But the immense vogue which he enjoyed for many ages induced his devoted worshippers to heap upon him the attributes and powers of many other gods; so that it is not always easy to strip him, so to say, of his borrowed plumes and to restore them to their proper owners.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

When I at last began to resign myself to the fact that no further aid was to be expected from man, and knowing that I was utterly powerless to do anything for my own salvation, I kneeled with earnest fervor and asked assistance from Heaven.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

Possibly this change may have been due to Lord Russell's remonstrances, but the private secretary would have felt his education in politics more complete had he ever finally made up his mind whether Palmerston was more angry with General Butler, or more annoyed at himself, for committing what was in both cases an unpardonable bêtise .
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

Beausobre distinctly describes Autustine's bias to his recent escape from Manicheism; and adds that he afterwards changed his views.—M.]
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

But first of all I demand that you accept the terms I prescribe, the form whereof I have devised as follows: If I conquer, let freedom be granted us from taxes; if I am conquered, let the tribute be paid you as of old: For to-day I will either free my country from the yoke of slavery by my victory or bind her under it by my defeat.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

“If aunt pleases,” said young Mr. Branghton, “we’ll talk o’ somewhat else, for Miss looks very uneasy-like.”
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

But, when I recovered from this stupor, there dawned upon me gradually a conviction which startled me even far more than the coincidence.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

This was a happy event for me, my whole body being blistered by the sun, and my limbs benumbed by want of motion: but I could scarce persuade the Welshman to accept of this indulgence, he persisted in his obstinacy to remain in irons, until he should be discharged by a court-martial, which, he believed would also do him justice on his enemies.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

“For there is more than time enough for my cousin to ride twice as far as she ever goes,” said he, “and you have been promoting her comfort by preventing her from setting off half an hour sooner: clouds are now coming up, and she will not suffer from the heat as she would have done then.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Gregory at once rose and said, "I can make no excuse for myself.
— from Opening a Chestnut Burr by Edward Payson Roe

The sympathy which had been felt and expressed for Maroney by those who regarded him as fighting single-handed against a wealthy and powerful corporation, was now regarded as having been worse than thrown away.
— from The Expressman and the Detective by Allan Pinkerton

It wasn't very easy for me to tell you.
— from Cæsar's Wife: A Comedy in Three Acts by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

Take it all in all, there is perhaps no winter sport exclusively for men that is destined to become more popular, or have more enduring favour.
— from My Strange Rescue, and Other Stories of Sport and Adventure in Canada by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley

Everybody, spontaneously and with one accord, considers such an assessment just; everybody, therefore, spontaneously and with one accord, looks upon the tax as a resumption on the part of society, a sort of redemption exacted from monopoly.
— from System of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of Misery by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

I am willing to use my youth as an excuse for my falling asleep, or for my sitting uneasily, squirming, yawning, heavy-eyed, uninterested, unmoved ... hungry only to be out into the streets again, and back in my own room at home, with my copy of "Pilgrim's Progress," or "The Talisman," between my knees.
— from The Seven-Branched Candlestick: The Schooldays of Young American Jew by Gilbert W. (Gilbert Wolf) Gabriel

Elijah Butts’ eyes followed my fingers in a fascinated way; he could hardly believe his senses.
— from The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road; Or, Glorify Work by Hildegard G. Frey

Jacobus’s house might have been made empty for me to make myself at home in.
— from 'Twixt Land & Sea: Tales by Joseph Conrad