Chia Jui's infamous intentions had at this junction undergone no change; but far from his thoughts being even then any idea that lady Feng was humbugging him, he seized, after the lapse of a couple of days, the first leisure moments to come again in search of that lady.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

There’s not a man that joins us now who does not make a friend for life.”
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

‘Dear, kind Rat,’ murmured Toad, ‘how little you realise my condition, and how very far I am from “jumping up” now—if ever!
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

"Dear, kind Rat," murmured Toad, "how little you realise my condition, and how very far I am from 'jumping up' now—if ever!
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

HIGGINS [jumping up] Nonsense!
— from Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw

There is no sin save against God; what is done against men, man shall not sit in judgment upon, nor call to account, except in the name of God.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Nevertheless, we will place before you what we can justly urge, not only on the question of the quarrel which the Thebans have against us, but also as addressing you and the rest of the Hellenes; and we will remind you of our good services, and endeavour to prevail with you.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

he is jolting us now.
— from A Room with a View by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

The Marquesses of Seafort and Tullibardine came and joined us next day, and in the evening held a council of war to resolve what was to be done.
— from The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) by J. Pringle (James Pringle) Thomson

The coming of Le Jeune uncertain; not probably till fall.
— from Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete by Aaron Burr

Instead of two days of moving, it was not until the 25th that our artillery joined us near Chattanooga.
— from From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet

But you said—— J ULIE No, I didn’t.
— from Liliom: A Legend in Seven Scenes and a Prologue by Ferenc Molnár

Joyce understood, now, why the room where the Christmas tree stood had been kept so carefully locked.
— from The Gate of the Giant Scissors by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

Ole Rödsheim spoke good English, and the following arrangement was soon concluded; he was to join us near Molmen, and guide our party over the mountains, to Skeaker, Lom, and Rödsheim, and ascend with us the Galdhöpiggen, for the sum of three dollars and a half, finding himself board and lodging; his services afterwards, if required, to be 4 marks a day, including everything.
— from Tent life with English Gipsies in Norway by Hubert (Solicitor) Smith

Secondly, why do the Japanese use no 1, 2, 3 on their dials?
— from Time and Its Measurement by James Arthur

She jumped up now, and, kissing Mrs. Dainopoulos, hastened away to see to the evening meal.
— from Command by William McFee