Who, but a fanatic, could get up any sympathy for persons whose every movement was agile, easy and graceful, and who evinced a consciousness of high superiority?
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

In the luxury of the palace, she still cultivated those ingenuous arts which had contributed to her greatness; and wisely dedicated her talents to the honor of religion, and of her husband.
— 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

He ended: soon a mighty sound Of thickening tumult rose around, As to the hall they bent their course With car, and elephant, and horse, The people all with glad acclaim Welcomed Prince Bharat as he came: E'en as they loved their king to greet,
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

The bungalows (dwellings) stand well back in the seclusion and privacy of large enclosed compounds (private grounds, as we should say) and in the shade and shelter of trees.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

By every art persuasive I To bring him from the wood will try, And show him to your loving eyes, O Bráhmans noble, good, and wise.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

I had regained the gallery, and was just shutting the back-door behind me, when an accelerated hum warned me that the ladies were about to issue from their chambers.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

When he had fallen to the ground again without hurting himself, the giant said: “What!
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

How well I recollect it, on a cold grey afternoon, with a dull sky, threatening rain!
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

He sent up an inarticulate prayer to God, a wild, despairing ejaculation, that he might be given power to bear the burden, that he might be a man, a gentleman, and keep these things hid.
— from The Socialist by Guy Thorne

Minerva grinned and went into the pantry
— from Minerva's Manoeuvres: The Cheerful Facts of a "Return to Nature" by Charles Battell Loomis

And for that Sinsay shoulde not finde himselfe agreeued (who was a merchant well knowne amongst them, and perhappes might bee the occasion of some euill and disturbance of their pretence), they gaue vnto him also another chaine of golde, as well for this, as also for that hee was euer a sure and perfite friend vnto the Spaniards.
— from The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume 2 (of 2) by Juan González de Mendoza

For example, if a man is firmly persuaded that every good action will be repaid him a hundredfold in a future life, such a conviction affects him in precisely the same way as a good bill of exchange at a very long date, and he can give from mere egoism, as from another point of view he would take from egoism.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

341 “And Mr. Hepworth will go away without you,” Patty threatened.
— from Patty's Social Season by Carolyn Wells

Whoever does that will 'dwell safely,' not in fancied but real security; and in his quiet heart there need be no unrest from feared evils, for he will have hold of a charm which turns evils into good, and with such a guide he cannot go astray, nor with such a defender be wounded to death, nor with such a companion ever be solitary.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Alexander Maclaren

Their destination was a spot far down the river where catfish were supposed to abound, for Izaak Walton's gentle art was the little lamplighter's favorite recreation.
— from The Just and the Unjust by Vaughan Kester

There is money for your faring in my chest, but go alone, with no company, for in time of peace these would betray you.
— from The Brethren by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

I am afraid I rather abused his generosity, as we had a great day chasing - 135 - large herds of guanaco, and with a racer for a mount, one was induced to ride furiously.
— from At Home with the Patagonians A Year's Wanderings over Untrodden Ground from the Straits of Magellan to the Rio Negro by George C. Musters