Notwithstanding these innocent appearances, the capitoul thought proper to agree with the opinion of the mob, and took it into his head that old Calas had sent for La Vaisse, telling him that he had a son to be hanged; that La Vaisse had come to perform the office of executioner: and that he had received assistance from the father and brother.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

frequent , Lcd (v. late).
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

The wretched female, loveless victim of vulgar brutality, had wandered to the toilet of high-born beauty, and, arraying herself in the garb of splendour, had died before the mirror which reflected to herself alone her altered appearance.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

( Felemhesi ( anagram for Mehee Fils ), La Verite tout entiere, sur les vrais auteurs de la journee du 2 Septembre 1792 ( reprinted in Hist.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

At the end of half an hour it suddenly occurred to him that the prince was gone a long time; then right away he began to feel lonely; very soon he fell to listening and longing, and ceased to toy with the pretty things about him; he grew uneasy, then restless, then distressed.
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

'But, when you are at the Baron's residence,' she added, 'you will be only a short journey from La Vallee, and I think, sir, you will not leave the country without visiting me; it is unnecessary to say with what pleasure I should receive you and the Lady Blanche.'
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Then before cutting down the Christmas tree his grandfather smoked his pipe, took a long pinch of snuff, and made fun of poor frozen little Vanka...
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Mrs. Wititterly’s answer was lost in the noise of a tremendous rapping at the street-door, and before it had ceased to vibrate, there drove up a handsome cabriolet, out of which leaped Sir Mulberry Hawk and his friend Lord Verisopht.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Whence that custom of ours is derived, of having a fine linen veil, after the temple has been built, to be drawn over the entrances.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

(One wants new words in writing about these plains, and all the inland American West—the terms, far, large, vast , &c., are insufficient.)
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

[Footnote: Lucretius v. 1448
— from The Idea of Progress: An Inguiry into Its Origin and Growth by J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury

Whoever cares for the historical growth of our language, that is, of our thoughts; whoever cares for the first intelligible development of religion and mythology; whoever cares for the first foundation of what in later times we call the sciences of astronomy, metronomy, grammar, and etymology; whoever cares for the first intimations of philosophical thought, for the first attempts at regulating family life, village life, and state life, as founded on religion, ceremonial, tradition and contract (samaya)—must in future pay the same attention to the literature of the Vedic period as to the literatures of Greece and Rome and Germany.
— from India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

My faith lived valiantly till the next spring.
— from The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance by Richard Le Gallienne

He was shown into Mr. B.'s room, he asked him to read a MS., and he fled, looking very frightened.
— from Confessions of a Young Man by George Moore

Frébault , La Vie de Paris .
— from Argot and Slang A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris by Albert Barrère

From Italy the Marquis de Firmacon brought back the men of a regiment of cuirassiers who had fought like victorious tigers at Cremona and had even driven back the fiery Eugene and his soldiers before their rush; in that army also were the guards of Tarnaud, De Saulx, and Royal Comtois; marines who had faced Russel's and Shovel's squadrons; dragoons of Saint-Sernin who had seen Marlborough ride all along the line giving orders to the great English force to advance, and had observed, but a year or two before, the consumptive invalid, William of England and Holland, stand undismayed beneath a hailstorm of bullets while superintending the siege of some great fortress in the Netherlands.
— from The Scourge of God: A Romance of Religious Persecution by John Bloundelle-Burton

53° 2´ 40´´; one fixed light, visible 15 miles; circular tower, 112 feet high; erected 1856.
— from Lighthouses and Lightships A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams

she whispered in a fierce little voice; " don't you?
— from The Adventures of a Modest Man by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

My father left very few funds behind him, and it was necessary for my mother to be mother and bread-winner at the same time.
— from My Life by Josiah Flynt

Outside in the garden in front of the house the visitors found Lieutenant von Reuter, his cousin Frederick and his father walking about in the afternoon sunshine waiting to receive their guests.
— from The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas by Margaret Vandercook