To this the unhappy lady made no reply; and though Dorothea repeated her offers more earnestly she still kept silence, until the gentleman with the veil, who, the servant said, was obeyed by the rest, approached and said to Dorothea, "Do not give yourself the trouble, senora, of making any offers to that woman, for it is her way to give no thanks for anything that is done for her; and do not try to make her answer unless you want to hear some lie from her lips."
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

I could not help smiling at this learned and important investigation; and, to recommend myself the more to my new acquaintance, whose disposition I was by this time well informed of, I observed that, what he alleged, did not, to the best of my remembrance, appear in the writings of the ancients; for Horace uses the words poto and bibo indifferently for the same purpose, as in the twentieth Ode of his first Book.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

His mind fully occupied by the singularity of his dream, He already drew near the Porch, when his attention was attracted by perceiving a Shadow moving upon the opposite wall.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

By degrees, however, Jacques seemed to grow tired of her; he avoided her, scarcely spoke to her, and did not try any longer to meet her alone, which made her sad and anxious; and soon she found that she was enceinte.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

When the Crofts called this morning, (they called here afterwards, did not they?), they happened to say, that her brother, Captain Wentworth, is just returned to England, or paid off, or something, and is coming to see them almost directly; and most unluckily it came into mamma's head, when they were gone, that Wentworth, or something very like it, was the name of poor Richard's captain at one time; I do not know when or where, but a great while before he died, poor fellow!
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen

If asked what her arms are doing, she is surprised at such a question, and says very sincerely: 'My hands are doing nothing; they are just like yours.'...
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

His prize, the lowing herds, Alcides drove Near Tiber’s bank, to graze the shady grove.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil

“It appears that his arrest did not take place at once, but after the return to Hatherley Farm.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

"Have a drink?" "Not till we finish."
— from The Furnace of Gold by Philip Verrill Mighels

"Come in and have a drink next time you are there—'The Falcon.'
— from Poppy: The Story of a South African Girl by Cynthia Stockley

And answerable to these two, are branches of the text: “God made man upright;” that he was once; “and they have sought out many inventions;” not being contented with that blessedness they were created into, by catching at a higher estate of wisdom, have fallen down into a gulf of misery; as the man that gazed on the stars above him, and did not take notice of the pit under his feet till he fell into it; and thus man is now.
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

THE BATTLE OF ROSS T he operations of the rebel armies which we have already detailed, namely, the attempt on Newtown Barry by the corps under Father Kearns, and that on Gorey by the insurgents under the two Murphys and Perry of Inch, with the intervening occurrence of Walpole’s defeat at Tubberneering, must be connected by a simultaneous transaction, probably, in military importance, the most interesting which marked the outbreak.
— from Cruikshank's Water Colours by William Harrison Ainsworth

“There are half a dozen near the door.
— from Daniel Deronda by George Eliot

" However, it was evident that although the fear of starvation was before him, he could not make up his mind to cross the ditch; and, in fact, had absolutely determined not to do so.
— from Live Toys; Or, Anecdotes of Our Four-Legged and Other Pets by Emma Davenport

Stiller and stiller grew the hall, and Billy had a dim notion that it was beginning to turn around.
— from Harper's Young People, April 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

He apparently did not trust himself to speak, but stared in alarmed inquiry at his friend.
— from March Hares by Harold Frederic

Their spare hours are diverted now to a widely different channel; they are for the most part members of the Wesleyan sects; [I-657, I-658] and, not unfrequently in passing their humble but neat dwellings, instead of brawls and fights you hear a peaceful congregation of worshippers, uttering their simple prayers; or the loud hymn of praise breaking the silence of the eventide.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone