One of these days I’ll have all the nations of the earth expecto—” “But Beriah, dear—” “Don’t interrupt me; Polly—I don’t want you to lose the run of the map—well, take your toy-horse, James Fitz-James, if you must have it—and run along with you.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

With all their weakness the spectacle they presented seemed beautiful to him, and the names of the enemies, whom the newspapers did not fail to call cowards and traitors, appeared glorious to him, as they succumbed with glory amid the ruins of their crude fortifications, with greater glory even than the ancient Trojan heroes, for those islanders had carried away no Philippine Helen!
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

Let me run over this portion of my narrative with as much haste as the nature of the events to be spoken of will permit.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

The Jew has been too long accustomed to think of himself as exclusively the claimant on the humanitarianism of society; society has a large claim against him that he cease his exclusiveness, that he cease exploiting the world, that he cease making Jewish groups the end and all of his gains, and that he begin to fulfill, in a sense his exclusiveness has never yet enabled him to fulfill, the ancient prophecy that through him all the nations of the earth should be blessed.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

His account is brief and obscure, but he accuses the numbers of the enemy, the adverse wind, and the cloud of dust.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

He also took notice of the effects of atmospheric refraction, and succeeded in attaining an accuracy often sixty times as great as that of Ptolemy.
— from Inventors at Work, with Chapters on Discovery by George Iles

How good it is that we cannot hear all the noises of the earth at the same time, nor know of every danger that lurks near as we are passing by!
— from Exit Betty by Grace Livingston Hill

The Hatkars have as the names of two exogamous groups Wakmār , or one who left the Pangat or caste feast while his fellows were eating; and Polya , or one who did not take off his turban at the feast.
— from The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 1 by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

They were proud to be considered British subjects, and of the lofty place England held among the nations of the earth.
— from The Hand of Providence As Shown in the History of Nations and Individuals, From the Great Apostasy to the Restoration of the Gospel by J. H. (Joseph Harvey) Ward

But perhaps some hovering angels took note of the event with more interest than they witnessed the late coronation; perhaps Jesus looked down on us, pitied and forgave our weaknesses, and marked us for his own; perhaps if we deny him not, he will acknowledge us another day, more publicly than we venture at present to acknowledge him."
— from Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons by Arabella M. Willson

Mr. Stockton worked pretty hard at the newspaper office to earn his fifty dollars.
— from Shandygaff A number of most agreeable Inquirendoes upon Life & Letters, interspersed with Short Stories & Skits, the whole most Diverting to the Reader by Christopher Morley

By the diligence and precision with which he discharged his ordinary duties, by occasional witty sayings, and the semblance of a fervent piety, he attracted the notice of the Emperor Theodosius, and gradually acquired his confidence so as to be employed on difficult and delicate missions.
— from Saint John Chrysostom, His Life and Times A sketch of the church and the empire in the fourth century by W. R. W. (William Richard Wood) Stephens

Lord Tremlyn had announced the nature of the entertainment as they entered the apartment, and most of the tourists had heard of the wonderful skill of Indian jugglers.
— from Across India; Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Oliver Optic

So quick was his action that none of the enemy had time to interfere, and raising the rifle aloft Chester served the German as the latter had his friend.
— from The Boy Allies with Pershing in France; Or, Over the Top at Chateau Thierry by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes