When he settled in England, he became vicar of Linthwaite, a small village in Yorkshire.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

From the preceding investigation it will have appeared how little Frankel has succeeded in establishing his thesis that ‘the talmudical sources are acquainted with the Essenes and make mention of them constantly [383] .’
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

Hence, it resulted when d’Artagnan proceeded to draw his sword in earnest, he found himself purely and simply armed with a stump of a sword about eight or ten inches in length, which the host had carefully placed in the scabbard.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Harris said I encouraged him.
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

“Yes, darling Helen,” said I, embracing her; “I love you both with equal ardour, and these ceremonies are only wasting the time in which I ought to be assuring you of my passion.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

This had been his fortune three months before, when he had made his way into the city by the region which is called the Cōlaeum: but on this occasion, by the superiority of his force, and the seizure in advance of the strongest positions in the town, he succeeded in effecting his purpose.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

‘But this is too much happiness,’ said I, embracing her again; ‘I have not deserved it, Helen—I dare not believe in such felicity: and the longer I have to wait, the greater will be my dread that something will intervene to snatch you from me—and think, a thousand things may happen in a year!—I shall be in one long fever of restless terror and impatience all the time.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

He had been scarce ever seen to smile; was unaffectedly pious; and all the time he could spare from the avocations of his employment, he spent in educating his daughter, and in studying for his own improvement.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

The emperor’s difficulty with the Holy See is ended; he consents to surrender all the conquered territory originally belonging to the Ecclesiastical States.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 22, October, 1875, to March, 1876 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

"Yet, had Mr. Prescott had a slip of paper held slyly in either hand, do you think you would have seen it?
— from Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Or, Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

He kept him always by his side during his stay in Egypt; he acknowledged his rank as a prophet, and tried to make further use of him in persuading the Egyptians of his own divine right to the throne.
— from History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 11 (of 12) by A. S. (Angelo Solomon) Rappoport

On the other hand, the young woman who has succeeded in expressing her social compunction through charitable effort finds that the wider social activity, and the contact with the larger experience, not only increases her sense of social obligation but at the same time recasts her social ideals.
— from Democracy and Social Ethics by Jane Addams

Dusk had set in ere his relation concluded, and the exhausted girl had fallen into a deep slumber on his breast.
— from Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp; or, A Campaign in Calabria, Volume 2 (of 3) by James Grant

She was one-stepping unwillingly with a young cad who insulted her subtly in everything he said and looked.
— from We Can't Have Everything: A Novel by Rupert Hughes

But it seems he was last seen fighting with two Huns, so I expect he is done for.
— from The Pomp of Yesterday by Joseph Hocking

For photographic minuteness and startling realism what can equal the following:—'But see Camille Desmoulins, from the Café de Foy, rushing out, sibylline in face; his hair streaming, in each hand a pistol!
— from Thomas Carlyle by Hector Macpherson

She recollected that her first acquaintance with her lover began at the time of this fire; and she thought that the courage and humanity he showed, in exerting himself to save this unfortunate woman and her children, justified her notion of the possibility that an Irishman might be a good man.
— from Tales and Novels — Volume 02 Popular Tales by Maria Edgeworth