I stepped into the shed, and it was fortunate I did so, for at that moment Caderousse entered with a stranger.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

I made a vow at a time when I little thought I should ever be able to accomplish it,” said the unknown with a singular smile; “and I made some others also which I hope I may fulfil in due season.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

But if a man will not listen, and remains unsocial and alien among his fellow-citizens, and is still unmarried at thirty-five years of age, let him pay a yearly fine;—he who of the highest class shall pay a fine of a hundred drachmae, and he who is of the second class a fine of seventy drachmae; the third class shall pay sixty drachmae, and the fourth thirty drachmae, and let the money be sacred to Here; he who does not pay the fine annually shall owe ten times the sum, which the treasurer of the goddess shall exact; and if he fails in doing so, let him be answerable and give an account of the money at his audit.
— from Laws by Plato

No, Fathers, one might be carried along with you to the Flagellants, I dare say ... at the first opportunity I shall write to the Synod, and I shall take my son, Alexey, home.”
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

And I let you wit I came of good men, for I dare say my father was a noble man, and so that ye will keep it in close, and this damosel, I will tell you of what kin I am.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Knowing that the best way would be to excite her by short shoves, without at first trying to go further, I did so, and she began to feel all the raging desires that so formidable a prick as mine must excite, when moving between the soft velvety folds of her tight and juicy quim.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

They promised to come at twelve, only it rained; but now, as it is so fine, I dare say they will be here soon.”
— from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

These appearances she hastily communicated to Ivanhoe, and added, “The skirts of the wood seem lined with archers, although only a few are advanced from its dark shadow.”
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

High in honour, at the head of the table, you with your own eyes observe not a Seigneur but the automaton of a Seigneur, fallen into dotage; still worshipped, reverently waited on, and fed.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

A worthy fellow, I dare say; I believe he had a statue erected to him somewhere because he did the scavengering so well.
— from Domitia by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

Every commander has desired to continue the daily issue while travelling, as recommended by medical authorities; but all have failed in doing so during the cold weather.
— from Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 691 March 24, 1877 by Various

Francis I. During some of the last years of his life, his fine and chivalric spirit found a kindred soul in Francis I., who, it is remarkable, was the only French sovereign graced with any share of the character of chivalry.
— from The History of Chivalry; Or, Knighthood and Its Times, Volume 2 (of 2) by Charles Mills

But President Boon has great faith in Dr. Syx, and would not give up the work.
— from The Moon Metal by Garrett Putman Serviss

Both these renderings occur in immediate proximity in the Epistle to the Galatians, where the Apostle says: 'As we have therefore opportunity let us do good to all men, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not....'
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren

"The fact is, dear Schlieben, the boy has got into a fast set.
— from The Son of His Mother by Clara Viebig

Unauthorised by the text, he has included Ophelia amongst the Court "attendants," and, finding her on the stage, has indulged in a dignified flirtation (in dumb show), worthy of the hero of L'Enfant Prodigue himself.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 6, 1892 by Various

The breadth of the Scheldt at this passage was twenty-four hundred feet; its depth, sixty feet.
— from History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1585b by John Lothrop Motley