We all sat down in the grass, in the moonlight, for the clouds were breaking away now, and Satan took the dog's head in his lap and put the eye back in its place, and the dog was comfortable, and he wagged his tail and licked Satan's hand, and looked thankful and said the same; I knew he was saying it, though I did not understand the words.
— from The Mysterious Stranger, and Other Stories by Mark Twain

By huîtres de chasse were meant those oysters which were brought by the chasse-marées , carriers who brought the fresh fish from the coast to Paris at great speed.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

Mrs. Maloney would have related to him the history of a poor dear young engine-driver, who had once lodged with her, and who went out, after eating a hearty dinner, in the best of spirits, to meet with his death from the concussion of an express and a luggage train; but Robert put on his hat again, and walked straight out of the house before the honest Irishwoman could begin her pitiful story.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Adjectives in -er form the comparative regularly, but the superlative is formed by adding -rimus, -a, -um to the nominative masculine of the positive; as, Positive Comparative Superlative âcer, âcris, âcre (Base acr- ) âcrior, âcrius âcerrimus, -a, -um pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum (Base pulchr- ) pulchrior, pulchrius pulcherrimus, -a, -um lîber, lîbera, lîberum (Base lîber- ) lîberior, lîberius lîberrimus, -a, -um a.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

It was really a most extraordinary spectacle, that great, fat, apoplectic-looking man upside down and trying to get from the ceiling to the floor.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Finding the child more docile and amiable than her sister, the old lady felt it her duty to try and counteract, as far as possible, the bad effects of home freedom and indulgence.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

With this extortion our adventurer was fain to comply, because he lay at the mercy of the caitiff; accordingly, he with a good grace paid the demand, which, including his former disbursements, amounted to three hundred and sixty-five pounds eleven shillings and threepence three farthings, and then presenting himself before the judge, quietly submitted to the laws of the realm.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

From the camp came the faint sound of many voices, rising and falling in a sing-song chant.
— from The Call of the Wild by Jack London

The power of the rulers will be derived from the consent of the governed.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

" "My dear nurse," said Penelope, "however wise you may be you can hardly fathom the counsels of the gods.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

Martin Chemnitz, in his "Iudicum de Controversiis quibusdam circa quosdam Augustanae Confessionis Articulos—Decision concerning Certain Controversies about Some Articles of the Augsburg Confession," printed 1597, says that the edition of 1540 was employed at the religious colloquies with the previous knowledge and approval of Luther; in fact, that it was drawn up especially for the Colloquy at Hagenau, which the opponents (Cochlaeus at Worms, Pighius at Regensburg) had taken amiss.
— from Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente

In this way we may secure a supply of the real wants of our citizens, and at the same time prevent those wants from being made a cover for the crimes against their country which unprincipled adventurers are in the habit of committing.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 5 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

Thus did the sons of Jacob go down to Egypt, and while upon the way they thought of their brother Joseph, and their hearts chid them for their cruelty towards him, and they said one to the other: “Behold, we know that Joseph was carried down to Egypt; now, when we come to the city let us seek for him, perchance we may discover his whereabouts,
— from The Storehouses of the King; Or, the Pyramids of Egypt What They Are and Who Built Them by Jane (Trill) van Gelder

I cannot, however, in conscience carry my opinion of my countrymen’s good sense so far as to exculpate them entirely from the charge of credulity.
— from Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Walter Scott

If the Indians were all gathered around the fire, they could not see the canoe crossing from the mainland.
— from The Secret Cache: An Adventure and Mystery Story for Boys by Ethel C. (Ethel Claire) Brill

In the minute or two that passed before the laird's entrance, Simon seemed to be thinking intently and finally to come to a decision, which, to judge from his reception of his client, was on rather different lines from his first thoughts when Mr. Cromarty's name was announced.
— from Simon by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston

Such was the revolution that resulted from this country visit that Louise de Querouaille returned to Whitehall, the avowed maitresse en titre to the King.
— from Love Romances of the Aristocracy by Thornton Hall

An attempt of a daring explorer to light the cave of Lanai with fire hid in a closed calabash was also resented, the vessel being dashed out of the hand of the adventurer by some formless creature of the dark, who also plucked stones from the cave roof and hurled at him until he retreated.
— from Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate by Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner

It is easy to see what they consider essentials, and what, from them, children are learning to consider essentials.
— from A Domestic Problem : Work and Culture in the Household by Abby Morton Diaz

He lighted a cigarette, and looked at the landscape from the carriage window; the train was passing through fields in front of which the telegraph wires danced in puffs of steam; the landscape was flat and uninteresting.
— from En Route by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans