While the Dictionary was going forward, Johnson lived part of the time in Holborn, part in Gough-square, Fleet-street; and he had an upper room fitted up like a counting-house for the purpose, in which he gave to the copyists their several tasks.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

Some say that because he heard this and was stung by the reproach, he formed the desire, not so much to take vengeance on him who said this, as to bring Polycrates to destruction at all costs, since by reason of him he was ill spoken of: 121, the lesser number however of those who tell the tale say that Oroites sent a herald to Samos to ask for something or other, but what it was is not mentioned; and Polycrates happened to be lying down in the men's chamber 109 of his palace, and Anacreon also of Teos was present with him: and somehow, whether it was by intention and because he made no account of the business of Oroites, or whether some chance occurred to bring it about, it happened that the envoy of Oroites came into his presence and spoke with him, and Polycrates, who chanced to be turned away 110 towards the wall, neither turned round at all nor made any answer.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

To do this the better, they brought him into the company of learned men, which were there, in whose imitation he had a great desire and affection to study otherwise, and to improve his parts.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

It seems to have risen somewhat in the course of the present century, and it had probably begun to do so, even some time before the end of the last.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

“O dearest Charles, let me thank God for this on my knees as I have prayed to Him.”
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

She shook her head, and, coming back, sat down in her place.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

Sir Joshua Reynolds having said that he took the altitude of a man's taste by his stories and his wit, and of his understanding by the remarks which he repeated; being always sure that he must be a weak man who quotes common things with an emphasis as if they were oracles; Johnson agreed with him; and Sir Joshua having also observed that the real character of a man was found out by his amusements,—Johnson added, 'Yes, Sir; no man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.'
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

His son married the beautiful maiden whom he had brought with him as a flower in his pocket, and whether they are still alive or not, is known to God.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

Wait patiently on the Lord, and hope in him, Psal.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Prejudice, authority, necessity, example, all the social conditions into which we are plunged, would stifle nature in him and put nothing in her place.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The only matter to him is, that the monopoly of natural inheritance, to which there never was a right, begins to cease in his person.
— from The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Thomas Paine

I have plenty of time," she protested coldly.
— from The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World by Margaret Vandercook

She piqued and stimulated him; in her presence he exerted himself and appeared at his best, which is always pleasant to a man.
— from Princess by M. G. (Mary Greenway) McClelland

This recollection of Bob Cross reminded me that I had promised to be at his wedding, and that it was to take place on the following day, which I had quite forgotten.
— from Percival Keene by Frederick Marryat

But the man who is of an energetic and active type, if he is haunted by anxiety, if his imagination paints the possibilities of disaster, takes every means in his power to foresee contingencies, and to deal cautiously and thoroughly with the situation which causes him anxiety.
— from Where No Fear Was: A Book About Fear by Arthur Christopher Benson

Old Jasper, with his hot hands in his pockets and with a sick expression of countenance was doddering about the sitting room.
— from Old Ebenezer by Opie Percival Read

According to the intention of Pompeius, while he kept himself aloof, and in his peculiar way, now talked as though he would immediately depart for his Spanish provinces, now made preparations as though he would set out to take over the command on the Euphrates, the legitimate governing board, namely the senate, were to break with Caesar, to declare war against him, and to entrust the conduct of it to Pompeius, who then, yielding to the general desire, was to come forward as the protector of the constitution against demagogico- monarchical plots, as an upright man and champion of the existing order of things against the profligates and anarchists, as the duly-installed general of the senate against the Imperator of the street, and so once more to save his country.
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen

It was precisely as if he had been in the middle of a talk which interested him profoundly when some one came up and int
— from The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf

Suddenly he came upon a small empty cigar box which I had put in, thinking it might be useful.
— from The Car That Went Abroad: Motoring Through the Golden Age by Albert Bigelow Paine