—Would you, Cranly asked, in extreme danger, commit that particular sacrilege?
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

‘If I ever do come back, and mix myself up with these people again,’ thought Mr. Winkle, as he wended his way to the Peacock, ‘I shall deserve to be horsewhipped myself—that’s all.’
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Once or twice she used the night ware before putting on her nightgown, and I could see the rosy-lipped opening embosomed in exquisite dark curls, pouring out its full measure of water; showing a fine force of nature, and driving me wild with excitement.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

In English, double consonants as the tt , nn , pp , mm in motto , Anna , tapping , grammar , are sounded exactly like the corresponding single consonants in cot , pan , tap , ram .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

On which account his father never so much as dreamed of making him his successor in the kingdom, when he was of a sound mind, because he knew his disposition; and in his former and more authentic testament, he appointed his antagonist Antipas to succeed; but that Archelaus was called by his father to that dignity when he was in a dying condition, both of body and mind; while Antipas was called when he was ripest in his judgment, and of such strength of body as made him capable of managing his own affairs: and if his father had the like notion of him formerly that he hath now showed, yet hath he given a sufficient specimen what a king he is likely to be, when he hath [in effect] deprived Cæsar of that power of disposing of the kingdom, which he justly hath, and hath not abstained from making a terrible slaughter of his fellow citizens in the temple, while he was but a private person.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

"Oh, that's not quite the worst of it, Esther dear!" cried Ada, holding me tighter and laying down her face again upon my breast.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Lines of shading drawn in every direction, crossing each other and resolving themselves into tone effects, suggest atmosphere and the absence of surface form.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

A mon avis, il existe deux catégories sur le web.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

With all solemnity I set it down here, that those horses were the hardest lot I ever did come across, and their accoutrements were in exquisite keeping with their style.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

This is the Cheverel Manor of "Gilfil," an imposing castellated structure of gray stone, with flanking towers and great mullioned windows [98] of multishaped panes, famous for its elaborately decorated ceilings.
— from A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe

19, of Cornelius Cossus, “Quem cum ictum equo dejecisset, confestim et ipse hasta innisus se in pedes excepit.”
— from A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2) by Johann Beckmann

Another proof is that in ancient times "your state" was a recognized way of saying "your capital town"; and "my poor town" was the polite way of saying "our country"; both expressions still used in elegant diplomatic composition.
— from Ancient China Simplified by Edward Harper Parker

A chasseur, in a livery which Lucien did not recognize, let down the step, and two women in evening dress came out of the brougham.
— from A Distinguished Provincial at Paris by Honoré de Balzac

On his last night he got permission to have a few of these—all jailbirds—to dinner with him, but refused to touch liquor himself, “so I shall be able to take in every detail clearly.”
— from Vagabonding down the Andes Being the Narrative of a Journey, Chiefly Afoot, from Panama to Buenos Aires by Harry Alverson Franck

When the Irish emigrant did come he brought the cholera with him, and Jean cried out again that legislation and emigration only meant fresh trouble.
— from Humours of '37, Grave, Gay and Grim: Rebellion Times in the Canadas by Kathleen Macfarlane Lizars

Il et décrété, &c. Que quiconque écrira, imprimera, publiera, ou répandra toute piece ayant une tendance à produire du mecontentement parmi la population de couleur libre, ou de l'insubordination parmi les esclaves de cet Etat, sera sur conviction du fait, pardevant toute cour de juridiction competante condamné à l'emprisonnement
— from A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America by S. A. (Simon Ansley) Ferrall

Passages ran in every direction, crossing and recrossing, and it seemed wonderful that the boy Sacho knew just which way to go.
— from The Sea Fairies by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

“I’ll go if Eamon Doherty comes along with me,” said old Oiney Dinchy, getting to his feet and putting a live peat to the bowl of his pipe.
— from The Rat-Pit by Patrick MacGill

He was in evening dress, calm and composed as usual, and greeted her with a low bow.
— from A Traitor in London by Fergus Hume