or I will plunge this dagger in my breast and so escape from all these importunities.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

Yet the subsiding of the flood at the critical moment when the hero's destruction appeared imminent, might, by a slight extension of the figurative parallel, be ascribed to a god symbolic of the influences opposed to all atmospheric moisture.
— from The Iliad by Homer

"Um, this is --" "Ms Brown," Ange said, extending a hand.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

It must be a subjective experience, I argued—none the less real for that, but still subjective.
— from The Willows by Algernon Blackwood

[Pg 223] Then they were simply the furnished apartments of a man who cared but little for his personal well-being; now, when he passed round the handsome Japanese screen by the door, he saw an interior marked by a studied elegance and luxury.
— from The Giant's Robe by F. Anstey

In one case out of ten thousand it may be a successful experiment.
— from The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage

Piper was the only one who knew that it must be a strong electric torch with a reflector, operated by Mr. Charles Granger.
— from Oakdale Boys in Camp by Morgan Scott

The report of Menendez himself is more brief, and sufficiently equivocal:— "I answered, that they could give up their arms and place themselves under
— from France and England in North America, Part I: Pioneers of France in the New World by Francis Parkman

I think, if we take into consideration the authority of external evidence, especially if we duly consider how easily Celsus couid have overthrown the gospels, if they had not been genuine, it must be acknowledged sufficient, even of itself, to establish any matter of fact however important, allowing no natural improbability were involved in the fact.
— from A Series of Letters, in Defence of Divine Revelation In Reply to Rev. Abner Kneeland's Serious Inquiry into the Authenticity of the Same. To Which is Added, a Religious Correspondence, Between the Rev. Hosea Ballou, and the Rev. Dr. Joseph Buckminster and Rev. Joseph Walton, Pastors of Congregational Churches in Portsmouth, N. H. by Hosea Ballou

+tribulation for+ me in +my bonds+; as so easily they can do, by detaching from me many converts who would otherwise gather round me, and generally by the mortifying thought of their freedom and activity in contrast to my enforced isolation.
— from Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians by H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn) Moule

After descending north-eastward to within a few miles of Lake Athabasca, it is met by a stream emerging from that lake.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

His tomb is marked by a stone erected at the expense of Ranieri, bearing the signs of the cross, and the owl of Minerva, together with an inscription from the pen of Giordani.
— from Essays and Dialogues by Giacomo Leopardi

She has, it must be admitted, sometimes encouraged premature resort to force, and has given her blessing to countless wanton wars.
— from Freedom In Service Six Essays on Matters Concerning Britain's Safety and Good Government by F. J. C. (Fossey John Cobb) Hearnshaw