Yet be it known to all men by these presents, that if any honest gentleman will send in so much money, as Cardan allows an astrologer for casting a nativity, he shall be a sharer, I will acquaint him with my project, or if any worthy man will stand for any temporal or spiritual office or dignity, (for as he said of his archbishopric of Utopia, 'tis sanctus ambitus , and not amiss to be sought after,) it shall be freely given without all intercessions, bribes, letters, &c. his own worth shall be the best spokesman; and because we shall admit of no deputies or advowsons, if he be sufficiently qualified, and as able as willing to execute the place himself, be shall have present possession.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

“Oh, I remember—the time the Church tried her strength against us the first time, and presently thought it wise to wait for a hopefuler season.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

The shock must have been severe to make her depart from that distant and uninquiring acceptance of facts which was her force and her safeguard in life.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

Her eyes rested wonderingly on the thin shabby figure at her side.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

On the night of her debut she is, for all her strange, stray wisdom, quite like a happy little girl.
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald

Gerdy bobbed up from among her skirts and began clattering with her tea-tray.
— from Dr. Adriaan by Louis Couperus

He paused a moment in thought, heavy head on bull-neck drooping forward as he stared toward the rear of the building.
— from The Brass Bowl by Louis Joseph Vance

From his elevated position he now commanded a good view of the surrounding country, and far down the hill he had first ascended, he saw the forms of three persons rapidly approaching.
— from Ada, the Betrayed; Or, The Murder at the Old Smithy. A Romance of Passion by James Malcolm Rymer

Nevertheless, since the gage of battle had been thrown down, Bob was not the one to shrink from accepting his share of its responsibilities.
— from The Pioneer Boys on the Great Lakes; or, On the Trail of the Iroquois by St. George Rathborne

32 Vámbéry tells us of cases in which the Kara-Kirghiz have preferred being harassed with war by the Chinese to surrendering to them such Chinese fugitives as have sought and received their hospitality.
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck

“I am sorry to hear this,” I answered, after a long pause, the deep regret I felt at having such an account of my sister's health contributing to make my manner seem natural; “very, very sorry to hear it.
— from Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper

Three sentiments dominated him and guided his whole life: the religious sentiment, which declared itself in a strong, sane, simple piety, the piety of a man possessing a quiet conviction of the truth of his faith; love for his king, a love composed of respect and admiration, with shades of affection like that of a son for a father, and allied also to a religious veneration; finally, a high sentiment of his judicial office with an immovable respect for justice.
— from Princes and Poisoners: Studies of the Court of Louis XIV by Frantz Funck-Brentano

The Countess was on the very point of slipping out of it when the cat Melchisidec came out of the bushes a dozen yards ahead of them, and with Melchisidec came a very distinct vision of Lord Loudwater's flushed, distorted, and revolting face as he swore at her at breakfast that morning.
— from The Loudwater Mystery by Edgar Jepson