These opinions being equally incontrovertible with those he had already pronounced, he went on to inform us that Jamaica rum, though unquestionably an agreeable spirit of great richness and flavour, had the drawback of remaining constantly present to the taste next day; and nobody being venturous enough to argue this point either, he increased in confidence and became yet more companionable and communicative.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

But this man was so unlucky as to have a blue beard, which made him so frightfully ugly that all the women and girls ran away from him.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Or I would want to go for a walk or a drive with my fiancée, would go round and find her already standing in the hall with her mother, dressed to go out and playing with her parasol.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

For within less than the space of one hundred years, the great Atlantis was utterly lost and destroyed: not by a great earthquake, as your man saith; (for that whole tract is little subject to earthquakes;) but by a particular' deluge or inundation; those countries having, at this day, far greater rivers and far higher mountains to pour down waters, than any part of the old world.
— from New Atlantis by Francis Bacon

Fast by his side the generous Spartan glows With great revenge, and feeds his inward woes.
— from The Iliad by Homer

It was the great delight of my father to speak of his ancestors, who were great rabbis; and for half a century he occupied an honoured rabbinical position himself in Jerusalem (Rosh Hashochatim).
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

There is one man called Sveinke Steinarson, who lives east at the Gaut river; and from him the king will have his just land-dues, together with his own land, or will banish him from the country.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

But not until Rilla had traversed the Upper Glen Road and found herself in the moon-dappled solitude of Rainbow Valley did she fully recover her composure of spirit.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

By and by comes a gentleman to speak with my wife, and I found him to be a gentleman that had used her very civilly in her coming up out of the country, on which score I showed him great respect, and found him a very ingenious gentleman, and sat and talked with him a great while.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Grice rose and followed her round the end of the lobby into a passage which led to the shop.
— from The Root of All Evil by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

Pinnock's England, Greece, Rome, and France, have become school classics.
— from Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. by Oliver Goldsmith

Nay, thou dos me greatt reprefe, and fowlle has thou farne.
— from The Growth of English Drama by Arnold Wynne

The Red river is navigable, during most of the year, to the Great Raft, about five hundred miles from its mouth.
— from James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 4 by Thomas Say

The fresh green lettuce heads had grown huge and compact like gigantic roses and filled, heaping full, the big basket he had set beside her.
— from The Pool of Stars by Cornelia Meigs

"I should be much happier if I could get right away from him," she said in response to Rayma's remark.
— from A Son of the Sahara by Louise Gerard

It was this sort of work that made the German respect and fear his American foe.
— from The Brighton Boys in the Argonne Forest by James R. Driscoll

The American bluejacket will not try to get revenge again, for he lost.
— from With the Battle Fleet Cruise of the Sixteen Battleships of the United States Atlantic Fleet from Hampton Roads to the Golden Gate, December, 1907-May, 1908 by Franklin Matthews

That belief would at least gain Ronald a few hours to make good his escape from this part of the country and get away by train before any suspicions were aroused.
— from The Shrieking Pit by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees