Nor have I found any thing concerning Thee, but what I have kept in memory, ever since I learnt Thee.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

It will be remembered that the engineer had not as yet been able to discover the place where the surplus water escaped, but he knew it must exist somewhere.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

Now these are eating and drinking, which begin at birth—every animal has a natural desire for them, and is violently excited, and rebels against him who says that he must not satisfy all his pleasures and appetites, and get rid of all the corresponding pains—and the third and greatest and sharpest want and desire breaks out last, and is the fire of sexual lust, which kindles in men every species of wantonness and madness.
— from Laws by Plato

"I'll tell you, mademoiselle," answered Pipelet, deliberately; "when these shameless ruffians passed before [Pg 332] my lodge, my blood boiled, and I could not prevent myself from hastily covering my face, that I might not be shocked by the sight of these luxurious malefactors; but, afterwards, I ceased to be astonished; for well I knew I might expect some sight or sound to shock my senses; full well I was prepared for some direful misfortune ere the day had passed, for I dreamed last night of Cabrion."
— from The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Eugène Sue

He, holding the knife, is my eldest son, Nigel, just as he was some five years ago; the other is Henry.
— from The Finger of Fate: A Romance by Mayne Reid

Although unsuccessful, the situation was not without a pleasurable interest for me, for I knew it must end some time, and in a way, no doubt, to give me great enjoyment, judging from the accounts which came to my ears.
— from Daybreak; A Romance of an Old World by James Cowan

"Mr. Kramer," interrupted Mr. Edwards sternly, "this has gone far enough.
— from Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point; Or, Two Chums in the Cadet Gray by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

Who was to know if Millman ever spent the nights in his cell?
— from From Now On by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard