The generals of the Goths were saluted by the fierce and joyful acclamations of the camp; war was instantly resolved, and the resolution was executed without delay: the banners of the nation were displayed according to the custom of their ancestors; and the air resounded with the harsh and mournful music of the Barbarian trumpet.
— 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

Everything was ruddy, shadowy, and indistinct to her, the more so since she had just been lighting the bar lamp, and her eyes were dazzled.
— from The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Another account tells how Bede, in his old age, when his eyes were dim, was induced by certain “mockers” to preach, under the mistaken belief that the people were assembled to hear him.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

Every explanation which does not ultimately lead to a relation of which no “why” can further be demanded, stops at an accepted qualitas occulta ; but this is the character of every original force of nature.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

TIME O’ DAY, a dodge, the latest aspect of affairs; “that’s your TIME O’ DAY ,” i.e. , Euge , well done; to PUT A PERSON UP TO THE TIME O’ DAY , let him know what is o’clock,—to instruct him in the knowledge needful for him.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

That was as good as to say their engagement was definitely broken off.
— from The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

He was on the contrary, the most elegant gentleman I had ever met, extremely well dressed, with an air and manner only to be found in a man accustomed to culture and refinement.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Dung , an operative who works for an employer who does not give full or “society” wages.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

Then there comes some lean and withered old ewe, with deep gruff voice and unlovely aspect, trotting back from the seductive pasture; now she examines this gully, and now that, and now she stands listening with uplifted head, that she may hear the distant wailing and obey it.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

But the moment that Orestês, placed between these conflicting obligations (925), has achieved it, he becomes himself the victim of the Erinnyes, who drive him mad even at the end of the Choëphoræ (ἕως δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἔμφρων εἰμὶ, 1026), and who make their appearance bodily, and pursue him throughout the third drama of this fearful trilogy.
— from History of Greece, Volume 01 (of 12) by George Grote

He rolled it out of the elevator and the elevator went down again.
— from And Then the Town Took Off by Richard Wilson

Elsa was deathly white, her lips trembled, and she looked at the Frenchman as if in terror of her life.
— from The Gold Bag by Carolyn Wells

The mass of physical and moral evil we do not profess fully to explain; we think that in no system whatever is there any approach to an explanation; and we are accustomed to touch on that dread subject with the humility of filial trust, not with the confidence of dogmatic elucidation.
— from Studies of Christianity; Or, Timely Thoughts for Religious Thinkers by James Martineau

As they expected, it was covered with scraps of sketches; and they exclaimed with delight, “Look here!
— from Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau

When everything was done, he said cheerily: "I will be gone less than an hour in getting that farthest trap—I am going to make quick speed—and then we will be off."
— from Claire: The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, by a Blind Author by Leslie Burton Blades

One place was the same to him as another; anywhere out of England; what did he care where?
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

"What do you think of her?" asked Edgar, who did not know that I was listening.
— from The Cross of Berny; Or, Irene's Lovers by Girardin, Emile de, Mme

And as his bones were big, and sinews strong, Refused no toil that could to slaves belong; But from deep wells with engines water drew, And used his noble hands the wood to hew.
— from The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by John Dryden

Did you, ere we departed from the College, O’erlook my Library?
— 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