And as he went, he sang, saying-- Well, Faithful, thou hast faithfully profest Unto thy Lord; with whom thou shalt be blest, When faithless ones, with all their vain delights, Are crying out under their hellish plights: Sing, Faithful, sing, and let thy name survive; For though they kill'd thee, thou art yet alive!
— from The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan by John Bunyan

At night to supper and to bed: this night having first put up a spitting sheet, which I find very convenient.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Thus talking, and surrounded by boys and a crowd of people, they reached the castle, where in one of the corridors the duke and duchess stood waiting for them; but Sancho would not go up to see the duke until he had first put up Dapple in the stable, for he said he had passed a very bad night in his last quarters; then he went upstairs to see his lord and lady, and kneeling before them he said, "Because it was your highnesses' pleasure, not because of any desert of my own, I went to govern your island of Barataria, which 'I entered naked, and naked I find myself; I neither lose nor gain.'
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Having had his face put under the pump, and dried upon Mrs. Mann's gown, he was led into the awful presence of Mr. Bumble, the beadle.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

So it happens to us in the yawning of sleep, before it has fully possessed us, to perceive, as in a dream, what is done about us, and to follow the last things that are said with a perplexed and uncertain hearing which seems but to touch upon the borders of the soul; and to make answers to the last words that have been spoken to us, which have more in them of chance than sense.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

For the last time Olga prayed at the church and thought of her husband, and though she did not shed tears, her face puckered up and looked ugly like an old woman’s.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Ultra humanam fragilitatem prolixi, ut immature pereat qui centenarius moriatur, &c. 4082 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

It was hard on Terry, so hard that he finally persuaded us to consider a plan of escape.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

It was a tribute from men who had faced perils under the sea and who yet survived to those who, similarly situated, had sealed their devotion to duty with their lives.
— from The Rival Submarines by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

It would, perhaps, add astonishment to his regret were he to learn that since I have found professed Union men endeavoring to make that question, I have purposely forborne any public expression upon it.
— from Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters (Selections) by Abraham Lincoln

Weary, still planting his feet primly upon the trampled grass, went smiling up to the stupefied Patsy.
— from The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories by B. M. Bower

Piqued with mortification he went to a near-by knoll where the ground was broken, and with his feet pawed up great clouds of dust which settled on his back until the white spot was almost obscured.
— from Cattle Brands: A Collection of Western Camp-Fire Stories by Andy Adams

By the time the soldiers had finished picking up the money the royalists had escaped by the back door, and were beyond the river.
— from Motor Tours in the West Country by Stawell, Rodolph, Mrs.

“O holy Father, Pope Urban, stay!
— from The poems of Heine; Complete Translated into the original metres; with a sketch of his life by Heinrich Heine

"The Eagle next repaired to the Blackbird of Cilgwri, whom he found perched upon a small stone, and inquired of him the Owl's age.
— from Beautiful Wales by Edward Thomas

To prepare this combination of foods, first pan-broil the desired number of slices of bacon in a hot frying pan until they are crisp and then remove them to a warm platter.
— from Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

" She threw herself on the wide divan, and he fixed pillows under her head.
— from The Spenders: A Tale of the Third Generation by Harry Leon Wilson