As time goes on, and the process of differentiation continues, the order of medicine-men is itself subdivided into such classes as the healers of disease, the makers of rain, and so forth; while the most powerful member of the order wins for himself a position as chief and gradually develops into a sacred king, his old magical functions falling more and more into the background and being exchanged for priestly or even divine duties, in proportion as magic is slowly ousted by religion.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Eh?' 'Not one,' replied Master Bates, in a voice rendered husky by regret; 'not one.' 'Then what do you talk of?' replied Fagin angrily; 'what are you blubbering for?' ''Cause it isn't on the rec-ord, is it?' said Charley, chafed into perfect defiance of his venerable friend by the current of his regrets; ''cause it can't come out in the 'dictment; 'cause nobody will never know half of what he was.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

At the entrance to his house, he craned forward towards Almer and, staggering, kissed him on the lips, having the old Moscow habit of kissing indiscriminately on every occasion.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

He had, as I well knew, hosts of friends in Frizinghall; and he would be at no loss how to fill up his time until I returned to the hotel.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

The messengers begged the priest to go with them, but he thought it was a difficult matter: for he knew his own ignorance, and would not go.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

The year following, he married Angelique-Marie de Granville, elder daughter of the celebrated magistrate of that name, and began to keep house on rue du Rocher, where he had a house, furnished with the best of taste.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

But a spiritualist can easily conceive that he and others might have mistaken the risen spirits of those resurrected persons for their physical bodies, because they know that many mistakes of this kind have occurred in modern times.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

I kela manawa, aia no o Laieikawai iloko o ka halehale poipu o ka nalu, a i ka haki maikai ana o ka nalu, i alawa ae ka hana o Laieikawai, aole o Halaaniani me ia.
— from The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by S. N. Haleole

She drew herself up, shook her head as though by the movement to chase away sad thoughts from her, and gave Karl her hand, kissing him on his wrinkled temple as he bent his head in salutation.
— from Childhood by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

He had at any rate something to tell her, and he didn't know his opportunity would reduce itself to half an hour.
— from The Wings of the Dove, Volume II by Henry James

Whenever a traveller happened to enter the forest in which the robber Nightingale had his domicile, it was pity for him if he had neglected to make his will; for the robber Nightingale whistled so impressively that the poor traveller must needs faint away, and then the wretched whistler stepped forward and killed him outright.
— from Musical Myths and Facts, Volume 1 (of 2) by Carl Engel

The animal was something like a Kentucky hog, often called a "racer," because he is so tall and lank.
— from Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by Oliver Optic

Reach under the table and kick him on the shins.
— from Get Next! by George V. (George Vere) Hobart

She knows that he was once in love with her, and she kisses him often.
— from Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Romain Rolland

Mustafa Páshá, the sword-bearer to Sultán Murad IV., built a khán here of fifty fire-places, and one hundred shops, but died before it was finished.
— from Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. II by Evliya Çelebi

“Let us recapitulate,” said Aramis, determined to keep himself on his guard, and gliding his hand into his breast where he had a dagger concealed.
— from Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas

He kept hold of it until they reached the house, and even whilst they mounted the steps.
— from Mary by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson