Henry Crawford had quite made up his mind by the next morning to give another fortnight to Mansfield, and having sent for his hunters, and written a few lines of explanation to the Admiral, he looked round at his sister as he sealed and threw the letter from him, and seeing the coast clear of the rest of the family, said, with a smile, “And how do you think
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Also in those slower days of crawling across the earth's surface by post-chaise and diligence and horseback, travelers meeting in inns and elsewhere, fell literally on each other's neck at the sound of an American accent!
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

But I do think it is their husbands' faults If wives do fall; say that they slack their duties And pour our treasures into foreign laps, Or else break out in peevish jealousies, Throwing restraint upon us, or say they strike us, Or scant our former having in despite, Why, we have galls, and though we have some grace, Yet have we some revenge.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The tree put forth leaves once every three Page 138 thousand years, and it required three thousand years after that for the fruit to ripen.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

Thus talking hand in hand alone they pass'd On to thir blissful Bower; it was a place 690 Chos'n by the sovran Planter, when he fram'd All things to mans delightful use; the roofe Of thickest covert was inwoven shade Laurel and Mirtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either side Acanthus, and each odorous bushie shrub Fenc'd up the verdant wall; each beauteous flour, Iris all hues, Roses, and Gessamin Rear'd high thir flourisht heads between, and wrought Mosaic; underfoot the Violet, 700 Crocus, and Hyacinth with rich inlay Broiderd the ground, more colour'd then with stone Of costliest Emblem: other Creature here Beast, Bird, Insect, or Worm durst enter none; Such was thir awe of man.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

Several people of learning having been assiduous to ingratiate themselves, had taught her to distinguish works of merit; but her taste (if I may so express myself) was rather Protestant; ever speaking warmly of Bayle, and highly esteeming St. Evremond, though long since almost forgotten in France: but this did not prevent her having a taste for literature, or expressing her thoughts with elegance.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

As he opened the kitchen door he saw through the scullery that the back door was just opening, and the faint light of early dawn displayed the dark masses of the garden beyond.
— from The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Faiket, let off, excused.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

He was bound to conclude in favor of the madness of the viscount and the accidental death of the elder brother, for lack of evidence to the contrary; but he was nevertheless persuaded that a terrible tragedy had taken place between the two brothers in connection with Christine Daae.
— from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

For love of Edward's offspring in my womb.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

If the once folded sheet be folded again across the other way we get a gathering with four leaves, or eight pages, called a quarto.
— from The Book: Its History and Development by Cyril Davenport

The continuous bad weather is trying to the spirits, but we are fairly comfortable in the hut and only suffer from lack of exercise to work off the heavy meals our appetites demand.
— from Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Being the journals of Captain R. F. Scott by Robert Falcon Scott

[35] Or when the flatterers and sycophants wallow in filth which fitly symbolises their foul life on earth.
— from Dante: Six Sermons by Philip H. (Philip Henry) Wicksteed

To [Shar]ratum, 2. the bride of Anu 3. who has come to lordship, 4. lady of strength and abundance, 5. of the mountain-temple, 6. faithful lady, of exalted counsel, 7. lady who binds the heart, 8.
— from Archæology and the Bible by George A. (George Aaron) Barton

Not that they were French ladies, or English either; but Nature’s and refinement’s best possible gentlewomen all over the world.
— from A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla by Leigh Hunt

The front line of English horsemen had screened the movements of those behind, and when the enemy were within fifty yards, Charlie gave the word.
— from With Clive in India; Or, The Beginnings of an Empire by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

They were built on the lines of a square, three hundred feet long on each side, and the walls were made of adobes formed of ashes and earth.
— from By the Golden Gate Or, San Francisco, the Queen City of the Pacific Coast; with Scenes and Incidents Characteristic of its Life by Joseph Carey

Cicero says, that ‘those, who for their merits were reckoned in the number of the Gods, and who formerly living on earth, and afterwards lived among the Gods (in Diis agerent), were called Indigetes;’ thus implying that the word ‘Indiges’ came from ‘in Diis ago;’ ‘to live among the Gods.’
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV by Ovid

The exercise of parsing should be commenced immediately after the first lesson of etymology—the lesson in which are contained the definitions of the ten parts of speech; and should be carried on progressively, till it embraces all the doctrines which are applicable to it.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

"Your policy," he said, "is to draw settlers from the old country, at the same time ensuring that they shall not suffer from lack of experience when they are first put upon the land of their adopted country.
— from Down Under with the Prince by Everard Cotes