Inglethorp was sitting a little by himself—I think, unconsciously, everyone had drawn his chair slightly away from him—and he gave a faint start as Poirot pronounced his name.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

They take a horse from those at the station which are standing ready saddled, all fresh and in wind, and mount and go at full speed, as hard as they can ride in fact.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

It is good thus to try in our imagination to give any form some advantage over another.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

Gentle to me and affable hath been Thy condescension, and shall be honour’d ever With grateful Memorie: thou to mankind Be good and friendly still, and oft return.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

The host will travel with them as master of ceremonies, and whoever tells the best story shall be given a fine supper at the general expense when they all come back again,--a shrewd bit of business and a fine idea, as the pilgrims all agree.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

OF THE PUBLIQUE MINISTERS OF SOVERAIGN POWER Publique Minister Who Ministers For The Generall Administration For Speciall Administration, As For Oeconomy For Instruction Of The People For Judicature
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

The first offer of theirs were Elks tuskes from around their Childrens necks, Sammon &c. my guide attempted passifyed those people and they Set before me berres, & fish to eate, I gave a fiew Small articles to those fritened people which added verry much to their pasification but not entirely as Some of the women & Childn.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

GAD, a female scold; a woman who tramps over the country with a beggar or hawker.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

Miss Crawley gave a final scream, and fell back in a faint.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Get a friend, sir, and that friend a woman—a good household drudge, who loves you.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

Goldsmith undertook to complete it in two years, if possible, for two hundred and fifty guineas, and forthwith set about his task with cheerful alacrity.
— from Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography by Washington Irving

In the Indian Ocean he used to bathe by diving off the forecastle deck when the steamer was going at full speed, and catching a rope which was let down from the stern.
— from Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

'It is a spiritual, heavenly, and invisible principle, in which God, as Father, Son, and Spirit, dwells or reigns.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan

"There were only two wretched candles burning in the place, and they could not have got a fair sight at us, and indeed they all jumped up and bolted the moment we spoke.
— from With Moore at Corunna by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

[Pg 846] “Oisin, in heaven the praises swell To God alone from Soul and Saint:—” “Then, Patrick, I their deeds will tell In a little whisper faint!
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 14, October 1871-March 1872 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

"You just let me get a fair sight at him, and see if I don't shoot," was Oscar's reply.
— from Oscar in Africa by Harry Castlemon

"I ain't got any family," said a small, grizzled man.
— from Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page

Upon the whole the Sabines maintained their footing in the mountains, as in the district bordering on Latium which has since been called by their name, and so too in the Volscian land, presumably because the Latin population did not extend thither or was there less dense; while on the other hand the well-peopled plains were better able to offer resistance to the invaders, although they were not in all cases able or desirous to prevent isolated bands from gaining a footing, such as the Tities and afterwards the Claudii in Rome.(2)
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen