It used to cost the rest a shilling, for they drank wine; but I had a cut of meat for six-pence, and bread for a penny, and gave the waiter a penny; so that I was quite well served, nay, better than the rest, for they gave the waiter nothing.'
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

Talleyrand is a sneak and a traitor, who would like to be on good terms with all parties, so as to be sure of their support whatever may happen.
— from Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

Cheer up, therefore, your dear heart, and do not despair; for is it not GOD who governs the world, and permits some things, and directs others, as He pleases?
— from Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 by Samuel Richardson

he greeted them with a pleasant smile, “I’se please to see you retarn, Chief.”
— from The Radio Detectives in the Jungle by A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) Verrill

The poor lady, hearing the voice that she knew so well, recovered a little strength and opened her eyes to look upon him who was the cause of her death; but at this look her love and anguish waxed so great that, with a piteous sigh, she yielded up her soul to God.
— from The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Edition by Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre

He seemed quite surprised to discover that a dog brought in from the rain and a garden that was a perfect swamp could be wet and dirty, and stared open-mouthed at the damage done.
— from Materfamilias by Ada Cambridge

While the janitor was gone there was a painful silence.
— from Tom Fairfield's Schooldays; or, The Chums of Elmwood Hall by Allen Chapman

We mean to see the game through with a proper spirit, but it's tough work to be pulling harder than we ever pulled in our lives for long hours, and to feel that the progress is so slow.
— from The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Sir Ronald—my daughter Rose." Rose bowed with finished grace, thinking, with a profound sense of disappointment: "What an ugly little man!"
— from Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming

After a minute or two, when nothing was heard but the rattle of water upon the glass, there was a perceptible slackening of the sound, and then the atmosphere became lighter.
— from The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf