As daylight was beginning to dawn, I tore myself from their loving embraces, gained my room in safety, and slept the sleep of the just until late in the morning.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

Now had the Almighty Father from above, From the pure Empyrean where he sits High Thron'd above all highth, bent down his eye, His own works and their works at once to view: About him all the Sanctities of Heaven 60 Stood thick as Starrs, and from his sight receiv'd Beatitude past utterance; on his right The radiant image of his Glory sat, His onely Son; On Earth he first beheld Our two first Parents, yet the onely two Of mankind, in the happie Garden plac't, Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love, Uninterrupted joy, unrivald love In blissful solitude; he then survey'd Hell and the Gulf between, and Satan there 70
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

Now had the Almighty Father from above, From the pure Empyrean where he sits High Thron’d above all highth, bent down his eye, His own works and their works at once to view: About him all the Sanctities of Heaven Stood thick as Starrs, and from his sight receiv’d Beatitude past utterance; on his right The radiant image of his Glory sat, His onely Son; On Earth he first beheld Our two first Parents, yet the onely two Of mankind, in the happie Garden plac’t, Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love, Uninterrupted joy, unrivald love In blissful solitude; he then survey’d Hell and the Gulf between, and Satan there Coasting the wall of Heav’n on this side Night In the dun Air sublime, and ready now To stoop with wearied wings, and willing feet On the bare outside of this World, that seem’d Firm land imbosom’d without Firmament, Uncertain which, in Ocean or in Air.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

[ Priori ( Bruto ) tamen similior, juvenis uterque, longe ingenio quam cujus simulationem induerat, ut sub hoc obtentû liberator ille P R. aperiretur tempore suo....
— 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

To pass a definitive judgment upon "Louis is, in my opinion, an outrage against the "definitive will of the nation.
— from Historical Epochs of the French Revolution With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death by Henry Goudemetz

He lingered to talk to Pamela, and he had no chance to talk to Julia until later in the evening.
— from Brenda's Cousin at Radcliffe: A Story for Girls by Helen Leah Reed

Being among strangers, Barnum had some difficulty in procuring the $500 bond required, and was committed to jail until late in the afternoon.
— from A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career: Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum by Joel Benton

"But you must join us later in the evening," said they.
— from The Gray Dawn by Stewart Edward White

One of the most noted books in the collection of J. U. Lloyd is a Materia Medica written by Dr. David Schoepf, a learned German scholar, who traveled through this country in 1787.
— from Etidorhpa; or, The End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd

One tires of this hurrying, bustling, jostling, uproarious life in the city, and then laziness in the country is considered the greatest of earthly boons.
— from The Actress' Daughter: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming

348 is shown an interesting joint used largely in the making of Indian cots.
— from Woodwork Joints: How They Are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. by William Fairham

One journalist said jestingly that probably Jimmy had gone to see what had become of his African friend; but the joke, such as it was, was not favourably received, for when a man is called Jimmy until late in life, it shows that people have an affection for him, and every one who knew Spence was sorry he had disappeared, and hoped that no evil had overtaken him.
— from Revenge! by Robert Barr

There he slept the sleep of the just until late in the morning.
— from Ekkehard: A Tale of the Tenth Century. Vol. 1 (of 2) by Joseph Victor von Scheffel