I had a pretty dinner for them, viz., a brace of stewed carps, six roasted chickens, and a jowl of salmon, hot, for the first course; a tanzy [Tansy (tanacetum), a herb from which puddings were made.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

" "The joy of success has killed him," replied Matthew, trembling violently.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

For an account of Ludovico's adventure, she referred her to himself; and Emily, though much interested, concerning the means, by which he had disappeared from the north apartments, had the forbearance to suspend the gratification of her curiosity, till he had taken some refreshment, and had conversed with Annette, whose joy, on seeing him in safety, could not have been more extravagant, had he arisen from the grave.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

His journey of six hundred miles had cost him but five dollars.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

The tribunes of the commons, the only parties who did not participate in the general joy and harmony prevailing through the different ranks, denied "that this measure would prove so much a matter of joy, or so honourable to the patricians, [159] as they themselves might imagine.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

Much wondering at this phenomenon, and how, in a peaceable trading City, so many householders or hearth-holders do severally fling down their crafts and industrial tools; gird themselves with weapons of war, and set out on a journey of six hundred miles to 'strike down the tyrant,'—you search in all Historical Books, Pamphlets, and Newspapers, for some light on it: unhappily without effect.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

His manners and attitude towards the universe were the same, whether tossing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean sketching the trade-wind from a whale-boat in the blast of sea-sickness, or drinking the cha-no-yu in the formal rites of Japan, or sipping his cocoanut cup of kava in the ceremonial of Samoan chiefs, or reflecting under the sacred bo-tree at Anaradjpura.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

[“The more courageous from the deliberation to die.” —Horace, Od., i. 37, 29.] not stimulated with any hope of glory, as the popular and effeminate judgments of some have concluded (for that consideration was too mean and low to possess so generous, so haughty, and so determined a heart as his), but for the very beauty of the thing in itself, which he who had the handling of the springs discerned more clearly and in its perfection than we are able to do.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

As for himself, he loved beauty passionately, and the joy of serving her was to him sufficient wage.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

And everybody went on asking that question, but in vain; for the Judge only said he knew what he was talking 224 about, and stopped there; Tom said he hadn’t any idea what his uncle meant, and Wilson, whenever he was asked what he thought it meant, parried the question by asking the questioner what he thought it meant.
— from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

Perchance a clown, the jester of some hall, The slave of one man, and the fool of all!
— from Mazelli, and Other Poems by George W. Sands

So Aronson set out again to secure bail, and at 4 o'clock had the joy of seeing his master pass down the station steps with his bondsman.
— from The Incendiary: A Story of Mystery by William Augustine Leahy

Bravely endure; Just one short hour— And thy dark room with sunshine glows.
— from Through the Year with Famous Authors by Mabel Patterson

“Joey, old son,” he said, “would you mind clearing up the rest of this stuff?
— from Camp Lenape on the Long Trail by Carl Saxon

I will let the parson know, And for ever, joy or sorrow, he will join us here below.
— from Saltbush Bill, J. P. by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson

Faut saluer le Général , Jan," I said, while he was still some distance away, but Jan only shrugged his shoulders as much as to say, "I might do it, but on the other hand I might not!"
— from Fanny Goes to War by Pat Beauchamp Washington

He perceived that Marie-Anne’s eyes beamed with joy on seeing him again, and could not help thinking he should win her yet.
— from Monsieur Lecoq, v. 2 by Emile Gaboriau

“My—sympathies—are all—with—the—pig,” jerked out Stuart, holding his own against terrific odds.
— from Twos and Threes by G. B. (Gladys Bronwyn) Stern

Indeed I was just a little jealous, or should have been, if jealousy were not such a foolish thing.”
— from Isabel Clarendon, Vol. 2 (of 2) by George Gissing

He was an usher at the little church in Deerpath, and when he passed the collection plate to Janie on Sunday his eyes crinkled up in a smile just as they did now when he passed the letters from box to box at the lake.
— from Cottage on the Curve by Mary Lamers