Lothario commended his purpose, and promised on his own part to aid him in raising a monument so glorious.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Nowhere have I read a more amusing story than that of ( pri ) the two painters who, being mutually (180) jealous, arranged a competition.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

College etiquette requires, in the case of a foreign guest, that the dinner-talk shall begin with complimentary references to his country, its great men, its services to civilization, its seats of learning, and things like that; and of course the host is responsible, and must either begin this talk himself or see that it is done by some one else.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

But although at the first dawning of this happy period, 5 the emperor Nerva united two things before incompatible, monarchy and liberty; and Trajan is now daily augmenting the felicity of the empire; and the public security 6 has not only assumed hopes and wishes, but has seen those wishes arise to confidence and stability; yet, from the nature of human infirmity, remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases; and, as bodies slowly increase, but quickly perish, so it is more easy to suppress industry and genius, than to recall them.
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus

With many other particulars concerning Ahab, always had it remained a mystery to some, why it was, that for a certain period, both before and after the sailing of the Pequod, he had hidden himself away with such Grand-Lama-like exclusiveness; and, for that one interval, sought speechless refuge, as it were, among the marble senate of the dead.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

But you are to know he is rich, and my Mother says, As he is slow he is sure; He will love me long, if he loves me little:
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

this head I reckon a monster which, by the various names of Fin-Back, Tall-Spout, and Long-John, has been seen almost in every sea and is commonly the whale whose distant jet is so often descried by passengers crossing the Atlantic, in the New York packet-tracks.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

I will not spend my hours in running after my neighbours every time they go away, and come back again."
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

It is only that he has better means of having it than many others, because he is rich, and many others are poor.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Reitzei said something to him in reply, and motioned him back.
— from Sunrise by William Black

Will you allow yourself to be beaten by a couple of kids?” “Not if I can help it,” returned Abraham, making a desperate effort to regain his feet.
— from Jack Sheppard: A Romance, Vol. 1 (of 3) by William Harrison Ainsworth

Had I remained a minute longer in that place, I would have been killed.
— from The Twin Hells A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and Missouri Penitentiaries by John N. (John Newton) Reynolds

It has indeed required all my coolness and temper, and I might perhaps add, all my love for you, not to involve myself in some quarrel with that gentleman or some other of that description; but, however sure you may be that I will not myself, others may, so that I trust that my good girl will be more cautious hereafter....
— from The Life of Albert Gallatin by Henry Adams

Two men in Russian uniform raised their hands in reply, and Mazanoff hailed again— "Which will you have—surrender or death?
— from The Angel of the Revolution: A Tale of the Coming Terror by George Chetwynd Griffith

On my leaving Oyo finally, he sent with me a very large escort, at the head of whom was his commander-in-chief Kufu, as a guard of honor, and three native gentlemen, high in rank, as my special carriers.
— from Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party by Martin Robison Delany

And Jim, havin' by this time got through with his work and toiled into his best suit, they drive off, a colt follerin' 'em, and Jim havin' to get out more'n a dozen times to head it right, and makin' Jane wild with anxiety, for it is a likely colt.
— from Samantha at the World's Fair by Marietta Holley

Although she knew nothing in the school way of knowing things, she had in reality a mass of varied information in her little head.
— from The Little School-Mothers by L. T. Meade

Lord Aspenly, then, is at present at Morley Court, where he is received as Mary's lover—observe me, only as her lover—not yet, and I trust never as her accepted lover.
— from The Cock and Anchor by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu