His education scarce complete, A flock, his scholarship to greet, Came rambling out that way.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

One morning I saw her eldest son chop off the head of the fine bird; and I asked his mother why she had allowed him to kill the beautiful creature.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

On the fatal day that her gentle soul left its mansion, and not many hours ere she ceased to breathe, I solemnly plighted my faith, That her child if it lived, should know no father but myself, or her acknowledged husband.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

[civiliter] ut adiratam per testimonium proborum hominum, et sic consequi rem suam quamvia furatam. .
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Then she began to be glad, and thought to herself that the time was fast coming when all her troubles should end; yet repose was still far off, for one day as she was travelling on she missed the white feather, and when she lifted up her eyes she could nowhere see the dove.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

Trudging along the road or standing in some grimy wayside public house his elders spoke constantly of the subjects nearer their hearts, of Irish politics, of Munster and of the legends of their own family, to all of which Stephen lent an avid ear.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Both sections have exogamous sections, called Kambalams—the reds fourteen, and the blacks nine.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

The woodbine I will pu', when the e'ening star is near, And the diamond draps o' dew shall be her een sae clear; The violet's for modesty, which weel she fa's to wear, And a' to be a Posie to my ain dear May.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

She valued his esteem, she coveted his respect, she wanted to be worthy of his friendship, and just when the wish was sincerest, she came near to losing everything.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Yet would there be any mercy in telling that horrible story, the knowledge of which must cast a blight upon her youth, and blot out every hope she had even secretly cherished?
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

"I have never heard of him, either," said Captain Westfield.
— from The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters or, The Perils and Dangers of the Fishing Fleet by Wilmer M. (Wilmer Mateo) Ely

he protested, keeping his eyes shut, clinging to the sleep from which he was being riven.
— from Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington

G. M. Weister 121 *Road among the Douglas Firs Asahel Curtis 122 Ships loading lumber at one of Portland's mills The Timberman 123 Outposts of the Forest Shoji Endow 123 Alpine Hemlocks at the timber line Ray M. Filloon 124 Mazamas at the foot of Mount St. Helens E. S. Curtis 124
— from The Guardians of the Columbia Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens by John H. (John Harvey) Williams

Old Mother Nature was about to chide him for being late, but noticing his excitement, she changed her mind.
— from The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

Mr. Jack leaned back in his chair, and his eyes slowly closed.
— from Roads of Destiny by O. Henry

This is because Wellington sent his victorious despatches from Waterloo, which has ever since claimed the honor of naming the place of Napoleon’s downfall.
— from The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Atlantic by John Henry Goldfrap

and how I got in, when with great earnestness Governor Dennison, who had been the bearer of a letter from Mr. Hayes, which he had read to us, put his hand on my shoulder and said: "As a matter of course the Southern policy to which Mr. Hayes has here pledged himself embraces South Carolina as well as Louisiana.
— from Marse Henry, Complete An Autobiography by Henry Watterson

But that work, undertaken to accustom myself again to the activities of a healthy existence, soon came to an end.
— from A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad

"I have heard a New Bedford whaleman say that he could not forget his eyes," said Captain Scarrow.
— from The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport by Arthur Conan Doyle