Therefore, Monseigneur, since he was so indifferent to his own fame (for virtue and ambition, unfortunately, seldom lodge together), and since he lived in an age when others were too dull or too jealous to witness to his character, I have it marvellously at heart that his memory, at all events, to which I owe the good offices of a friend, should enjoy the recompense of his brave life; and that it should survive in the good report of men of honour and virtue.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

She shared in their attendance on Mrs. Bennet, and was a great comfort to them, in their hours of freedom.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

She ran away from her home, because her home was not a pleasant one, and she left in the hope of finding a better.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

I thought so too, and I took him out for a walk next morning, and we talked immensely, understanding one another to perfection.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

It is moreover said of the female attendants, that they could imitate the speech of various people; and were well versed in the histories of foreign parts, and of antient times.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

The fashion of the last Louis but one, of the line that was never to break—the fourteenth Louis—was conspicuous in their rich furniture; but, it was diversified by many objects that were illustrations of old pages in the history of France.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

After he had kissed her Aladdin said: "I beg of you, Princess, in God's name, before we speak of anything else, for your own sake and mine, tell me what has become of an old lamp I left on the cornice in the hall of four-and-twenty windows, when I went a-hunting.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

All the ancient testimonies are collected and inserted in the Historians of France; but the reader should be cautioned against a supposed extract from the Chronicle of Idatius, (among the fragments of Fredegarius, tom. ii.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

They invaded the houses of friend and foe alike, and murdered men, women and children.
— from Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century by Ignatius Donnelly

He has, accordingly, ransacked some collection of college verses, in the hope of finding, among the performances of his supposed antagonist, something as bad as his own.
— from Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

I shouted in the hope of frightening them away, but, although they paused, irresolute, at the sound of my voice, they came on again, drawing closer every minute.
— from Adventures in Southern Seas: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by George Forbes

Long subsequently, a prior of the Gabrielli is said to have alienated it to his own family; and in 1844 it was purchased from the Roman prince of that name by Mr. William Coninghame, at the sale of whose interesting collection in 1849, it was acquired by Mr. Fuller Maitland of Stansted in Essex.
— from Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 2 (of 3) Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630. by James Dennistoun

The snow-covered lawn in front of every house, of which the inmates are in the habit of feeding the birds, is the resort of many feathered things.
— from A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Douglas Dewar

“One thing I can say, that he only knew of the affair when the denunciations of the three bishops were already in the hands of Father Dangelis; and I have also learnt that he then tried to s
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete by Émile Zola

"He's daft and crazy," declares Marthereau, who is in the habit of fortifying the expression of his thought by using two synonyms at once.
— from Under Fire: The Story of a Squad by Henri Barbusse

It was believed that the reflection from a set of mirrors in the house opposite, falling upon a series of thickly-glazed maps hanging upon the school wall, had produced the appearances which served to create so great a sensation.
— from The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together with Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James (Archaeologist) Grant

If they hang out for Boston, give it to them, too.
— from Sudden Jim by Clarence Budington Kelland