What my own astonished eyes saw of Bartleby, that is all I know of him, except, indeed, one vague report which will appear in the sequel.
— from Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street by Herman Melville

But there are many kinds of hunters engaged in the Pursuit of Happiness, and they go variously armed.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

Thus by a fair harmony of events Heaven ordained, that when some saw her departure out of this world, the others should have knowledge of her entrance into the eternal life of souls.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

By him O King of high estate, Is Janasthán left desolate.”
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

What my own astonished eyes saw of Bartleby, that is all I know of him, except, indeed, one vague report, which will appear in the sequel.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

The fire and keenness of his eye, its proud exultation, its bold fierceness, its sullen watchfulness, as occasion, and even slight occasion, had called forth the latent soul, she had often observed with emotion; while from the usual expression of his countenance she had always shrunk.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

I have described at length these Swiss lake dwellings, although they do not belong to the antiquities of our villages in England, because much the same kind of habitations existed in our country, though few have as yet been unearthed.
— from English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

The keeper opened his eyes in some surprise at her uncompromising tone, but he said triumphantly: "I caught 'im poachin'—" "Stand up!
— from The Terrible Twins by Edgar Jepson

Do but remember the books and lectures by which students are instructed; or consider the criticisms of Ruskin; or look at the doings of the Pre-Raffaelites; and you will see that progress in painting implies increasing knowledge of how effects in Nature are produced.
— from Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer

The object is primarily to give the novice a good working knowledge of his engine, its operation and care.
— from Reading the Weather by Thomas Morris Longstreth

So long as he was obliged to keep one hand extended in front in order to save his face and neck, he could adopt no precautions to hide his footprints from the prying eyes of his enemies.
— from Camp-fire and Wigwam by Edward Sylvester Ellis

Andrew, Brother, of Antioch, his strange address to Philip of France, iii. 110 . —— II., king of Hungary, engages in the sixth crusade, ii. 217 , ii. 224 .
— from The History of the Crusades (vol. 3 of 3) by J. Fr. (Joseph Fr.) Michaud

I do not see that the reasoning of either Colonel Kirkpatrick, or his editor, is here conclusive.
— from An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Francis Hamilton

Of what benefit is the keenness of his emotions if he makes no record of them?
— from The Athelings; or, the Three Gifts. Complete by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

The souerane kyng of hevyn etherial In few wordis maid answer thus at all: 20 Gif thow askis a resput or delay, Bot for a tyme, or tyll a certane day, Of thys evident deth of Turnus ȝyng, Desyrand I suld grant the sik a thyng, All thocht he mortale be rycht sone
— from The Æneid of Virgil Translated Into Scottish Verse. Volumes 1 & 2 by Virgil