THE GOLOSHES OF FORTUNE A BEGINNING In a house in Copenhagen, not far from the king's new market, a very large party had assembled, the host and his family expecting, no doubt, to receive invitations in return.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

But, Roderigo, if thou hast that in thee indeed, which I have greater reason to believe now than ever,—I mean purpose, courage, and valour,—this night show it: if thou the next night following enjoy not Desdemona, take me from this world with treachery and devise engines for my life.
— from Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare

IV Was never wight that heard that shrilling sownd, But trembling feare did feel in every vaine; 30 Three miles it might be easie heard around, And Ecchoes three answerd it selfe againe: No false enchauntment, nor deceiptfull traine, Might once abide the terror of that blast, But presently was voide and wholly vaine: 35 No gate so strong, no locke so firme and fast,
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

But, Roderigo, if thou hast that in thee indeed, which I have greater reason to believe now than ever, I mean purpose, courage, and valor, this night show it; if thou the next night following enjoy not Desdemona, take me from this world with treachery and devise engines for my life.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

for every ninety days the loan runs—‌the American bank for simply drawing its ninety-day bills of exchange and the English bank for merely accepting them.
— from Elements of Foreign Exchange: A Foreign Exchange Primer by Franklin Escher

"You are not going to stop here talking, are you?" inquired the Lascar, seeing that Mr. Fewster evinced no disposition to move.
— from Joshua Marvel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

[Pg 561] to believe now than ever, I mean purpose, courage and valour, this night show it: if thou the next night following enjoy not Desdemona, take me from this world [6527] 215 with treachery and devise engines for my life.
— from The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 8 of 9] by William Shakespeare

the great world goes its way, And takes its truth from each new day; They do not quit, nor can retain, Far less consider it again.
— from Leaves of Life, for Daily Inspiration by Margaret Bird Steinmetz

There was room here for everything; next door to one another lived people whom the Movement had not yet gathered in, and people who had been pushed up out of it in obstinate defiance.
— from Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 04 by Martin Andersen Nexø

And thence had come that mania for erecting new districts, that mad speculation in land and shares, which had brought the country within a hair’s breadth of bankruptcy.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete by Émile Zola