The king lamented his absence; he loved to repeat his sayings, relate the adventures they had had together, and exalt his talents—but here ended his reminiscence.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Hence, the architects of the time designed for public buildings statues of these women, placed so as to [7] carry a load, in order that the sin and the punishment of the people of Caryae might be known and handed down even to posterity.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

Horatio desired Bellarmine to withdraw with him; but the ladies prevented it by laying violent hands on the latter; upon which the former took his leave without any great ceremony, and departed, leaving the lady with his rival to consult for his safety, which Leonora feared her indiscretion might have endangered; but the aunt comforted her with assurances that Horatio would not venture his person against so accomplished a cavalier as Bellarmine, and that, being a lawyer, he would seek revenge in his own way, and the most they had to apprehend from him was an action.
— from Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1 by Henry Fielding

THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD THE MISER THE HUNTER AND THE WOODMAN THE HORSE AND THE ASS AESOP'S FABLES THE FOX AND THE GRAPES A hungry Fox saw some fine bunches of Grapes hanging from a vine that was trained along a high trellis, and did his best to reach them by jumping as high as he could into the air.
— from Aesop's Fables; a new translation by Aesop

This having learned, thou hast attained the sum Of wisdom; hope no higher, though all the stars Thou knewest by name, and all the ethereal powers, All secrets of the deep, all Nature's works, Or works of God in Heaven, air, earth, or sea, And all the riches of this world enjoyedst, And all the rule, one empire; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance; add love,
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

Hangs them at Troy, ib.
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

Hogarth to a lady who wished to learn caricature.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

This further consolation yet secure I carry hence; though all by mee is lost, 620 Such favour I unworthie am voutsaft, By mee the Promis'd Seed shall all restore.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

Let us note one detail, however; when Jean Valjean went out with Cosette, he dressed as the reader has already seen, and had the air of a retired officer.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness 45 in itself has the aspect of strength.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

" When they came in a few minutes later, they had their cigars, and Lord Harry's face was slightly flushed, perhaps with the wine he had taken at breakfast—perhaps with the glass of brandy after his coffee.
— from Blind Love by Wilkie Collins

We have the allotted patch of land, the farmer and his family; alongside of that another allotted patch of land, another farmer and another family.
— from The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Karl Marx

Her husband turned away, his shoulders twitching.
— from The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

It happened that a benefit was arranged for some charity.
— from A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment by Charles A. (Charles Albert) Murdock

" Bowie was listening, but he turned away without speaking, for he was questioning himself.
— from The Lost Gold of the Montezumas: A Story of the Alamo by William O. Stoddard

We allow his greatness as a poet, but deny him the poetical temperament which alone could have enabled him to attain it.
— from Life of John Milton by Richard Garnett

Yes, she had done well to come here, to a place of which, no doubt, many of her English friends would have thoroughly disapproved!
— from The Chink in the Armour by Marie Belloc Lowndes