The twenty or so of us who were together in the storm-tossed boat were all exhausted from cold and hunger, and lying [ 113 ] exposed.
— from Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Faries by Yuk Yi

CYNTIA DELISLE [FR, EN] [FR] Cynthia Delisle (Montréal) #Consultante au CEVEIL (Centre d'expertise et de veille inforoutes et langues)
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Thomas was on his right, within easy support, moving by cross-roads from Red Oak to the Fayetteville road, extending from Couch's to Renfrew's; and Howard was aiming for Jonesboro.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Inspirational speaking, playing on musical instruments, etc., also belong to the relatively lower phases of possession, in which the normal self is not excluded from conscious participation in the performance, though their initiative seems to come from elsewhere.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

He began moderately, by finding excuses for Covey, and ending with a full justification of him, and a passionate condemnation of me.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

The sun (for he keeps very good hours at this time of the year) had been some time retired to rest when Sophia arose greatly refreshed by her sleep; which, short as it was, nothing but her extreme fatigue could have occasioned; for, though she had told her maid, and perhaps herself too, that she was perfectly easy when she left Upton, yet it is certain her mind was a little affected with that malady which is attended with all the restless symptoms of a fever, and is perhaps the very distemper which physicians mean (if they mean anything) by the fever on the spirits.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Quod cum perspicuum sit, benivolentiae vim esse magnam, metus imbecillam sequitur, ut disseramus, quibus rebus facillime possimus eam, quam volumus, adipisci cum honore et fide caritatem.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Hence the impossibility of uttering, even for Cosette, that name of Fantine.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

"'Twas good enough for Christians in grandfather's time," they said.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

Then each fellow can pick his bait, and cast or fish deep as he thinks best.
— from At the Foot of the Rainbow by Gene Stratton-Porter

From the interior of this was dislodged a fat citizen in an expensive fur coat, and the party continued on its way. Arrived at Narvskaya Zastava, about ten miles out, Antonov called for the commandant of the Red Guard.
— from Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed

192 Although Julia did not go to many parties, she yet had more or less enjoyment from certain phases of Boston life.
— from Brenda's Cousin at Radcliffe: A Story for Girls by Helen Leah Reed

Such will surely happen unless some effective means be employed for cutting off all air connection between the house-drains and the main sewer.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various

It has a modern hotel, equipped for convenience and comfort.
— from The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter by George Wharton James

Raleigh's The English Novel; Simonds's An Introduction to the Study of English Fiction; Cross's The Development of the English Novel; Jusserand's The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare; Stoddard's The Evolution of the English Novel; Warren's The History of the English Novel previous to the Seventeenth Century; Masson's British Novelists and their Styles; S. Lanier's The English Novel; Hamilton's the Materials and Methods of Fiction; Perry's A Study of Prose Fiction.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

This is city-work, and as to the glory, peace, and deliverance of the church, it is the chiefest of all other, because it is not only most excellent for concourse and multitude,
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

It was the business of No. 2, the “writer,” a mere clerk, to send these out, enclosing in each envelope forged cuttings from newspapers (printed, of course) which set forth the extraordinary advantages offered by those who had “green goods” for sale.
— from Mysteries of Police and Crime, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Arthur Griffiths

At noon the purser presented each first cabin passenger with a little bill for half a sovereign—two dollars and a half, gold—which amount we were charged for as demurrage every day in any quarantine.
— from Across the Andes A Tale of Wandering Days Among the Mountains of Bolivia and the Jungles of the Upper Amazon by Charles Johnson Post

And as for Noppawan: apart from being his wife and best friend, she had also been his attempt at creating the reality of a caring family to replace that which, except for certain times of resurfaced memories that were not easily extracted and were as brief and spurious as a child's nightmare, now (buried under layers of more immediate past the same as dirt) for the most part seemed to have never been, and as the former family—a family which the child within him once believed would continue forever—had been nothing but a civil war of sadists, should never have been.
— from An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Steven David Justin Sills