35 Wanton jests make fools laugh and wise men frown.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

A prevalent feature in these compositions was a nursed and petted melancholy; another was a wasteful and opulent gush of “fine language”; another was a tendency to lug in by the ears particularly prized words and phrases until they were worn entirely out; and a peculiarity that conspicuously marked and marred them was the inveterate and intolerable sermon that wagged its crippled tail at the end of each and every one of them.
— from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

In a very few minutes the waiter came in to announce that Miss Manette had arrived from London, and would be happy to see the gentleman from Tellson's.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Everything was stolen; and amongst other things, forty-two of my shirts, of very fine linen, and which were the principal part of my stock.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

It was the strangest thing in the world to see it in the flicker of the flashes soft and white, and then to watch it fade like a wreath of smoke and vanish.
— from The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Would you believe me, my dear, at the Garatynskys’ I was expected to dress for lunch as well as for dinner, so that, like an actress, I received a special allowance for my wardrobe in addition to my salary.”
— from The Duel and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

This proposal had been made to him the first time in Berlin, at the moment when he was first left a widower.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Now he was specialising in foreign literature, and was said to be writing a thesis.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

[603] doth with him converse, [Pg 165] From Logodoro, and with endless din They gossip
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

When he had seen each division once in the daytime and once at night, his education was so nearly complete that he took out a 'daylight' license; a few trips later he took out a full license, and went to piloting day and night—and he ranked A 1, too.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

It was Saturday afternoon, a half-holiday, when the rivals met in the back yard of Henry's house, armed with old brooms for lances, and with shields made out of barrel heads.
— from Harper's Young People, November 18, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

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— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

He has four legions away with him there, and having heard of Cæsar’s misfortune at Gergovia, knows how imperative it is that he should join his chief.
— from The Commentaries of Cæsar by Anthony Trollope

Katzler pushes forward, on such lane or forest road-track as there is, towards Konigshof; beats back small hussar parties;—comes, in about an hour's space, not upon hussars merely, but upon dense masses of heavy horse winding through the forest lanes; and, with that imperfect intelligence, is obliged to return.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Thomas Carlyle

The third section is composed of the "sayings of the wise men," which are enshrined in tetrastichs or strophes of four lines, among which we find an occasional interpolation by the editor, recognisable by the paternal tone, the words "My son," and the substitution of distichs for tetrastichs.
— from The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur by Emile Joseph Dillon

These carried strong poles about seven feet long, and were placed there to frighten back any fish that might attempt to rush down the river.
— from The Norsemen in the West by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

They bolted from the field like a well-greased flash of [228] lightning, our cavalry chasing them for miles, capturing prisoners at every stride.
— from A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863 by T. (Timothy) Gowing

We should be silent, helpless dust, except for Life; and whether we be great or humble, rich or poor, she gives us all we have.
— from Daisy; or, The Fairy Spectacles by C. S. (Caroline Snowden) Guild

Their only hope lay in the Knights of St. John; and when they heard that even these famous warriors were forbidden to fight for them, they gave themselves up for lost, and went sadly home to tell the bad news to their wives and children.
— from Harper's Young People, May 10, 1881 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

"Look here—do you see that tall girl in the blue silk shirtwaist?" I saw her—she was reading Punch before the big library fire (it was furnished like a wealthy private club, the library), and just because she was so calm and high bred and Madonna-faced, I flattered myself that I could jump in the right direction.
— from The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon by Josephine Daskam Bacon