But, amidst his sufferings and exertions, Nelson could yet think of all the consequences of his victory; and that no advantage from it might be lost, he despatched an officer overland to India, with letters to the governor of Bombay, informing him of the arrival of the French in Egypt, the total destruction of their fleet, and the consequent preservation of India from any attempt against it on the part of this formidable armament.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

The Government House is neither elegant nor commodious, yet it is almost the only house of any importance in the neighbourhood.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

Rees Thomas, a carpenter of Carmarthenshire, passing by night through Rhiw Edwst, near Capel Ywen, heard a stir as of a procession of people coming towards him, walking and speaking; and when they were close to him he felt the touch of an unseen hand upon his shoulder, and a voice saying to him, ‘Rhys bach, pa fodd yr y’ch chwi?’ (my dear Rees, how are you?)
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

y mi hijo será el nieto de los Tinieblas ... que tenemos un tenebrario en nuestra casta, y nunca saldremos de la obscuridad, ni poseeremos un pedazo de terruño donde decir: "esto es mío," ni trasquilaremos 10 una oveja propia, ni ordenaremos jamás una cabra propia, ni meteré mis manos hasta el codo en un saco de trigo trillado y aventado en nuestras eras... todo esto a causa de su
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

And even if these should effect no change, yet the delay will at least prevent the final approval of the decision from being alloyed by the inward censure of the rashness and vanity, by which it had been precipitated.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Although I was so long in the ship with Miss Eve, I never heard her once speak of her want of appetite; of sea-sickness, or of any thing relating to her ailings even: no? can you imagine how close she is on the subject of the beaux; I do not think I ever heard her use the word, or so much as allude to any walk or ride she ever took with a single man.
— from Home as Found Sequel to "Homeward Bound" by James Fenimore Cooper

You are not satisfied with these Vague throbbings, nameless ecstasies, Nor can your spirit find delight
— from Poems - First Series by Squire, John Collings, Sir

E-text prepared by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. Editoral Note: Can You Forgive Her? was first published in monthly installments (one shilling each) in 1864-1865.
— from Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope

“Satisfied with his accomplishment, and followed by a hired person of low class bearing the writings, which, by nature of the research necessary in fixing the various dates and places so that even the wary should be deceived, had occupied the greater part of a year, this now fully confident story-teller—unmindful of the well-tried excellence of the inspired saying, ‘Money is hundred-footed; upon perceiving a tael lying apparently unobserved upon the floor, do not lose the time necessary in stooping, but quickly place your foot upon it, for one fails nothing in dignity thereby; but should it be a gold piece, distrust all things, and valuing dignity but as an empty name, cast your entire body upon it’—went forth to complete his great task of finally erasing from the mind and records of the Empire the hitherto venerated name of Lo Kuan Chang.
— from The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah

You can't forget what you have learned—you can't get away from your college education now, can you?
— from The Broken Gate: A Novel by Emerson Hough

"You may give your torturers orders to kill me—orders that a fatal accident shall occur within the fortress—but I tell you frankly that my death will neither erase nor conceal your own offenses.
— from The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love by William Le Queux

How easily now can you see the Folly in another, which you yourself are so fond of?
— from A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope by Colley Cibber

"You were only three or four years old, and the exposure nearly cost you your life.
— from Young Captain Jack; Or, The Son of a Soldier by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

The brethren say they want a little exercise to pass away time in the evenings, but if you can't tire yourselves bad enough with a day's journey without, dancing every night, carry your guns on your shoulders and walk, carry your wood to camp instead of lounging and lying asleep in your wagons, increasing the load until your teams are tired to death and ready to drop to the earth.
— from William Clayton's Journal A Daily Record of the Journey of the Original Company of "Mormon" Pioneers from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake by William Clayton