When he again required its services, he had only to spurt water upon the packet from his mouth and the animal at once assumed its proper shape.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

"Haste, sonny, good boy," the frightened father had said, knowing not how ill he was, in his dependence on his wife; "take the horse, and ride into Snow Hill for the doctor.
— from The Entailed Hat; Or, Patty Cannon's Times by George Alfred Townsend

Harry ascended at once to Sir Henry's room, and the latter was delighted to see him again, for he had often feared that be had acted rashly in sending him to London.
— from Friends, though divided: A Tale of the Civil War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

He again relapsed into silence, his eyes ardently fixed on the city, where the shadows were gathering deeper and deeper.
— from The Rush for the Spoil (La Curée): A Realistic Novel by Émile Zola

Cardenio and the priest, concealed among the bushes, had observed all that passed, and being now desirous to join them, the priest, who had a ready invention, soon hit upon an expedient; for with a pair of scissors which he carried in a case, he quickly cut off Cardenio's beard; then put him on a grey capouch, and gave him his own black cloak, which so changed his appearance that had he looked in a mirror he would not have known himself.
— from The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Black Hob escaped with him, and reached in safety his own dwelling in the Netherbow, above Bassyndine the printer's establishment; but Bothwell and his two remaining friends were made prisoners, disarmed, deprived of their masks, and rather unceremoniously conducted to Holyrood.
— from Bothwell; or, The Days of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 2 (of 3) by James Grant

One day he asked Rosa, if she had not been laughing at us all, and whether the whole thing was not a practical joke.
— from Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Georgiana Fullerton

She signalled with her eyebrows to Lady Wastwood and continued, as the diaphanous Trixie came drifting to her assistance: "Really, I shall have to seek a delightful change by going to Germany.
— from That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day by Richard Dehan

It afforded us a chance to have alternative routes if something happened on the motorcade route.
— from Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

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For I am and always have been one of those natures who must be guided by reason, whatever the reason may be which upon reflection appears to me to be the best; and now that this chance has befallen me, I cannot repudiate my own words: the principles which I have hitherto honoured and revered I still honour, and unless we can at once find other and better principles, I am certain not to agree with you; no, not even if the power of the multitude could inflict many more imprisonments, confiscations, deaths, frightening us like children with hobgoblin terrors.
— from Crito by Plato