It is barely possible that things might have presently settled down into their old rut and the mystery have lost the bulk of its romantic sublimity in Laura’s eyes, if the village gossips could have quieted down.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

But if the god his augury denies, Suppress thy impulse, nor reject advice." "'Tis just (said Priam) to the sire above To raise our hands; for who so good as Jove?" He spoke, and bade the attendant handmaid bring The purest water of the living spring: (Her ready hands the ewer and bason held:) Then took the golden cup his queen had fill'd; On the mid pavement pours the rosy wine, Uplifts his eyes, and calls the power divine: "O first and greatest!
— from The Iliad by Homer

One of the Hay River teachers is married to a Chicagoan who started ten years ago for the Klondike, knew when he had found pure gold, ceased his quest here, and lived happily ever after.
— from The New North by Agnes Deans Cameron

Richard of Cornwall having at last died, and his futile German clerks having quitted Berkhamstead forever,—Alphonso of Castille, not now urged by rivalry, and seeing long since what a crank machine the thing was, had no objection to give it up; said so to the Pope,—who was himself anxious for a settled Kaiser, the supplies of Papal German cash having run almost dry during these troubles.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 02 by Thomas Carlyle

But the pertinacious guest continued his queries.
— from Old Portraits and Modern Sketches Part 1 from Volume VI of The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier by John Greenleaf Whittier

Et pourtant, ce mauvais garçon, chasseur habile, Qui charge son carquois de sagette subtile, Qui secoue en riant sa torche, pour un jour, Qui ne pose jamais que sur de tendres fleurs, C'est sur un teint charmant qu'il essuie les pleurs, Et c'est encore un Dieu, Enone, cet Amour.
— from The Kingdom of God is Within You; What is Art? by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Still I tried to get her to talk, as talking, if about herself, generally cheers her quite a lot.
— from Believe You Me! by Nina Wilcox Putnam

'How are you, Mr. (hiccup) Sponge?' asked Sir Harry, offering his; 'I believe you know the (hiccup) company?' continued he, waving his hand around; 'Miss (hiccup) Glitters, Captain (hiccup) Quod, Captain Bouncey, Mr. (hiccup) Bugles, Captain (hiccup) Seedeybuck, and so on'; whereupon Miss Glitters curtsied, the gentlemen bobbed their heads and drew near our hero, who had now stationed himself before the fire.
— from Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees

The other girls called her queer and used to steer clear of her.
— from Pathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic Psychology by Mary Tenney Healy

Ginevra could here quickly drink a glass of water if there was one in the room.
— from Alice Sit-By-The-Fire by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

This dream gave Pyrrhus great confidence: he quickly marched over the intervening country and took Berœa, where he fixed his headquarters, and sent out detachments to reduce other places.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 (of 4) by Plutarch