He immediately recollected Emily, whom he was much pleased to see, and she was as rejoiced to hear, that he had not lost one of his family, since her departure.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

In and out, and here and there, full speed he dashed amid the throng of the Trojans, but for all the fury of his pursuit he killed no man, for he could not wield his spear and keep his horses in hand when alone in the chariot; at last, however, a comrade, Alcimedon, son of Laerces son of Haemon caught sight of him and came up behind his chariot.
— from The Iliad by Homer

The Wind but wasted time—one's pleased at that— The more it raged, but firmer still he drew Around his breast the cloak: the cape just shook,
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

THE PRINCESS A CARRIAGE with four fine sleek horses drove in at the big so-called Red Gate of the N—- Monastery.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

"I am always pleased to be of service to my friends," answered the Queen, and in a flash she had darted away upon her journey home.
— from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

And to accomplish the work we have undertaken, we are lucky to have the conscientious studies of our old associates in the great work of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to assist us: such as those of Emile Bégin, Elzéar Blaze, Depping, Benjamin Guérard, Le Roux de Lincy, H. Martin, Mary-Lafon, Francisque Michel, A. Monteil, Rabutau, Ferdinand Séré, Horace de Viel-Castel, A. de la Villegille, Vallet de Viriville.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

On the 25th, General Sheridan rejoined the Army of the Potomac from the raid on which he started from Spottsylvania, having destroyed the depots at Beaver Dam and Ashland stations, four trains of cars, large supplies of rations, and many miles of railroad-track; recaptured about four hundred of our men on their way to Richmond as prisoners of war; met and defeated the enemy's cavalry at Yellow Tavern; carried the first line of works around Richmond (but finding the second line too strong to be carried by assault), recrossed to the north bank of the Chickahominy at Meadow Bridge under heavy fire, and moved by a detour to Haxall's Landing, on the James River, where he communicated with General Butler.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

"But you, Lady Maxwell," Isabel burst out, her face kindled with hope, for she had dreaded the removal terribly, "you will be lonely here.
— from By What Authority? by Robert Hugh Benson

The German soldiers proceeded to stab this Davuidov with their bayonets before the 148 very eyes of the girl X——, and then they tore out hair from his head and finally shot him dead.
— from German Atrocities: An Official Investigation by J. H. (John Hartman) Morgan

Professor Edward T. Channing, of Harvard University, whose memory is dear to a large circle of pupils, wrote to a friend:— "Sumner has done nobly.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 04 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

Between the lids of one The imaged meteors had flashed and run And had disported in the stilly jet, 265 And the fixed stars had dawned and shone and set, Since God made Time and Death and Sleep: the other Stretched his long arm to where, a misty smother, The stream churned, churned, and churned—his lips apart, As though he told his never slumbering heart Of every foamdrop on its misty way: Tying the horse to his vast foot that lay Half in the unvesselled sea, we climbed the stairs And climbed so long, I thought the last steps were Hung from the morning star; when these mild words Fanned the delighted air like wings of birds: "My brothers spring out of their beds at morn, "A-murmur like young partridge: with loud horn "They chase the noontide deer; "And when the dew-drowned stars hang in the air "Look to long fishing-lines, or point and pare "An ash-wood hunting spear.
— from Poems by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

However, Tom did not remember ever having had a father; so he did not look for one, and expected to have to take care of himself; while as for running, he could keep up for a couple of miles with any stage-coach, if there was the chance of a copper or a cigar-end, and turn coach-wheels on his hands and feet ten times following, which is more than you can do.
— from The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby by Charles Kingsley

"Mr. Sercombe says everything goes by law, and God never interferes; my father says he does interfere sometimes."
— from What's Mine's Mine — Complete by George MacDonald

All this Clement saw, as in apocalyptic vision, stored up for the wife of Murray Bradshaw, if he read him rightly, as he felt sure he did, from the few times he had seen him.
— from The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions by Oliver Wendell Holmes

"I took the food for her, for she had died without it.
— from The Mormon Prophet by L. (Lily) Dougall

At another word from Simeon Holly, David had begun to play.
— from Just David by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter