Drouet, as an adroit Old-Dragoon of Conde does what is advisablest: privily bespeaks Clerk Guillaume, Old-Dragoon of Conde he too; privily, while Clerk Guillaume is saddling two of the fleetest horses, slips over to the Townhall to whisper a word; then mounts with Clerk Guillaume; and the two bound eastward in pursuit, to see what can be done.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

This is a very ancient city; the houses are built of stone, and most of them have graves adjoining to them; so that they sometimes present the appearance of church-yards.
— from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself by Olaudah Equiano

McClernand then remarked, "If you will let me have three gunboats, I will go and take the place."
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

For there had not yet been revealed to the Gentiles the heavenly doctrine which should purify their hearts by faith, and transform their natural disposition by humble godliness, and turn them from the service of proud devils to seek the things that are in heaven, or even above the heavens.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

“This is the Mount of Olives; this is the Hill of Offense; the nest of huts is the Village of Siloam; here, yonder, every where, is the King’s Garden; under this great tree Zacharias, the high priest, was murdered; yonder is Mount Moriah and the Temple wall; the tomb of Absalom; the tomb of St. James; the tomb of Zacharias; beyond, are the Garden of Gethsemane and the tomb of the Virgin Mary; here is the Pool of Siloam, and——” We said we would dismount, and quench our thirst, and rest.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

The first chapter will contain, in a regular series, the emperors who reigned at Constantinople during a period of six hundred years, from the days of Heraclius to the Latin conquest; a rapid abstract, which may be supported by a general appeal to the order and text of the original historians.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

But I trust in God our Lord that the might of one malignant enchanter may not prove so great but that the power of another better disposed may prove superior to it, and then I promise you my support and assistance, as I am bound to do by my profession, which is none other than to give aid to the weak and needy.” The goatherd eyed him, and noticing Don Quixote’s sorry appearance and looks, he was filled with wonder, and asked the barber, who was next him, “Senor, who is thi
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

His hard eyes darted a piercing glance at the three men, who walked near him, but nothing denoted that he recollected being their fellow, or at least having been so.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

By this time the bearded band of duennas, the Trifaldi and all, had vanished from the garden, and those that remained lay stretched on the ground as if in a swoon.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

In the Niagara Constellation , of August, 3, 1799, we read: "We are informed on good authority that the North-West Company have it seriously in contemplation to establish a communication with the Upper Lakes by way of York, through Yonge Street to Lake Simcoe, a distance of about 33 miles only."
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

But after the supper was over, and getting my other guests to seats on the piazza, where they might smoke and talk, I gently asked the two to walk into the parlor with me, and seated them within easy distance of each other.
— from Lee and Longstreet at High Tide: Gettysburg in the Light of the Official Records by Helen Dortch Longstreet

per gross, and the tinsel binding frames about 3s.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 01, No. 05, May 1891 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

The maid cast a quick glance at the two handsome sailors and disappeared again.
— from The Children of the King: A Tale of Southern Italy by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

The British Government, as the trouble with the colonies increased, deemed it advisable to abandon Fort Pitt and withdraw the troops.
— from Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt; Early Names of Pittsburgh Streets by Pa.) Daughters of the American Revolution. Pittsburgh Chapter (Pittsburgh

Therefore, when opening the book of nature, (a more authentic one and more easy to be read than leaves of paper blackened over with Greek or Hebrew,) and when I reflected that the slightest change in the material world has not been in times past, nor is at present effected by the difference of so many religions and sects which have appeared and still exist on the globe, and that the course of the seasons, the path of the sun, the return of rain and drought, are the same for the inhabitants of each country, whether Christians, Mussulmans, Idolaters, Catholics, Protestants, etc., I am induced to believe that the universe is governed by laws of wisdom and justice, very different from those which human ignorance and intolerance would enact.
— from The Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature by C.-F. (Constantin-François) Volney

The desk was for the young men that were to give answers to the problem at that time to be proposed, the benches were for the audience, the chairs at the sides were for those who on former occasions had given wise answers, and the orchestra was for the seniors, who were arbitrators and judges: in the middle of the orchestra was a pulpit, where there sat a wise man, whom they called the head master, who proposed the problems to which the young men gave their answers from the desk.
— from The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love To Which is Added The Pleasures of Insanity Pertaining To Scortatory Love by Emanuel Swedenborg

Gradually the fields had got greener and the trees more plentiful as we left the dun plains behind; and now a fine row of big shady elms introduced a welcome variety to the everlasting poplars and half-grown acacias which had been our only solace for many a sultry mile.
— from Northern Spain by Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram

Such combinations result in attributes peculiar to the one god attaching themselves to the other, even when the latter appears alone.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

"I am glad also to think that the splendour, and, I must add, admirable management of the display to-day, does not quite efface from your Royal Highness's recollection, the scene upon a similar scale which we endeavoured to offer you when we had the honour of having your name as Patron of the Scottish craft.
— from Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 by King of Great Britain Edward VII