—Theodore Herzl, "A Jewish State," pp. 5, 23.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

To see now how a jest shall come about.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Doramin did not lift his head, and Jim stood silent before him for a time.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

In this life we have but a glimpse of this beauty and happiness: we shall hereafter, as John saith, see him as he is: thine eyes, as Isaiah promiseth, xxxiii.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

In the middle of this meditation, which would have contributed not a little to render his rags terrifying to any one who might have encountered him, a joyous sound became audible.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

The rare luck of his having again just stumbled on the spot made him indifferent to any other question; he would doubtless have devoted more time to the odd accident of his lapse of memory if he hadn’t been moved to devote so much to the sweetness, the comfort, as he felt, for the future, that this accident itself had helped to keep fresh.
— from The Beast in the Jungle by Henry James

For instance, we learn that in an order of St. Luke's parish, June 28, 1446, with regard to the masterpiece of a member of the guild— "Item, a shield-worker shall make four new pieces of work with his own hand, a jousting saddle, a leather apron, a horse's head-piece, and a jousting shield, that shall he do in eight weeks, and must be able to paint it with his own hand, as Knight and man-at-arms shall direct."
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

The Jews represented God not only as a coming down from heaven in propria persona, and walking, talking, wrestling, &c., as a man (on one occasion we are told he and Jacob scuffled all night), but he is often represented as acting the part of a wicked man, such as lying (see 2 Chron.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

But I thought that he wud be sae glad an' sae proud to see his ain Jeanie sae sune.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

The other two English, Humfrey Holt and John Smithers, strong full-grown men, rode in fiercely to the rescue, and Berenger himself struggled furiously to loose himself from the captain, and deliver his brother.
— from The Chaplet of Pearls by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

They were easily twenty-five to one, and we eventually had to retreat with just over a thousand casualties, but heavens, they must have had a jolly sight more.
— from In the Firing Line: Stories of the War by Land and Sea by Arthur St. John Adcock

After the returning party had pitched their lodges, Hugh and Jack started out to see what they could of the ceremonies that yet remained.
— from Jack Among the Indians; Or, A Boy's Summer on the Buffalo Plains by George Bird Grinnell

Some of these are simply the accounts given by the men, of their own deeds of valor, their hunts and journeys; some are narrations of the wonderful adventures of departed heroes; while many are fictions, full of impossible incidents, of witchcraft and magic.
— from Aboriginal American Authors by Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison) Brinton

In a word, then, we must look at sin from God's point of view, and measure it by His standard, else we shall never have a just sense of what it is or what it deserves.
— from The Great Commission. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. IV by Charles Henry Mackintosh

Ijale crawled over and settled herself against Jason's side, shivering with cold and fright.
— from The Ethical Engineer by Harry Harrison

The young pony express rider had arisen, and, to her alarm, Jennie saw his hand go toward the pocket where she knew he carried his revolver—a new one since the robbers had taken his first one.
— from Jack of the Pony Express; Or, The Young Rider of the Mountain Trails by Frank V. Webster