But before Christmas Wedderburn had never gone up to that end of the room to talk.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

While his uncle talked and kissed them, Sasha had a vision of their little cottage: he and Varya giving up their three little rooms, all the pillows and bedding to their guests; the salmon, the sardines, the chicken all devoured in a single instant; the cousins plucking the flowers in their little garden, spilling the ink, filled the cottage with noise and confusion; his aunt talking continually about her ailments and her papa’s having been Baron von Fintich. . . .
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

But the soldiers, not only his own, but the rest also, when they heard what he said, and how he had scouted the idea of going up to the great king's palace (2), expressed their approval; and more than two thousand men deserted Xenias and Pasion, and took their arms and baggage-train, and came and encamped with Clearchus.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

It was only gradually during his convalescence that Pierre lost the impressions he had become accustomed to during the last few months and got used to the idea that no one would oblige him to go anywhere tomorrow, that no one would deprive him of his warm bed, and that he would be sure to get his dinner, tea, and supper.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

And, indeed, she and Mrs. Firkin, the lady's-maid, and the whole of Miss Crawley's household, groaned under the tyranny of the triumphant Mrs. Bute.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

It is probable that this concentration was ordered for the purpose of giving uniformity to the instruction of the men in their duties as foot and mounted soldiers, and that in war they were to be distributed to the different grand divisions of the army.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

To hold in one's arms a young and lovely body, with bliss to feel her warmth every time one waked up from sleep, and to remember that she was there--she, my Ariadne!-- oh, it was not easy to get used to that!
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

He was indeed so mad as to compel the people to go up to the high places of the mountains, and worship foreign gods.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Checked the clause "But once get used to these slight blemishes" on page 297.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

It seemed as if New England was a region given up to the dreams of fancy and the unrestrained experiments of innovators.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Then he gave up the task for it was midnight and even he needed rest.
— from The Post of Honour Stories of Daring Deeds Done by Men of the British Empire in the Great War by Richard Wilson

Hallam waited until these had taken their seats in the back; then he helped the girl up to the front seat next the driver, and, to the amazement of the beholders, got up after her and sat down by her side.
— from The Stronger Influence by F. E. Mills (Florence Ethel Mills) Young

There was rather a dolorous good-bye, and much lamenting from good Mrs. Tod, who, her own bairns grown up, thought there were no children worthy to compare with our children.
— from John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

Mornings after the heavy snows are steely blue, two-edged with cold, divinely fresh and still, and these are times to go up to the pine borders.
— from The Land of Little Rain by Mary Hunter Austin

Leave the room instantly and go upstairs to the sanatorium.
— from The Jolliest School of All by Angela Brazil

Mr. Wiltshire never relaxed his efforts to charm the people of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, and Aberdeen to laughter, but he gave up trying to amuse Dorothy, and thenceforth devoted himself to girls with a keener sense of humor.
— from The Vanity Girl by Compton MacKenzie

So the talk ran on and Joe at length got up to take a look at the two men.
— from Joe the Hotel Boy; Or, Winning out by Pluck by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

Before going up to the castle the worthy lord dismounts by the village church, and goes in.
— from La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet

He pushed open the unbolted door with the grass grown up to the very sill, and set the boxes and trunk inside.
— from Land of the Burnt Thigh by Edith Eudora Kohl