She succeeded in her design upon the mirth of the audience, but was disappointed in the other part of her aim; for our hero replied, without the least mark of discomposure, “They are all in good health at your service, madam; I wish I knew in what part of the world your relations reside, that I might return the compliment.”
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

If the feeling of honor rests upon this peculiarity of human nature, it may have a very salutary effect upon the welfare of a great many people, as a substitute for morality; but upon their happiness, more especially upon that peace of mind and independence which are so essential to happiness, its effect will be disturbing and prejudicial rather than salutary.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer

The hearts of the people were engaged in favor of his rival, and even the senate was inclined to prefer a usurper to a tyrant.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

In consequence of this agreement, Vetranio advanced to the city of Sardica, at the head of twenty thousand horse, and of a more numerous body of infantry; a power so far superior to the forces of Constantius, that the Illyrian emperor appeared to command the life and fortunes of his rival, who, depending on the success of his private negotiations, had seduced the troops, and undermined the throne, of Vetranio.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

589 [pg 345] Thus nature framed our harmless race: Thou art a man supreme in place.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

There was the tale of the sinful founder of his race, whose miserable doom it was to bestow the kiss of death on all the younger sons of his fated house, just when they reached the age of promise.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

He had gone some distance before he thought of his coat; then he was about to turn back, but he smiled at the thought, and continued his journey—such a coat as that could be of little use in a civilized land; a little further on, he remembered that there were some papers of value in one of the pockets of the relic, and then with a penitent ejaculation he turned back picked up the coat and put it on.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

He sat up in bed, and through the force of habit rubbed his left eye.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

Which, kindled by the imperious queen of love, Constrain'd me from my native realm to rove: And oft in bitterness of soul deplored My absent daughter and my dearer lord; Admired among the first of human race, For every gift of mind and manly grace."
— from The Odyssey by Homer

That we had lived to see his dust in honored sepulture in the church of Santa Croce we owed to a society of literati, and not to Florence or her rulers.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

"When you first pointed out the true import of the wax impression on the candlestick, it brought to my mind at once Fluette's capricious notion of wearing a ring on the middle finger of his right hand.
— from The Paternoster Ruby by Charles Edmonds Walk

In the place of honor sat the good St. Louis King of France, on his right, Henry III. of England, and on his left, the King of Navarre, the royal descendant of Thibaut of Champagne, and Blanche the sister of Berengaria.
— from Heroines of the Crusades by C. A. (Celestia Angenette) Bloss

He felt himself grow pale; and when Lucy turned, and seeing him near, addressed him in the anxious and soft tone which she thought due to her uncle's friend on his recovery, Mauleverer bowed, confused and silent; and that green-eyed passion, which would have convulsed the mind of a true lover, altering a little the course of its fury, effectually disturbed the manner of the courtier.
— from Paul Clifford — Volume 04 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

"The billygoat is the very best guard we could have, for ever'body's 'fraid o' him," remarked Cap'n Bill, as he put the key of the room in his pocket.
— from Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill After Their Visit to the Sea Fairies by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

And when, from the long distance of a hundred years, they shall look back upon us, they shall know, at least, that we possessed affections, which, running backward and warming with gratitude for what our ancestors have done for our happiness, run forward also to our posterity and meet them with cordial salutation, ere yet they have arrived on the shore of being.
— from The American Union Speaker by John D. (John Dudley) Philbrick

FADED ORNAMENTAL HAIR RESTORED T. S. BROWN ( Specialist for Invisible Coverings for Temporary Baldness or Thin Partings ), 3, LEECE ST., top of BOLD ST., LIVERPOOL.
— from How Women May Earn a Living by Mercy Grogan

Now, see upon the perjured fair one hang Remorse's glooms and never ceasing pang.
— from The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas by Henry Kirke White

Assunta went at once to give the desired order, relieved and grateful that they would have the support of the physician's presence and skill; and yet the very fact of his remaining discouraged the hope he had tried to inspire.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 20, October 1874‐March 1875 by Various

His whole expression had changed from hatred and fear of his rescuer to that of implicit confidence.
— from Bamboo Tales by Ira L. (Ira Louis) Reeves