' Emily followed, trembling still more, than before she had understood, that her escape from the castle, depended upon the present moment; while Du Pont supported her, and endeavoured, as they passed along, to cheer her spirits.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Thou shalt see that obedient flock who at a sign from me will hasten to heap up the hot cinders about the pile on which I shall burn Thee for coming to hinder us.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

As he is an excellent horseman, and understands farriery, I have bought a stout gelding for his use, that he may attend us on the road, and have an eye to our cattle, in case the coachman should not mind his business.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

The shadow doth not more naturally follow the body, than cuckoldry ensueth after marriage to place fair horns upon the husbands’ heads.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

He left the room, and Catherine, with a disappointed, anxious face, began to speak of her unwillingness that he should be taking them out of doors against his own inclination, under a mistaken idea of pleasing her; but she was stopped by Miss Tilney's saying, with a little confusion, “I believe it will be wisest to take the morning while it is so fine; and do not be uneasy on my father's account; he always walks out at this time of day.”
— from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Are we to take him up to her?
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

219 Thus spoke the monarch, lofty-souled, The saint, of heart unfathomed, told How, sons of Daśaratha, they Accompanied his homeward way, How in the hermitage they dwelt, And slaughter to the demons dealt: Their journey till the spot they neared Whence fair Viśálá's towers appeared: Ahalyá seen and freed from taint; Their meeting with her lord the saint; And how they thither came, to know The virtue of the famous bow.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Since the horse could no longer work, it seemed to him unjust that he should be fed; he revolted at the idea of wasting oats, oats which were so expensive, on this paralyzed old plug.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

The top of his head was half bald: his remaining hair was clubbed with a rose-ribbon; a tight stock, with a large silver buckle to it behind, appeared to be almost choking him: his chin and jaws were very long: and he used to hang his under jaw, shut one eye, and look up to the ceiling, when he was thinking, or trying to recollect any thing.
— from Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Barrington, Jonah, Sir

It happened upon the highway; he might have murdered me without ceremony had he only chosen, but he offered me open combat.
— from Monsieur Lecoq, v. 2 by Emile Gaboriau

" This letter appears to be visible to nobody but Mr. Froude; and we have the authority of Mr. Joseph Stevenson, who is more at home among the MSS. of the Record Office than Mr. Froude, and who, when he uses them, has the merit of citing them in their integrity, for stating that this letter of the 5th October, referred to by Mr. Froude, is not in the Record Office .
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 11, April, 1870 to September, 1870 by Various

Australians are inclined to complain, however unreasonably, that, had it not been for the temptations to which they were exposed by British capitalists, their Provinces could not have incurred the extravagant expenditure under which they are suffering and must continue to suffer.
— from Australasian Democracy by Henry de Rosenbach Walker

The fugitives came straight towards her; again she closed her eyes tightly, expecting every instant to find herself under the horses' feet.
— from Serapis — Volume 03 by Georg Ebers

After wandering about in the cold without being able to reach the ship, an officer observed the forlorn appearance of the boy, questioned him, and, happening to be acquainted with his uncle, took him home and gave him some refreshments.
— from Fifty-two Stories of the British Navy, from Damme to Trafalgar. by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles

"I examined his arm, where he usually took his shots, and found no fresh mark of the needle."
— from The Film Mystery by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

She hurried up to her room, to sink upon her knees by her bed and bury her face in her hands.
— from Nurse Elisia by George Manville Fenn

He understood that his mother had deserted him.
— from The Story of a Genius by Ossip Schubin