It was far from prudent to go home.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

But with this exception, no one appears to have looked at the manuscript since it was first printed, and subsequent writers have been content to take the correctness of the 1725 text for granted, priding themselves, apparently, on the care with which they reproduced all the superfluous eighteenth century capitals with which every line is dotted.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

It was famous in remote times for its copper mines, which, however, were worked out when Strabo wrote.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

From which it would follow, that Spenser had seen somebody like Mrs. Conrady.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

Romanticism, which has helped to fill some dull blanks with love and knowledge, had not yet penetrated the times with its leaven and entered into everybody's food; it was fermenting still as a distinguishable vigorous enthusiasm in certain long-haired German artists at Rome, and the youth of other nations who worked or idled near them were sometimes caught in the spreading movement.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

I went from thence, and in my way went into an alehouse and drank my morning draft with Matthew Andrews and two or three more of his friends, coachmen.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

# The next time they came to question me, I was filthy and tired, thirsty and hungry.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

Then Scipio, putting on his sandals and robes, immediately went forth from his chamber, and when he had walked a little time in the portico, he met Lælius, and welcomed him and those that accompanied him, namely, Spurius Mummius, to whom he was greatly attached, and C. Fannius and Quintus Scævola, sons-in-law of Lælius, two very intelligent young men, and now of the quæstorian age.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

It was formerly the seat of the ancient family of Harcourt, which now has its principal abode at Nuneham Courtney, a few miles off.
— from Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches by Nathaniel Hawthorne

When evils cannot be avoided, it is wise to contract the interval of expectation; to meet the mischiefs which will overtake us if we fly; and suffer only their real malignity, without the conflicts of doubt, and anguish of anticipation.
— from The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Samuel Johnson

“‘ Dear Monsieur Michelin ,—On reflection I understand that your conduct this morning was justifiable from your point of view, and I withdraw—’” Filippo laid down the pen.
— from Olive in Italy by Moray Dalton

I remember I was feeling sorry for the poor fellows with a price on their heads,—the little pink man on my lap had softened my heart wonderfully.
— from Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart

A peculiar feature of this conspiracy is that it had for its purpose not only the destruction of Dr. Cronin's life, but the destruction of his character—that it was for a twofold purpose, malice and cowardice; hatred of him because of what he was, and cowardice so as to cover up the evidences of crime.
— from The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Henry M. Hunt

“I heard you moaning, and I was frightened.”
— from The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac

I told him that all we knew of it was from reading, and from what we had heard about it; and that, happening to be in the neighbourhood, we had wandered up to see if there were any remains of it in existence.
— from Lancashire Sketches Third Edition by Edwin Waugh

Ringfield, in whom first love had rapidly modified all natural shyness of the sex, was no lukewarm lover; he took Pauline's hands, and bringing them to his lips, pressed ardent kisses upon them, urging her to at once decide in his favour and give him the right to guard her interests for ever.
— from Ringfield: A Novel by S. Frances (Susie Frances) Harrison

It was found impossible to follow up the ever-retreating insurgents, who again escaped still farther north.
— from The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule by Foreman, John, F.R.G.S.