I've seen her—day after day—settin' over there where the dunes meet the woods, just sittin' there, lookin'.
— from Plays by Susan Glaspell

O Lord Jesu, said the Lady Ettard, how is it befallen unto me that I love now him that I have most hated of any man alive?
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

We may, therefore, with justice say, that logical reflection is mere comparison, for in it
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Not without great difficulty was the Captain prevailed upon to defer his journey some time longer; but what could be done?
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

She’s just superb, that little woman.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

The difference would be merely personal; but we should not forget that the Christians had offered to capitulate, and that the Mahometans of Jerusalem sustained the last extremities of an assault and storm.
— 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

The occasional splash and snort of contending alligators, about twenty yards off, varied the monotony of the hours of darkness, while the frogs and cranes and jaguars sang their lullaby.
— from Martin Rattler by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Captain John Smith: the lad from Lincolnshire.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1973 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

“But you might not like the job,” suggested the Lizard.
— from The Efficiency Expert by Edgar Rice Burroughs

All the memories of the young years of culture and ease; all the daintiness of perfect dress and perfect manners; all the assurance that a vague, sweet dream was becoming real; all the sense of a struggle for a livelihood now ended; all the breaking of the grip of stern duty, and an unbending pride in a clear conscience, although their rewards had been inspiringly sweet—all these seemed to Jerry Swaim to lift her suddenly and completely into the real life from which these three busy, strange years had taken her.
— from The Reclaimers by Margaret Hill McCarter

Madame Gironac, who was a good judge, stated the laces to be worth at least 200 pounds, and the other articles, such as silks, etcetera, with the dresses and lace, at about 100 pounds more.
— from Valerie by Frederick Marryat

"My client will be in court this morning, Judge," said the lawyer, looking up from his plate.
— from The Graysons: A Story of Illinois by Edward Eggleston

His daughter married Sir James Stuart, the last baronet of Allanbank, and was the "pert wife" against whom Charles Sharpe inveighed with such bitterness for persuading her husband to sell the portrait of "Pearlin' Jean."
— from Walks near Edinburgh by Margaret Warrender

I knew you'd want to know what I'd found the minute I got back, so I came here from the train, just stopping to leave my satchel at the office.
— from The Fortune of the Landrays by Vaughan Kester