Erant in eo plurimæ literæ nec eæ vulgares, Sed exquisitæ quædam et reconditæ, quas non minore Studio quam acumine ad illustrandam S.S veritatem adhibuit: Id quod testantur scripta ejus gravissima, tam in Historiæ sacræ primordiis eruendis quam in Gentium Mythologiâ explicandâ versata.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

They all derive great benefit from it, though that in which the merchant resides generally derives the greatest, as he is generally more employed in supplying the wants, and carrying out the superfluities of his own, than of any other particular country.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

If he should happen to grow much excited, and begin to talk a good deal and even to ramble in his talk, do not be alarmed.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

As from some feast a man returning late, His faithful dogs all meet him at the gate, Rejoicing round, some morsel to receive, (Such as the good man ever used to give,)
— from The Odyssey by Homer

We stayed in New Providence about seventeen or eighteen days; during which time I met with many friends, who gave me encouragement to stay there with them: but I declined it; though, had not my heart been fixed on England, I should have stayed, as I liked the place extremely, and there were some free black people here who were very happy, and we passed our time pleasantly together, with the melodious sound of the catguts, under the lime and lemon trees.
— from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself by Olaudah Equiano

His personal character and influence had not had time to make itself felt, except by a very few of the bigger boys with whom he came more directly into contact; and he was looked upon with great fear and dislike by the great majority even of his own house.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

“It’s no good making excuses now!
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Instead of flying up to greet the first rays of the morning sun or to bathe in the rosy light among the floating clouds at sunset, he would have to walk the ground more encumbered and oppressed than any common barnyard fowl.
— from The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter by Aesop

While we were thus engaged, he recounted a great many exploits of my uncle, who, I found, was very much beloved by the ship's company, and pitied for the misfortune that had happened to him in Hispaniola, which I was very glad to be informed was not so great as I imagined; for Captain Oakum had recovered of his wounds, and actually at that time commanded the ship.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

On mating with her Godwin matched evenly ; whilst the unevenness of his match with Mary Wollstonecraft had been to his disadvantage.
— from The Real Shelley. New Views of the Poet's Life. Vol. 2 (of 2) by John Cordy Jeaffreson

He saw me catching moths and butterflies, so he took me to the flower-room and gave me everything there.
— from A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter

Suddenly in a high-pitched voice, he began to sing, "Low at Thy gracious feet I bend, My God, my everlasting friend."
— from The Great Quest A romance of 1826, wherein are recorded the experiences of Josiah Woods of Topham, and of those others with whom he sailed for Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea by Charles Boardman Hawes

I declare that God makes evil minds and evil spirits, and that I aid Him.
— from Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy

Judge, then, of his dismay and grief when he saw her visibly fading away, daily growing more ethereal of form and feature, more weak in body and spirit.
— from Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by H. Addington (Henry Addington) Bruce

Kenric hastened out of the hall and crept down the stairs to summon the guard and station them in the corridor, that none of the three traitorous guests might escape.
— from The Thirsty Sword: A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland (1262-1263) by Robert Leighton

On this point he is very explicit: ... su capitan joasps, ni su gente jamas havian visto tropa, siendo esta la primera vez q. havilan llegado alli, pues hace mucho tiempo paso por abajo (este fue D. Gabriel Moraga en el reconocimiento q. hizo en 1806)
— from The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Sherburne Friend Cook

He was middle-aged and hard-faced, at least when he was talking business, and he went to the root of the matter at once—the question of his professional fee, which was finally settled more to his own satisfaction than to that of [ 110 ] Mr Gobbitt, who had a distinct aversion to giving mere employés a chance to imitate the late Jeshurun, of whom the one recorded fact is that “he waxed fat and kicked.”
— from The Law of the Bolo by Stanley Portal Hyatt