"I have never made an effort," he says, "and never propose to make an effort; I have never countenanced an effort, and never mean to countenance an effort, to disturb the arrangement as originally made, by which the various States came into the Union."
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Bad dreams and evil apparitions were attributed to Faunus, and he was believed to enter houses stealthily at night for this purpose.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

When the girls saw that performance, Jo began to dance a jig, by way of expressing her satisfaction; Amy nearly fell out of the window in her surprise; and Meg exclaimed, with uplifted hands, "Well, I do believe the world is coming to an end!" VII.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

One day while in exile he saw a native woman clearing up the street in front of her home preparatory to a festival; the movements and the attitudes of the figure were so thoroughly typical and so impressed themselves on his mind that he worked out this statuette from memory.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

Did you ever hear such a name as Balibari in Ireland?’
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

When the girls saw that performance, Jo began to dance a jig, by way of expressing her satisfaction, Amy nearly fell out of the window in her surprise, and Meg exclaimed, with up-lifted hands, "Well, I do believe the world is coming to an end.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

'For the Eleven,' he said, 'are now with Socrates; they are taking off his chains, and giving orders that he is to die to-day.'
— from Phaedo by Plato

Did you ever hear such a name?”
— from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

" The old woman seized the note, and began to mumble blessings on Hamilton, which he cut short: "Give me the name of your street and the house where you live, that I may find you easily," he said, and noted down the directions she gave him.
— from Six Women by Victoria Cross

While his contemporaries were content to improvise at ease, he sat aloof, never joining in the race for money and applause, but filing with a scrupulous conscience to such effect that all his work endures.
— from A History of Spanish Literature by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly

She had thoroughly enjoyed her stay at Newport, and was feeling in a good humor with all the world.
— from A Colony of Girls by Kate Livingston Willard

"A sleepy eye he shows, and no sweet feature, Yet was indeed a favourite of nature: Endowed and graced with an exalted mind, With store of wit, and that of every kind.
— from The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by Walter Scott

,” said the Scotsman, “dinna think to make a fule o’ me; wha’ ever heard sic a name o’ a sheepshanks wi’ a whittle to it .”
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

O go to him!—hasten to him!—dear, charming Ellis, away to him at once!—' Ellis, half smiling, answered, 'No, Madam; I go to Lady Aurora Granville.'
— from The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 1 of 5) by Fanny Burney

Still, you are sufficiently free not to feel offended by a true word; therefore I say you are responsible before your own conscience, for, your example having started a new doctrine, the teacher of a new doctrine is morally bound not to forsake his doctrine when assailed in the person of his disciples.
— from Select Speeches of Kossuth by Lajos Kossuth

He had gone through all the hardships and privations of the campaigns, had exposed himself with a gallantry bordering on rashness in every engagement, his son and nephew always by his side; his coolness in action was the subject of universal admiration; and it was not without reason that he had acquired the name of the first soldier in his army.
— from Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. by Patrick Fraser Tytler

Tell me, honest blockhead, did you ever hear such a name as Halfman?” Master Vallance, torpidly reassured, meditated.
— from The Lady of Loyalty House: A Novel by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy