that there are infinite depths of space that the largest telescopes fail to penetrate.
— from Living the Radiant Life: A Personal Narrative by George Wharton James

Just as it was over, the governor whispered, so low that no one else could hear, to a messenger who stood near by.
— from Historic Homes of New England by Mary Harrod Northend

The Egyptians called him Thoth, and he was represented among them as "the god of letters, the clerk of the under-world," bearing a tablet, pen, and palm-branch.
— from Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly

She folded the orange-coloured paper and returned it to its envelope, cleared her throat and said coldly— “Inform Heap that my niece will not arrive until to-morrow evening, and be good enough to serve dinner at once.”
— from Flaming June by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

"If my reasons seem to your wisdoms," said he, "other than such as might well move a true and a faithful careful man to her Majesty to do as I have done, I do desire, for my mistaking offence, to bear the burden of it; to be disavowed with all displeasure and disgrace; a matter of as great reproach and grief as ever can happen to any man."
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

Eliza cleared her throat and answered with the same irrelevance:— "He's fixed up the pinies real nice.
— from Country Neighbors by Alice Brown

One of the elements of his success is found in his ability to entirely concentrate his thought and efforts upon the question or work in hand and then turn with equal enthusiasm and capability to his next duty or undertaking.
— from Montreal from 1535 to 1914. Vol. 3. Biographical by William H. (William Henry) Atherton