“I was joking,” said the countess, “you may love Irene with a good conscience.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

[JACK stops the cracking of a nut, and looks at SNOW.]
— from The Silver Box: A Comedy in Three Acts by John Galsworthy

In 1938, ARS member James Wyld suggested a cooling system whereby propellants circulate through a jacket surrounding the combustion chamber.
— from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution by Lynne C. Murphy

The jungle seemed to contain samples of every rare and curious tree and bush that we had ever seen or heard of.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

“M. Morrel is in his room, is he not, Mademoiselle Julie?” said the cashier.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Just see the cunning little wench.
— from The Imaginary Invalid by Molière

K. learned in this way that the Italian first had a few business matters to settle, that he unfortunately had only a little time at his disposal, that he certainly did not intend to rush round to see every monument in the city, that he would much rather - at least as long as K. would agree, it was entirely his decision - just see the cathedral and to do so thoroughly.
— from The Trial by Franz Kafka

Cosmas said the earth was flat; if it was round how could men on the other side at the day of judgment see the coming of the Lord?
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 04 (of 12) Dresden Edition—Lectures by Robert Green Ingersoll

Capt. James Scott, the commander of a trading vessel
— from Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; with a brief account of some incidents of his life by Amos Lawrence

But I’ve seen it, and I can just see those creatures now, parading before that shield and acting like that.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

“When we reached San Juan,” said the captain of the Restormel , “the consignees told me very curtly that the persons for whom the coal was destined were in Curacoa.
— from The Boys of '98 by James Otis

“When Greek meets Greek,” said Jack, soliloquizing, “then comes the tug of—” “Hurrah!” shouted Peterkin in the distance.
— from The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

And he would finish the evening meal earlier than the rest of the people at the table and leave to go back to the living room to read or watch television, and not just stay to converse.
— from Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission