Jo tried to look pathetic, but must have failed, for Mr. Laurence began to laugh, and she knew the day was won.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

The actual civil councillor Ivan Ilyitch Pralinsky had only been "his Excellency" for four months; in short, he was a young general.
— from Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

They had been true friends to us in our dire necessity, and I returned their mute farewell from my very heart.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

Far from me be all complaint, every sigh of regret.
— from Lady Susan by Jane Austen

It so happened that, when I was a lieutenant at Fort Moultrie, in 1842-'46, I used very often to visit a family of that name on the east branch of Cooper River, about forty miles from Fort Moultrie, and to hunt with the son, Mr. James Poyas, an elegant young fellow and a fine sportsman.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Fortunately for myself, I don’t care.
— from The Happy Prince, and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde

She was to go by way of Weimar, while I took the footpath from Magdala.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

The generous Anna Dickinson, because of her friendship for Miss Anthony, presented Mrs. Phelps with $1,000, as a recompense for any loss she might have sustained through The Revolution.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

For once, I am willing to pardon the conceit of ignorance; the weakness of your sex, too, from which, it seems, you are not exempt, claims some allowance; but, if you persist in this strain—you have every thing to fear from my justice.' 'From your justice, Signor,' rejoined Emily, 'I have
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Then in addition to these were a number of "unnecessary people," as Belle called them in a stage whisper to Nora,—all the girls from the Mansion, for example, every one of whom had accepted the invitation, and the whole Rosa family, from Mrs. Rosa to the youngest child.
— from Brenda's Bargain: A Story for Girls by Helen Leah Reed

Other Choctaw regiments were to be prevailed upon to follow suit and the leading men of the tribe, inclusive of Chief Garland who was not present, were to be informed that the First Choctaw demanded of them, in their legislative and administrative capacities "such co-operation as will force all able-bodied free citizens of the Choctaw Nation, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and fitted for military service, to at once join the army and aid in the common defense of the Choctaw Nation, and give such other coöperation to the Confederate military authorities as will effectually relieve our country from Federal rule and ruin."
— from The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War by Annie Heloise Abel

The Father felt most pleasantly at home under the black ceiling.
— from Tongues of Conscience by Robert Hichens

Turning toward the Appian Way, which for fourteen miles was lined by a double row of monuments—homes for the living and homes for the dead—the trees bowed and tossed their branches in the fitful gusts like hearse-plumes above the tombs.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 05, April 1867 to September 1867 by Various

I'd say we were about 50 feet from making—or maybe 60 feet—from making the left-hand turn onto Elm.
— from Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

His mother, his sister, and one still dearer than either, sing sweetly and walk among fragrant flowers more beautiful than his fancy ever painted.
— from Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

Walters came back bearing rich treasure, for in the Agony Column of that day West, his face white with lather, read joyously: STRAWBERRY MAN: Only the grapefruit lady’s kind heart and her great fondness for mystery and romance move her to answer.
— from The Agony Column by Earl Derr Biggers

Returning to our three and one-half million inhabitants belonging to Paris and its environs, we see that the land necessary for the rearing of cattle comes down from five million acres to 197,000.
— from The Conquest of Bread by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz

Abe sat down at his desk and scratched away for five minutes.
— from Potash & Perlmutter: Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Montague Glass