Binet, and I am disposed to account it at least a partial insincerity that he should have assigned entirely to his self-imposed mission, and not at all to his lacerated feelings in the matter of Climene, the action which he had taken at the Feydau.
— from Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution by Rafael Sabatini

The Emperor's courtesy had deceived the poor Queen entirely, and she is said to have returned to her husband's lodgings at Piktupönen in the highest spirits.
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 3 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane

When light mischance, thy fort, or thee Shall visit; meet it merrily: Good luck, and peace, in that house stay Where mourning, first, hath led the way.
— from The Odes of Casimire, Translated by G. Hils by Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski

He has taught with great success in Providence, R. I., also for two years as principal in the Newport high school, and, still later, as principal in the high school of Waukegan, Ill.
— from Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men by Various

on, laboring and pitching in the heavy sea.
— from For Love of Country: A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution by Cyrus Townsend Brady

And suddenly there came the thought: Why should he not go to young Lennan and put it to him straight?
— from The Dark Flower by John Galsworthy

I made off to the left, and passed into the High Street by the end of St. Peter’s Church, now disused.
— from The Invasion of 1910, with a full account of the siege of London by William Le Queux

Keep the cowl on your head as long as possible; if these hounds see and identify you, there will be mischief.'
— from Vittoria — Complete by George Meredith

"I want to make my testimony as light as possible," I told him, "so as not to get into trouble with the Court."
— from The Barrel Mystery by William J. (William James) Flynn