He earnestly pressed her, after giving the particulars of the house and garden, to come with her daughters to Barton Park, the place of his own residence, from whence she might judge, herself, whether Barton Cottage, for the houses were in the same parish, could, by any alteration, be made comfortable to her.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

It has gradually become clear to me what every great philosophy up till now has consisted of—namely, the confession of its originator, and a species of involuntary and unconscious auto-biography; and moreover that the moral (or immoral) purpose in every philosophy has constituted the true vital germ out of which the entire plant has always grown.
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

(ll. 102-114) But the goddesses sent out Iris from the well-set isle to bring Eilithyia, promising her a great necklace strung with golden threads, nine cubits long.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod

I question both classes on the sermons of the preceding day; and I hope English people have as good memories.
— from The Old Helmet, Volume II by Susan Warner

No fair comparison can be instituted between the expense per head at Gheel and in our English establishments, inasmuch as living is much cheaper in Belgium; but we may state, that the average cost of board and lodging for each pauper in the colony is 10 l. per annum, or exactly the sum charged for lodging alone in our county asylums.
— from Curiosities of Civilization by Andrew Wynter

"Eh? What? " "Why I never in the world," mused Kennilworth, "ever heard of two engaged people having a good time the same day.
— from Rainy Week by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Each province had a governor or intendant , a sort of viceroy, and the administration of the cities was managed chiefly on the part of the king, even the mayors obtaining their posts by purchase.
— from History of France by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

So it is easily proved that each person has a good nucleus of tree knowledge around which to accumulate more.
— from Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers

Gray eagerly poured himself a glass of rich wine; and as he felt the generous fluid warm him, his blood seemed to flow easier through his veins, and he appeared to have lifted half of his cares from his heart.
— from Ada, the Betrayed; Or, The Murder at the Old Smithy. A Romance of Passion by James Malcolm Rymer

'Let us make a subscription,' said Elinor, producing half a guinea, and looking round to Mrs Maple.
— from The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 1 of 5) by Fanny Burney

"It seems to me this is not the time for empty phrases," he answered gloomily.
— from Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch. Two Stories of Jewish Life by Ulrich Frank

The colours were hoisted at sun-rise; every person had a good dinner, of the produce of the island, and I gave the convicts some liquor to drink their sovereign's health: the evening concluded with bonfires, which, exclusive of the joy we felt at the return of his Majesty's birth-day, and the celebrating it in this distant part of the globe, we with pleasure saw some large piles of wood burnt that had been along time collecting, and which were a great incumbrance to us.
— from An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island by John Hunter