I described Drebber’s death to him, and I gave him the same choice of the poisoned pills.
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

‘Say to Miss Nickleby that her brother is here, and in great haste to see her,’ said Nicholas.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

She came at least three times a week to my chambers, when Harry and I gave her the comfort she so much required; first each fucking her singly twice over, and then three double-pleasure fucks, with change about in the apertures: finishing off with a mouth fuck from one or the other, and a double gamahuche.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

He also indicated George H. Thomas, D. C. Buell, and Burnside, as the other three.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

He therefore at once started with his army in great haste to recover the revolted cities, and determined to proclaim open war with Scerdilaidas; for he thought it a matter of the most vital importance to bring Illyria into a state of good order, with a view to the success of all his projects, and above all of his passage into Italy.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

However, as it generally happens that those, who have had many experiences, vacillate, so long as they regard a thing as future or past, and are usually in doubt about its issue (II. xliv.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

The huntsman, who had charge of the hounds, ordered him to keep back, and not come so near the hounds; and in giving him this order, spoke, as the gentleman alleged, so insolently, that he struck him with his riding-whip.
— from Charles I Makers of History by Jacob Abbott

Susy has a tender heart, and it grieves her to be unjustly scolded; but she would bear it all rather than tell a falsehood.
— from Little Prudy by Sophie May

you least arrogant among the Prussians,” I asked my husband, as I gave him the letter to read.
— from Lay Down Your Arms: The Autobiography of Martha von Tilling by Bertha von Suttner

At the door he pressed me to go with him and his party to his own house, and I gave him thanks, but made excuse to stay away.
— from To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston

Ever since she punished Ben for bringing her an imperfectly groomed horse, that chronically lazy fellow has taken the trouble every night to put her mare’s mane and tail into some sort of equine crimping apparatus, so that they may flow gracefully in the morning.
— from Dorothy South: A Love Story of Virginia Just Before the War by George Cary Eggleston

The usual formula for buying runs thus: 'Do you warrant that these hogs are in good health; that I shall take good title to them; that they have committed no tort, and that they do not come out of a diseased herd?'
— from Roman Farm Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Marcus Porcius Cato

There are a lot of interesting ideas in his head, and I got him to give me the benefit of a few of them.
— from Under the Country Sky by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond

During this month the clouds hung upon the hills, and in general hid the snowy mountains entirely.
— from An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Francis Hamilton

“He believes in himself and in God,” he told himself.
— from Riddle of the Storm A Mystery Story for Boys by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell