All these he ordered to be carefully embalmed with aromatic gums, and laid in leaden coffins, covered with their shields and arms and banners.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

Any of these ways of getting a livelihood is less disgraceful and difficult than to always have to hear, "Pay me that thou owest."
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

Ostensibly she went to get some shades of Berlin wool, at a tolerably respectable shop that was chiefly supported by the ladies of the vicinity: really—I trust there is no breach of charity in supposing that she went with the idea of meeting either with the Rector himself, or some other admirer by the way; for as we went along, she kept wondering ‘what Hatfield would do or say, if we met him,’ &c. &c.; as we passed Mr. Green’s park-gates, she ‘wondered whether he was at home—great stupid blockhead’; as Lady Meltham’s carriage passed us, she ‘wondered what Mr. Harry was doing this fine day’; and then began to abuse his elder brother for being ‘such a fool as to get married and go and live in London.’
— from Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

A maid seemed to be busying herself with some white material—all gauze and lace it looked—and another servant was, as Sir Philip passed, entering with a great white vase filled with red roses.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

Partly from its peculiar colour, partly from a superstition which represented it as feeling the influence of the deity whom it adorned, and growing and lessening in lustre with the waxing and waning of the moon, it first gained the name by which it continues to be known in India to this day—the name of THE MOONSTONE.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Rather, come and let us all go to help them, or else let loose your weapon, the great and formidable Titan-killer with which you killed Capaneus, that doughty man, and great Enceladus and the wild tribes of Giants; ay, let it loose, for so the most valiant will be slain.' (ll. 285-293)
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod

In some of the best Persians, Serabends particularly, the green which is used in the borders has the same fault as the Turkish blacks and browns; and if it does not “fade away suddenly like the grass,” at least it leaves the nap “cut down, dried up, and withered.”
— from The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. by William De Lancey Ellwanger

But this I will say, that his fault, the liking to make girls a little in love with him, is not half so dangerous to a wife's happiness as a tendency to fall in love himself, which he has never been addicted to.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

So frequently were groves and woods dedicated to religious purposes that at last those very terms (in Greek alsos , lucus in Latin), implied consecration.
— from Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous

At last Lady Mary gave a low, incredulous laugh.
— from Dulcibel: A Tale of Old Salem by Henry Peterson

I have not been there, but Tom has, and he says it fairly glitters, it is so gorgeous, and looks inside like those chariots which come with circuses.
— from Gretchen: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

This getting a little in love with Julia, and then a little with Eliza, and a little more with Mary,—this fashionable flirtation and coquetry of both sexes—is ruinous to the domestic affections; besides, effectually preventing the formation of true connubial love.
— from Searchlights on Health: The Science of Eugenics by B. G. (Benjamin Grant) Jefferis

The Bill becomes an Act; separates Upper from Lower Canada; constitutes a legislature for each province; how the two branches of the legislature were constituted; the representative form of government obtained by the United Empire Loyalists 286 The Administration of the Government and Legislation in Lower Canada under the new constitution 288 Lord Dorchester Governor-General; first session of the Legislature; Speakers of the two Houses; a Speaker elected in the House of Assembly who could speak both the French and English language 289 The Governor's first speech to the Legislature 290 The cordial and loyal response of the House of Assembly 290 Useful and harmonious legislation; a noble example and illustration of loyalty by the House of Assembly before the close of the session 292 The Governor's speech at the close of the session 294 Unjust statements against the French corrected (in a note ) 294 Second session of the Legislature called by Lord Dorchester on his arrival from England; his cordial reception; beneficial legislation; Canadians recoil from the horrors of the French Revolution 295 French Republican agents endeavour to incite Canadians to revolt, and to excite hostilities against England in the United States 297 Mutual cordiality between the Governor-General and the House of Assembly 297 Visit of the Duke of Kent to Lower Canada as Commander of the Forces; his wise and patriotic counsels; beneficial influence of his visit and residence 297 Lord Dorchester lays the public accounts before the Assembly; their contents; this proceeding highly satisfactory to the Assembly; bills passed and assented to 298 Interval of quiet between the second and third Sessions of the Legislature; Lord Dorchester's practical and noble speech at the opening of the third Session; Mr. Christie's remarks upon it; cordial answer of the House of Assembly, to whom the public accounts were transmitted, even more comprehensive and complete than those sent down the previous Session
— from The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Egerton Ryerson

They originated out of the gilled Amphibians by accustoming themselves in early life to breathe only through gills, and later in life only through lungs.
— from The History of Creation, Vol. 2 (of 2) Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes by Ernst Haeckel

As good a gentleman as lived in Lancashire.”
— from The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir

Last and Greatest Speech,” said:— “The Massachusetts Senator has led a column into this fortress, which, in the name of God and Humanity, must eventually silence all its guns and level its last stone to the ground.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 06 (of 20) by Charles Sumner