The Nautilus has struck; and, judging by the way she lies, I do not think she will right herself as she did the first time in Torres Straits."
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

The gentleman in the top hat was having his supper, and judging by the duration of the clatter of crockery, his supper lasted long.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Falk , Max, Hungarian statesman and journalist, born at Budapest in 1828, became a Christian as a student at the University.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

Aeacus does the same; and they both have sceptres, and judge; but Minos alone has a golden sceptre and is seated looking on, as Odysseus in Homer declares that he saw him: 'Holding a sceptre of gold, and giving laws to the dead.
— from Gorgias by Plato

He strode aft, jostling Block (who turned pale and made no answer) on one side, and seizing the helm, gave the word, in a firm voice, Hard-a-lee!
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

The MS. reads: "Panting and breathless on the sands, But all unwounded, now he stands;" and just below: "Redeemed, unhoped, from deadly strife:
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

Pencroft hoisted the capybara on his shoulders, and judging by the height of the sun that it was about two o’clock, he gave the signal to return.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

And then he left the room, and Janetta, forcing back the tears in her eyes, did her best to smile when Georgie and Tiny hugged her simultaneously and Jinks beat a tattoo upon her knee.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

'Tis defined an Act of an organical body by which it lives, hath sense, appetite, judgment, breath, and motion.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

"I declare I never had such a job before."
— from Billy Bunny and Uncle Bull Frog by David Cory

On one occasion he sent a jury back four times to reconsider a verdict of guilty unauthorised by the evidence, and subsequently i. 41 treated with indifference a legislative threat of impeachment, based upon a fearless discharge of duty.
— from A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 by De Alva Stanwood Alexander

He avoids the Gipsies—His advice to the editor—He says Mr. Hoyland was led captive by a Gipsy girl n 380 What he says about John Bunyan 515 OWEN, JOHN, how he respected and appreciated John Bunyan 521 PARK, MUNGO, Marriage customs among the natives of Africa n 260 [568] PASSES.
— from A History of the Gipsies: with Specimens of the Gipsy Language by Walter Simson

Other girls with half her talents for the stage had succeeded, and just because she was a Bartlett—— She clenched her fists and wished for the hundredth time that she had never been born.
— from Quin by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

All aspects of history in his system are joined by pure chance.
— from The Kingdom of God is Within You; What is Art? by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

One bit more of his musings he spoke aloud, just before he entered the main street: “No, I hain’t superstitious.
— from Heart of the Blue Ridge by Waldron Baily

Post-horses to Dover, through the summer night; how sweet a journey, between fields of clover and budding hops, and the young corn waving silvery under silver stars!
— from Mohawks: A Novel. Volume 2 of 3 by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Eph, his body servant, slept on the floor by his side, and Jack Bracken sat near him like a sturdy mastiff guarding a child.
— from The Bishop of Cottontown: A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by John Trotwood Moore