And Edgar standing solemnly by to see it over; then offering prayers of thanks to God for restoring peace to his house, and going back to his books !
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

[ L. byzanteum] 45 blāc I. (ǣ) bright, shining, glittering, flashing , Rd : pale, pallid, wan , AO, CP.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

So spake the Enemie of Mankind, enclos'd In Serpent, Inmate bad, and toward Eve Address'd his way, not with indented wave, Prone on the ground, as since, but on his reare, Circular base of rising foulds, that tour'd Fould above fould a surging Maze, his Head Crested aloft, and Carbuncle his Eyes; 500 With burnisht Neck of verdant Gold, erect Amidst his circling Spires, that on the grass Floted redundant: pleasing was his shape, And lovely, never since of Serpent kind Lovelier, not those that in Illyria chang'd Hermione and Cadmus, or the God In Epidaurus; nor to which transformd Ammonian Jove, or Capitoline was seen, Hee with Olympias, this with her who bore Scipio the highth of Rome.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

So spake the Enemie of Mankind, enclos’d In Serpent, Inmate bad, and toward Eve Address’d his way, not with indented wave, Prone on the ground, as since, but on his reare, Circular base of rising foulds, that tour’d Fould above fould a surging Maze, his Head Crested aloft, and Carbuncle his Eyes; With burnisht Neck of verdant Gold, erect Amidst his circling Spires, that on the grass Floted redundant: pleasing was his shape, And lovely, never since of Serpent kind Lovelier, not those that in Illyria chang’d Hermione and Cadmus , or the God In Epidaurus ; nor to which transformd Ammonian Jove , or Capitoline was seen, Hee with Olympias , this with her who bore Scipio the highth of Rome .
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

The most reprinted version, it is entered into Project Gutenberg for reference purposes only.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

One great fellow ran past me roaring with pain, with a dozen darts sticking from his chest and ribs.
— from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

With hearts sincere, their wish the same, The tender girl, the aged dame, Subject and stranger, peasant, hind, One thought impressed on every mind, At evening and at dawning day To all the Gods for Ráma pray.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes; With burnished neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant: pleasing was his shape And lovely; never since of serpent-kind Lovelier, not those that in Illyria changed, Hermione and Cadmus, or the god In Epidaurus; nor to which transformed Ammonian Jove, or Capitoline, was seen; He with Olympias; this with her who bore Scipio, the highth of Rome.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

"The gateway to the Garden is really the grandest feature, rising perpendicularly on either side twice the height of Niagara, and framing in rich terra cotta a most entrancing picture of the blue and tawny peak, apparently only a little way on the other side."
— from The Land of Enchantment: From Pike's Peak to the Pacific by Lilian Whiting

This is our good friend Reddy; pardon me, by the way, Reddy, what—what is your real name?
— from Neighbours by Robert J. C. Stead

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION THE GREAT FRENCH REVOLUTION PROCLAIMS THE PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY, FRATERNITY AND EQUALITY UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH
— from The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon

Consumers may fairly desire that the cost of transporting articles from a great distance may be lowered so as to permit of the influx of goods from remote parts.
— from Railway Rates: English and Foreign by James Grierson

Grandfather Frog regarded Peter in silence for a minute or two.
— from Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

Génin, F. , “Récréations philologiques.”
— from French Idioms and Proverbs A Companion to Deshumbert's "Dictionary of Difficulties" by de (Vinchelés Payen-Payne) V. Payen-Payne

Genevieve felt rather put out about it for a time.
— from The Spinners' Book of Fiction by Spinners' Club