He was brought, not from doubt or suspense, but from misery to happiness;—and the change was openly spoken in such a genuine, flowing, grateful cheerfulness, as his friends had never witnessed in him before.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Yet I believe they will not go for good and all, but I did take my leave of Sir William Coventry, who, it seems, was knighted and sworn a Privy-Counsellor two days since; who with his old kindness treated me, and I believe I shall ever find
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Any one can find places, but the finding of people is a gift from God.
— from A Room with a View by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

The moderation with which old age is pictured by Cephalus as a very tolerable portion of existence is characteristic, not only of him, but of Greek feeling generally, and contrasts with the exaggeration of Cicero in the De Senectute.
— from The Republic by Plato

"Oh, never mind that," said the girl, smiling, and allowing her smile to hold good for Gabriel's next remark, whatever that might prove to be.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

DE GUICHE (furious, going up to him): But. . .
— from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Porthos said nothing, but he handled in his pocket the fifty pistoles he had gained from Groslow with a degree of satisfaction which betrayed itself in his whole bearing.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

Mme. de Nucingen goes,” Father Goriot’s voice spoke from the doorway of Eugene’s room.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

O that they might at last acknowledge the Son of Mary as the fountain of salvation out of which they can draw grace for grace!
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

The Athenians, however, blamed the generals for granting terms without instructions from home, being of opinion that the place would have had to surrender at discretion.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789) _#_Executive branch: government commissioner _#_Legislative branch: unicameral General Council and unicameral Regional Council _#_Judicial branch: Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel) with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique _#_Leaders: Chief of State—President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981); Head of Government—Commissioner of the Republic Jean-Paul PROUST (since November 1989)
— from The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The most popular instruments about the year 1600 were: The lute, cither, spinet, virginal, clavichord, flûte-à-bec, cornet, etc. Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot (1605).
— from Musical Myths and Facts, Volume 2 (of 2) by Carl Engel

Turkey knew well that she had lost Krete in 1897, but she could still exploit her suzerainty to prevent Greece from gaining new strength by the annexation of the island.
— from The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Arnold Toynbee

Neely, eyes glazing, floated gently up and away.
— from Asteroid of Fear by Raymond Z. Gallun

Here I staid late, walking to and again, hearing how the Parliament proceeds, which is mighty slowly in the settling of the money business, and great factions growing every day among them.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1666 N.S. by Samuel Pepys

An apparently new fruit bat of the Pteropus hypomelanus group from Gower Island, Solomon Islands.
— from Systematics of Megachiropteran Bats in the Solomon Islands by Carleton J. Phillips

In the few days before our departure I roped up chairs, packed china in straw, sorted clothes into trunks, working harder than the others, and then creeping off alone would hum an air from the score, thanking God for giving me this thoroughly pure, holy message to utter in the world.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

"There's somebody got four gooid legs under him," said Jose, as the racket of horse-hoofs came up the road.
— from Shameless Wayne: A Romance of the last Feud of Wayne and Ratcliffe by Halliwell Sutcliffe

Ceaselessly she trotted up and down repeating the German for giants, umbrellas, keys, spectacles, wax, fingers, thunder, beards, princes, boats, and shoulders.
— from The Pastor's Wife by Elizabeth Von Arnim