This time, without knowing why, d’Artagnan felt a cold shiver run through his veins.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

A few sails were on the horizon, no doubt ships going as far as Cape São Roque to find favorable winds for doubling the Cape of Good Hope.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

He ascended into the fine parlour of the Morton House, then one of the best New York hotels, and, finding a cushioned seat, read.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

[344] The general principle of ‘requiting good desert,’ so far as Common Sense really accepts it as practically applicable to the relations of men in society, is broadly in harmony with Utilitarianism; since we obviously encourage the production of general happiness by rewarding men for felicific conduct; only the Utilitarian scale of rewards will not be determined entirely by the magnitude of the services performed, but partly also by the difficulty of inducing men to perform them.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

For who so rich can be that sometimes may not owe, or who can be so poor that sometimes may not lend? Let the occasion, notwithstanding, in that case, as Plato very wisely sayeth and ordaineth in his laws, be such that none be permitted to draw any water out of his neighbour’s well until first they by continual digging and delving into their own proper ground shall have hit upon a kind of potter’s earth, which is called ceramite, and there had found no source or drop of water; for that sort of earth, by reason of its substance, which is fat, strong, firm, and close, so retaineth its humidity, that it doth not easily evaporate it by any outward excursion or evaporation.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

Later, when he did, he found a chilly stream running down the centre of the gorge, and the rare moss upon the boulders, when he tried it at last in desperation, was good to eat.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

But of course that sort of thing could not long continue, and toward the evening of the fourth day the poor chap collapsed, and, as luck would have it, I found a comparatively safe refuge for him among some rocks, where I looked after and attended to him until he was well enough to be up and about again.
— from The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn by Harry Collingwood

I have to this day been unable to find out how any pleasure can be derived from a constant spinning round like the sails of a mill.
— from The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon by Habeeb Risk Allah

His writings, combined with the personal representations of Nicholson, persuaded ministers, who were anxious to father an enterprise which might weigh in the balance of public opinion against Marlborough's victories; and in April, 1711, fifteen men of war, with forty-six transports, sailed for America, carrying seven regiments of the line, five of which were from the army in Flanders.
— from A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Vol. V Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood, Sir

When asked how she could possibly find so much employment for a confessor, she replied: "Oh!
— from Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed, Volume 1 (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce

The barber woman receives as her fee a cocoanut, some rice, and condiments.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 5 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

The latest arrivals of youthful raw recruits particularly felt the pangs of hunger, and as the swarming rebels took one outpost after another from its emaciated defenders and raided the adjacent provinces, the Spanish prisoners in their hands (soldiers, friars, and civil servants) reached the figure of thousands.
— from The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule by Foreman, John, F.R.G.S.

To this day Macao, well served by fast and commodious steamers, remains a favoured resort for week-end tourist parties, picnics, honeymoons, and
— from The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 1 (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan by Alexander Michie

“This river and the Fraser are cousins,” said Rob, “like the Athabasca and the Peace.
— from The Young Alaskans on the Trail by Emerson Hough

Quick as flash a cannon shot rips across the Chesapeake's bows, followed by a broadside, and another, and yet another, that riddle the American decks to kindling wood before the astonished officers can collect their senses.
— from Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Agnes C. Laut