The old gentleman retired earlier than this as a rule, and Galt told himself that his being up now was due to the almost child-like joy over the encouraging condition of their joint enterprise.
— from The Redemption of Kenneth Galt by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben

We shall hardly find any greater rhetorical exaggeration than this, among all the compositions of the rhetors against whom Plato declares war in the Gorgias.
— from Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 2 by George Grote

I have seen young men more than once, who came to a great city without a single friend, support themselves and pay for their education, lay up money in a few years, grow rich enough to travel, and establish themselves in life, without ever asking a dollar of any person which they had not earned.
— from The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions by Oliver Wendell Holmes

The girl responded eagerly to the advance.
— from Other People's Business: The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Harriet L. (Harriet Lummis) Smith

They stretched themselves out on the rugs near the center of the island, and as soon as they were arranged comfortably Guy rigorously extinguished the torch and hunted his place in the darkness.
— from The River of Darkness; Or, Under Africa by William Murray Graydon

Then, after inflicting heavy losses on the Germans, Rennenkampf entered the town and again forced von Hindenburg to retreat.
— from The Russian Advance by Marr Murray

Gervaise had to go round early to the admiral to sign the receipt for stores and to receive his final orders in writing.
— from A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty