In the present task I have not got beyond this:—I am bent on finding Lizzie, and I mean to find her, and I will take any means of finding her that offer themselves.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

I thanked him, but said that Dr. Johnson had come with me from London, and I must return to the inn and drink tea with him; that my name was Boswell, and I had travelled with him in the Hebrides.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

We have none of us much inclination for London, and if Mr. Nottley will give us leave, I think we shall go to Staines through Croydon and Kingston, which will be much pleasanter than any other way; but he is decidedly for Clapham and Battersea.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

So far as these, I say, the land is known; but concerning the region to the North of the bald-headed men no one can speak with certainty, for lofty and impassable mountains divide it off, and no one passes over them.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

The "wisdom of the Egyptians" always seems to have had a fascination for the Greeks, and at this period Alexandria, with its famous library and its memories of the Ptolemies, of Kallimachus and of Theokritus, was an important centre of Greek intellectual activity.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

But one duty must be attended to; I had not forgotten my assault upon Frederick Lawrence; and I must see him to apologise for the unhappy deed.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

Even the boy's Aunt Janey, who still looked so exactly as she used to in her elderly youth, had taken her mother's emeralds and seed-pearls out of their pink cotton-wool, and carried them with her own twitching hands to the future bride; and Fanny Beaufort, instead of looking disappointed at not receiving a "set" from a Paris jeweller, had exclaimed at their old-fashioned beauty, and declared that when she wore them she should feel like an Isabey miniature.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

They came, the one accompanied with Junius Brutus, the other with Publius Valerius; and finding Lucrece attired in mourning habit, demanded the cause of her sorrow.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

I thanked him, but said, that Dr. Johnson had come with me from London, and I must return to the inn and drink tea with him; that my name was Boswell, I had travelled with him in the Hebrides.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

And, therefore, most excellent son, we exhort you with [pg 125] such fatherly love as is meet, to labour to preserve this gift in every way, by earnest striving and constant prayer, in that the Divine Mercy has vouchsafed to call you to His grace; to the end that He, Who has been pleased to deliver you from all errors, and bring you to the knowledge of His name in this present world, may likewise prepare a place for you in the heavenly country.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

I should have liked to give it you well warmed, but I feel like an icicle myself."
— from In the Field (1914-1915): The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry by Marcel Dupont

"Now I shall never feel lonely again in my flat," she cried, "when I am alone in the evenings and look out of the window."
— from The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann

Honestly, I did not feel as if I could stand the strain for long, and it might kill poor little Dormy.
— from Uncanny Tales by Mrs. Molesworth

In youth, Fuseli was exceedingly temperate in all his habits: until the age of twenty-one years he had never tasted fermented liquors; and in more advanced age, his usual beverage was Port wine, in a moderate quantity, or Port wine mixed with water; and during the whole of his life he had never even tasted beer.
— from The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume 1 (of 3) by Henry Fuseli

Within two or three days of their intended departure, Mrs. Oswald proposed to Philip that they should visit a friend residing near Fort Lee, and invited Mary to accompany them.
— from Evenings at Donaldson Manor; Or, The Christmas Guest by Maria J. (Maria Jane) McIntosh

Life in the Convoy Camp was very different from Lamarck, and I missed the cheery companionship of the others most awfully.
— from Fanny Goes to War by Pat Beauchamp Washington

This fortunate being, who died at forty-four, leaving an immense mass of completed work in which the magnificence and the moral force of Florence still live, was the best guide that could have been given to the young Michelangelo.
— from Michelangelo by Romain Rolland

Yes, she had grown; but with her growth had come a restlessness; she felt as though something were giving way beneath her feet like an iceberg melting in mild waters.
— from Beth Woodburn by Maud Petitt