Hues, soon after, died in prison; upon which occasion Coomans wrote thus to his friends, "I am now deprived of my friends and companions; Scoblant is martyred, and Hues dead, by the visitation of the Lord; yet I am not alone, I have with me the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob; he is my comfort, and shall be my reward.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

Not through cowardice, nor from any conscientious scruples, in my opinion, but through the influence of his wife, he was restrained from accepting the challenge of his enemy.
— from Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana by Solomon Northup

A collector for a charity said in my hearing that he expected larger subscriptions from practical men because though public men were esteemed by society their economic power was small.
— from The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J. W. (John William) Robertson Scott

Perhaps it was a touch of pride which induced me to go on horseback, as I was a good rider, and young enough to feel a certain satisfaction in my appearance.
— from At the Point of the Sword by Herbert Hayens

A sense of fear and cold struck into my heart.
— from Round the Fire Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle

The consulate is filthily dirty, the archives are just anyhow, and Spence fears a considerable sum is missing from the Consular receipts, or else that the clerk is muddled in his accounts.
— from The Man Who Did the Right Thing: A Romance by Harry Johnston

She had found a congenial spirit in Mrs. [179] Negus, and ever since the day Mr. Huntington had come to French Cross and besought the interest of the ladies there in his former friend, Chelda had found him more difficult to manage, more unreliable and provoking.
— from Deficient Saints: A Tale of Maine by Marshall Saunders

[141] That was when a Russian chauffeur whom I had taken on trial found a cowboy saddle in my attic and seriously and proudly showed me in great detail, with the saddle strapped to the banisters, how with his long Cossack training he could stand on his neck when going at full speed!
— from Jungle Peace by William Beebe

My affection for you, my dear Henry, is still as actively alive as when, in your infancy, I removed, patiently, every little stone from a certain space in my garden, lest, when you first ran alone, you might fall and hurt your face on the pebbles.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various

At his first audience, he was accused of having frequented a clandestine synagogue in Murcia, and of having acted and discoursed in a manner
— from History of the Inquisition from Its Establishment Till the Present Time by William Sime

Kiss it for me, and when it can first know a cheese from a Caterpillar show it my picture twice a Week.
— from Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by John Keats

In a few moments I became insensible, but when I awoke an hour later I was astounded to feel a curious soreness in my ears.
— from The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love by William Le Queux