Will being this night gone to his lodging, and by the way I hear to-day that my boy Waynman has behaved himself so with Mr. Davis that they have got him put into a Barbadoes ship to be sent away, and though he sends to me to get a release for him I will not out of love to the boy, for I doubt to keep him here were to bring him to the gallows. 15th (Lord’s day).
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Ang daruhan nga gihuwáyan sa mais naulian, The field that was given a respite from corn regained its fertility.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

But he had given a reason for his interference, which asked no extraordinary stretch of belief.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

When the long-boat came abreast of the mosque (which Doramin had built: a structure with gables and roof finials of carved coral) the open space before it was full of people.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

He prayed for grace and reconciliation for his father, and offered himself as hostage for the earl.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Where two kinds of coloured gold thread are used, one square will be framed on all sides by one kind, say, gold and blue for instance, the next by the other, gold and red. Fig.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

The Shawano made themselves respected for their fighting qualities, gaining a reputation for valor which they maintained in their later wars with the whites, while from their sudden attack and fertility of stratagem they came to be regarded as a tribe of magicians.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

“Not to-day; I should not be able to give any reason for the change.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

He is happy and at the same time ashamed of his happiness, ashamed of his habit of coming to Katy's every evening, and he finds it necessary to give a reason for his coming, some obvious absurdity, like: "I was passing on business, and I thought I'd just drop in for a second.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

THE MENACE TO CHRISTENDOM Christianity in its Greek and Roman forms was not the only great religion of the Middle Ages.
— from Early European History by Hutton Webster

It was defended with extreme gallantry and resisted for many months, while the rest of Greece did little to assist it.
— from In Greek Waters: A Story of the Grecian War of Independence by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

"The lettuce-seed must be here, and the radish-seed there; the flax-seed in this corner and the grains of rice in another; the fine seeds of flowers must be in their place, and the small seeds of grass all ready for planting before you can pass through my kingdom and go on your way," he said; and when he had spoken he went out of the room and locked the door behind him.
— from The Story-teller by Maud Lindsay

He cannot open his drawers without making a record; nor can he make a record without first closing the drawers; so that he must give a reason for each use of the register.
— from The Romance of Modern Mechanism With Interesting Descriptions in Non-technical Language of Wonderful Machinery and Mechanical Devices and Marvellously Delicate Scientific Instruments by Archibald Williams

They were now used for various purposes: the college laundry; homes for the employees about the building and grounds and rooms for bachelor professors.
— from Molly Brown's Senior Days by Nell Speed

Prof. Schele DeVere, in his late “Studies in Language,” expresses the opinion that this double future is a great beauty of the English language, but that it is impossible to give any rule for its use, which will cover all cases, and that the only sure guide is “that instinct which is given to all who learn a language with their mother’s milk, or who acquire it so successfully as to master its spirit as well as its form.”
— from Words; Their Use and Abuse by William Mathews

The mahowt took it, slipped to the ground, and ran for his life!
— from The Eagle Cliff by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Bitter tears of grief and rage filled the Boar of Fauldshope's eyes at the thought, but no more could be done, except to ride over to Harden, and tell old Sir Walter Scott of the fate that had befallen his eldest son.
— from Tales From Scottish Ballads by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Wilson) Grierson

What men mistake for beauty in themselves is usually nothing save a certain hollow gaudiness, a revolting flashiness, the superficial splendour of a prancing animal.
— from In Defense of Women by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken