I haven't the faintest idea where he is or what he is doing, except that he went to his brother somewhere in England.
— from The Lamp in the Desert by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

[ 74 ] The water rose and encompassed the master, who thus perished, and his cathedral is still unfinished; but the wicked apprentice fared still worse, for the great worm strangled him, and he is doomed evermore to haunt the cathedral, measuring the uncompleted works.
— from The Life of the Moselle From its source in the Vosges Mountains to its junction with the Rhine at Coblence by Octavius Rooke

His [Pg 115] prayer that God would judge him is distinctly equivalent to his often repeated cry for deliverance, which should, as by a Divine arbitration, decide the debate between Saul and him.
— from The Life of David: As Reflected in His Psalms by Alexander Maclaren

And, without giving him time to catch breath, he informed Des Esseintes that he had done his utmost in re-establishing the digestive functions and that now it was necessary to attack the neurosis which was by no means cured and which would necessitate years of diet and care.
— from Against the Grain by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

Dermot could not help saying to Harold, "Didn't I see you applying a few practical arguments?" Harold made a sign with his head, with a deprecatory twinkle in his eye, recollecting how infra dig Eustace thought his exploit.
— from My Young Alcides: A Faded Photograph by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Innumerable heresies besieged his brain, leaving him no sleep, or tormenting him in dreams, ever tempting him by their dread subtleties.
— from The Death of the Gods (Christ and Antichrist, 1 of 3) by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky

Since coming to the United States he has steadily prospered in his business undertakings until he has become one of the well-to-do citizens of his community and the success that has come to him is due entirely to his own well directed efforts.
— from Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 Embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties by William Denison Lyman

He told me he’d rather go up to that nursing home in Dublin every time he feels ill than live through another six months on lemonade.
— from Priscilla's Spies by George A. Birmingham