When we got back to London I excused myself under the plea of a bad headache, and returned home.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

His geniality that wore a philosophic cloak before the world, caused him to abandon himself in the Spectator , even more unreservedly than Steele would have done, to iterated efforts for the help of a friend like Ambrose Philips, whose poems to eminent babies, 'little subject, little wit,' gave rise to the name of Namby-pamby.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

The man of science, in fact, simply uses with scrupulous exactness the methods which we all habitually, and at every moment, use carelessly.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

At length, the ambition of the victorious sultan pointed to the conquest of Constantinople; but he listened to the advice of his vizier, who represented that such an enterprise might unite the powers of Christendom in a second and more formidable crusade.
— 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

His employment may, upon most occasions, be as constant as he pleases.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

At all points the enemy met us with determined courage and in great force.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Sick ’m, Cherokee! Eat ’m up!”
— from White Fang by Jack London

He has a bird's heart about him, by means of which a gold piece lies every morning under his pillow."
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

Every one attended the morning service, except my uncle, who hardly ever goes, and Mr. Wilmot, who stayed at home with him to enjoy a quiet game of cribbage.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

As for exercise, it was nice cold weather, and he was allowed to perform his ablutions every morning under the pump, in a stone yard, in the presence of Mr. Bumble, who prevented his catching cold, and caused a tingling sensation to pervade his frame, by repeated applications of the cane; as for society, he was carried every other day into the hall where the boys dined, and there sociably flogged, as a public warning and [Pg 231] example; and, so far from being denied the advantages of religious consolation, he was kicked into the same apartment every evening at prayer-time, and there permitted to listen to, and console his mind with, a general supplication of the boys, containing a special clause therein inserted by the authority of the board, in which they entreated to be made good, virtuous, contented, and obedient, and to be guarded from the sins and vices of Oliver Twist, whom the supplication distinctly set forth to be under the exclusive patronage and protection of the powers of wickedness, and an article direct from the manufactory of the devil himself.
— from The White Slaves of England by John C. Cobden

Anna did not approve of my entering Mr. Ulceby's service.
— from The MS. in a Red Box by John A. (John Arthur) Hamilton

E meglio un buon amico che cento parente —One true friend is better than a hundred relations.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

So, religiously, every evening, my uncle would fasten a long chain to that poor dog, and drag him away from his happy home with the idea of exhausting him; and the dog would come back as fresh as paint, my uncle behind him, panting and clamoring for brandy.
— from Evergreens by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

Den dey take a little flour en hot water en molasses en mix up in dem raw tatoes en bake it in de oven on de fireplace.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

As particle accelerators grew larger, more efficient, and more powerful, they became ever more useful in studying the structure of the nucleus and the nature of the subatomic particles themselves.
— from Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volume 2 (of 3) Mass and Energy; The Neutron; The Structure of the Nucleus by Isaac Asimov

Will you?” Pausing for a space, the enamoured man unrolled his voice in lamentation: “Oh! Annette, how long will you keep me?”
— from Complete Short Works of George Meredith by George Meredith

In the management of a Locomotive Engine, many unforeseen circumstances page 14 p. 14 may occur, requiring the use of that discretion which experience alone can confer, and which it would be almost impossible to comprise in the particular instructions contained in the following pages, which, however, the writer believes to contain all the leading principles of Engine-driving.
— from Practical Rules for the Management of a Locomotive Engine in the Station, on the Road, and in cases of Accident by Charles Hutton Gregory

In fact, the Queen, who during her happier days was frequently attacked by hysterical disorders, enjoyed more uniform health when all the faculties of her soul were called forth to support her physical strength.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

She went fading even more unostentatiously down a hallway when the group stopped cheerfully to pose for a solidopic girl from one of the news agencies.
— from Legacy by James H. Schmitz