“In the midst of our misfortunes, we are still rich enough not to require assistance from anyone.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

A fine rain kept drizzling, ceasing, and drizzling again; but he did not even notice the rain.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

And when he had encouraged them not to be dismayed at the multitude of their enemies, nor to regard how many they were against whom they were going to fight, but to consider who they themselves were, and for what great rewards they hazarded themselves, and to attack the enemy courageously, he led them out to fight, and joining battle with Nicanor, which proved to be a severe one, he overcame the enemy, and slew many of them; and at last Nicanor himself, as he was fighting gloriously, fell:—upon whose fall the army did not stay; but when they had lost their general, they were put to flight, and threw down their arms.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

The first, which may be styled the old school, consists in issuing daily, for the regulation of the movements of the army, general instructions filled with minute and somewhat pedantic details, so much the more out of place as they are usually addressed to chiefs of corps, who are supposed to be of sufficient experience not to require the same sort of instruction as would be given to junior subalterns just out of school.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

But we have suffered sufficiently, and we must be wise enough never to recall anything which can be painful to us.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Great care should be exercised not to raise the hands to the eyes after touching the oil, as serious inflammation might result.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

Impatience which would brook no opposition had been a part of John Pendleton's nature too long to yield very easily now to restraint.
— from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

He first gives in detail all the many points of structure which vary in the several species, and estimates numerically the relative frequency of the variations.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

My natural instinct made me almost unconsciously strain every nerve to regain the parapet, and—I had nearly said miraculously—I succeeded.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

It makes him miserable even now to remember Vronsky.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The alacrity and intrepidity of his daring spirit are nobly supported to the very last, where we find him exerting every nerve to rouse and animate the conscience-stricken soul of the tyrant.
— from Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 2 of 2] Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age by Nathan Drake

The Queen thinks it irreconcilable with the duty which the [page 298] Government owes to the country to be aware of this state of things without straining every nerve to remedy it.
— from The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Queen of Great Britain Victoria

Evidently not: the racket continued mercilessly, short series of shrill calls alternating with imperative rolls prolonged until one thought that the tortured metal sounding-cups would crack.
— from The Brass Bowl by Louis Joseph Vance

Lay the poached eggs, neatly trimmed, round upon the top.
— from The Dinner Year-Book by Marion Harland

The pursuing corps encamped near the Rio Grande, while the remainder of the army rested for the night on the field of battle.
— from History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 by Brantz Mayer

And so at the point of arrival where the realistic conception of methods must work, it is found to be effective notwithstanding the rebuffs of reality, and it works.
— from The Reform of Education by Giovanni Gentile

The Beit el Mal was now arranged in the most comfortable manner possible; it was removed from the vicinity of the mosque, and located in a large walled enclosure near the river.
— from Fire and Sword in the Sudan A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895 by Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von

He directed her where to find that place; and she was so eager to do something for Robert, however small, that she took up her bag directly, and put up the prayer-book, and was going to ask for her extracts, when she observed Mr. Undercliff was scrutinizing them with great interest, so she thought she would leave them with him; but, on looking more closely, she found that he was examining, not the reports, but the advertisements and miscellanea on the reverse side.
— from Foul Play by Dion Boucicault