After that, Xenophon begged him to hand over the hostages to himself, and if so disposed, to join him on an expedition to the hills, or if not, to let him go alone.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

The fact is none the less true, however, and the colder the day the more apparent it became.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

The other man—" "Ah! the other man—?" asked Athelney Jones, in a sneering voice, but impressed none the less, as I could easily see, by the precision of the other's manner.
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

But it is never too late to mend."
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

which we Camped last night, (1) passed a Small willow Island off the L. point, hills make near the river (2) passed a large Island nearest the L. S. below the pt.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Among "last words" of celebrated people, that which her father has recorded, "It is only the [xxvii] physical pain that makes me cry," is not the least remarkable, or the least significant of strong character.
— from Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan by Toru Dutt

Friendship, return to us, or force the cheat That wears it now, thy livery to restore, By aid whereof sincerity is slain.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

It was not in nature to look into that gay, young, handsome face, without a feeling of pleasure; and Tom felt the tears start in his eyes as he said, heartily, “God bless you, Mas’r!”
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

According to the presidential plan of reorganization, a provisional governor for Alabama was appointed in June 1865; a state convention met in September of the same year, and declared the ordinance of secession null and void and slavery abolished; a legislature and a governor were elected in November, the legislature was at once recognized by the National government, and the inauguration of the governor-elect was permitted after the legislature had, in December, ratified the thirteenth amendment.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

[Pg 206] vanity, is not the least of the finenesses of character which the war has brought out; and the thought of that and of their hard work and their gay courage made the spectacle of the happy high spirits of this evening of playtime even more a satisfaction.
— from A Boswell of Baghdad; With Diversions by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

It is nothing to laugh at, it is scandalous, audacious!”
— from The Emperor — Complete by Georg Ebers

Of course, she is not the least bit frugal.
— from Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

How shall I note thee, line of troubled years, Which mark existence in our little span?
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

If they were gone to the westward, I rely that every place in Sicily would have information for me; for it is too important news to leave me in one moment's doubt about.
— from The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol II. With A Supplement Of Interesting Letters By Distinguished Characters by Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount

I now take leave of this whole case.
— from The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Edwin Percy Whipple

It is none the less true that the modern nations control the expenditure of more force in a more responsible manner than have any preceding political organizations; and it is none the less true that a further development of the national principle will mean in the end the attachment of still stricter responsibilities to the use of force both in the internal and external policies of modern nations.
— from The Promise of American Life by Herbert David Croly

The struggle will, no doubt, be severe, for Spain is now the last stronghold of the Roman Church; but once the democracy can make its voice effectively heard, the end will not be doubtful.
— from Spain from Within by Rafael Shaw

Had the whole book been cast into the form of impersonal narration, this limitation, this huge ignorance of life, this amateur's attempt to construct a romance by the light of nature instead of observation and study of persons, would have been a failure.
— from Studies in Early Victorian Literature by Frederic Harrison