Early on the following morning he commenced the removal of his riches, and ere nightfall the whole of his immense wealth was safely deposited in the compartments of the secret locker.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Original Then indeed for months he had a poor time of it; it was not long indeed before he could manage to keep his legs against Job, for that hero was slow of offence, and gained his victories chiefly by allowing others to throw themselves against his immovable legs and loins.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

All these false Messiahs have appeared and been accepted since our Lord lived on earth except "Judas of Galilee," who was a contemporary of Jesus Christ.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

Live, Quintus Fabius, more happy in this united sympathy of the state for your preservation, than in the victory in which you lately exulted.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

Chapter 57 The discomposure of spirits which this extraordinary visit threw Elizabeth into, could not be easily overcome; nor could she, for many hours, learn to think of it less than incessantly.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

When he had slept again for many hours, he began to move and stretch himself.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Early on the following morning, however, I had intelligence from Madame de la Boetie, that in the night he had fresh and violent attack of dysentery.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

In fact, it is a belief almost universal in Australia, and very widespread among the Indians of North America, that the ancestors of men were beasts or plants, or at least that the first men had, either in whole or in part, the distinctive characters of certain animal or vegetable species.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

I do not think, as Bertie Brown does, that people ought to send the Indians something to eat, for mamma had an uncle who lived in Minnesota, and he used to feed them whenever they came, and they killed him and three of his children.
— from Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

"I am sorry you do not care for my hospitality.
— from The Palace of Darkened Windows by Mary Hastings Bradley

In spite of their friendship for Marengo, his masters could not help scanning him from time to time with hungry looks.
— from Popular Adventure Tales by Mayne Reid

The woman, this latest Magdalene, did as that first Magdalene had done, she fell on her knees and wept--tears of bitterness.
— from Tom Ossington's Ghost by Richard Marsh

Alone in my room at last, I threw myself down on my knees and thanked God in broken words for my happiness.
— from The Claw by Cynthia Stockley

The fat mountain horn was Canaan, flowing with milk and honey (Exod.
— from The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Books of the Bible, Volume 15 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Volume I by Alfred Tucker

Readers who have been to France may have seen French peasant women whirling a wire salad-basket round their heads in order to dry the materials after the cleansing has been done.
— from The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Various

The Field Marshal had inspired confidence in all the nations whose troops he commanded, and had risen to the highest command in their service; and so active was he in his exertions that he received the thanks of Parliament thirteen 214 different times for his distinguished victories and great exploits, which have so mainly contributed to the restoration of peace, and the happy deliverance of Europe.”
— from Soldiers and Sailors or, Anecdotes, Details, and Recollections of Naval and Military Life, as Related to His Nephews, by an Old Officer. by Old Humphrey

The first is addressed to his grey hair: "Those ravens black that rested Erstwhile upon my head, Within my heart have nested, Since from my hair they fled."
— from Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Gustav Karpeles

Soon, Fate made him feel the sting of envy, and maliciously opposed him.
— from Sketches of Central Asia (1868) Additional chapters on my travels, adventures, and on the ethnology of Central Asia by Ármin Vámbéry