No! I had better go on to the streets, or accept Rogojin, or become a washerwoman or something—for I have nothing of my own, you know.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

H2 anchor PART SIX—Captain Silver H2 anchor 28 In the Enemy's Camp HE red glare of the torch, lighting up the interior of the block house, showed me the worst of my apprehensions realized.
— from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

“And so it seems,” returned the curate, and he told the canon what he proposed to do, on which he too made up his mind to halt with them, attracted by the aspect of the fair valley that lay before their eyes; and to enjoy it as well as the conversation of the curate, to whom he had begun to take a fancy, and also to learn more particulars about the doings of Don Quixote, he desired some of his servants to go on to the inn, which was not far distant, and fetch from it what eatables there might be for the whole party, as he meant to rest for the afternoon where he was; to which one of his servants replied that the sumpter mule, which by this time ought to have reached the inn, carried provisions enough to make it unnecessary to get anything from the inn except barley.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

When then the torch was raised, the army was not ready for the assault, but Alkibiades, taking some thirty men with him, ran at full speed up to the walls, giving orders to the rest to follow.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

In all times, either men have spoken of the true God, or the true God has spoken to men.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

On the instant a stir might be seen half a mile away at the gate of the temple.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

I will only say a word or two of this infinite argument, to show the simplicity of those who compare the pitiful greatness of these times with that of Rome.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Their answer was that madness is of so many different kinds that it was impossible to give an opinion on the case without seeing the princess, so the Sultan gave orders that they were to be introduced into her chamber, one by one, every man according to his rank.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

Steph.) states, on the most constitutional principles, the simple greatness of the tribunes, who were not properly magistrates, but a check on magistracy.
— 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

"Try moving this glass on the table," the professor said, "It's smaller, and closer."
— from The Draw by Jerome Bixby

Every morning 102/ 98 a woman comes in and prepares a large kettle of nourishing soup, and at 11 A. M. this is given out to the sick and poor.
— from Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America by Jane M. (Jane Marie) Bancroft

He got out, took the four and sixpence from his pocket, and gave Jim two shillings for a tip.
— from The Man Who Lost Himself by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole

One of the girls on the tree committee suggested a poplar in place of the maple.
— from The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Ellen Eddy Shaw

The sealing of the upper end of a cion that is not protected by a terminal bud is certainly important with all of the hickories, for in this genus of trees the pith is large and continuous, not intersected or cut off by a thin partition of wood at the joints, as seen in many trees, shrubs and vines.
— from The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Andrew S. (Andrew Samuel) Fuller

But the contrast between her greetings of the two men was, to say the least, noticeable.
— from Out of the Primitive by Robert Ames Bennet

"Jeb, get out the truck wagon—the one with the chestnut posts on either side—and hook up four of our best horses.
— from Polly and Eleanor by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

He sent hearty congratulations to the girls on their timely escape from the outlaws, and promised to visit Bar X again in the near future.
— from Mason of Bar X Ranch by Henry Holcomb Bennett

There being but faint light, the two lost their way, and soon found themselves nearly, at the gate of the town.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

I'll see to it at once," and, ringing for his secretary, the judge gave orders to this effect.
— from Through the Wall by Cleveland Moffett