She had been a little bewildered upon rising, or rather, descending from her cushions, and Monsieur Ratignolle gallantly took her arm and led her away.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

'Tis gone: 'tis here again; the crown!
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

For Germans, they have a considerable share of understanding and sagacity; they choose able persons to command, and obey them when chosen; keep their ranks; seize opportunities; restrain impetuous motions; distribute properly the business of the day; intrench themselves against the night; account fortune dubious, and valor only certain; and, what is extremely rare, and only a consequence of discipline, depend more upon the general than the army.
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus

In case you should think better at any time, however distant—THAT'S no consequence, for my feelings can never alter—of anything I have said, particularly what might I not do, Mr. William Guppy, eighty-seven, Penton Place, or if removed, or dead (of blighted hopes or anything of that sort), care of Mrs. Guppy, three hundred and two, Old Street Road, will be sufficient."
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Get the House and Senate journals printed; and, 2.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

And all that are righteous shall dwell with him in the place called Gimli, or Vingolf; but the wicked shall go to Hel, and thence to Niflhel, which is below, in the ninth world."
— from The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Snorri Sturluson

When I began to tail off, Mrs. Dale arose, unbolted the door of communication with uncle’s room, and invited him to Ellen’s arms, who was very glad to have a little further experience of another man’s prick.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

What fragments of verse from the ancient Hebrew and ancient Irish languages were cited with modulations of voice and translation of texts by guest to host and by host to guest?
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

Oh, I guess they had a lively time of it there this morning.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

The chart of plain duty, man, the duty of an honest citizen to make the most of himself and be a little good to humanity at large.
— from The Brentons by Anna Chapin Ray

I must leave word that auntie insists on our going to the opera and that I won’t be able to get to him at the time we agreed.”
— from Officer 666 by Barton Wood Currie

"He gave the horse a dreadful cut with the whip, and it was so frightened it started, and then he jumped into the wagon and went off.
— from The Girl from Arizona by Nina Rhoades

“I’m always glad to have a talk, though you’re a funny person, Shatushka, just like a monk.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

We shall get the Hall at my price, and be Head People here.
— from Complete Short Works of George Meredith by George Meredith

A policeman appears at Dinan's stable and asked if he had a white horse out, and he said 'yes,' and he goes to Chicago Avenue Station and sees Captain Schaack, and when he goes there he also sees Daniel Coughlin.
— from The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Henry M. Hunt

Uncle Ike grinned to himself and says: “We men has figgered the contest is narrowed down to Chet and Chancy. ’
— from Mark Tidd in Business by Clarence Budington Kelland

'Twas thus that he had spoken of his coming parliamentary honours; and men had generally taken him at his word.
— from Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope

"I believe she means mischief," thought Grace to herself, as she watched the girl curiously.
— from Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls by Josephine Chase

GOING TO BE A YEAR GETTING THAT HOGSHEAD ASHORE?'
— from Life on the Mississippi, Part 6. by Mark Twain