Hereupon they were disconsolate, and not able to contain their grief, and proceeded so far as to lament and shed tears on those accounts; but the people in general were contented with their present condition; and because they were allowed to build them a temple, they desired no more, and neither regarded nor remembered, nor indeed at all tormented themselves with the comparison of that and the former temple, as if this were below their expectations; but the wailing of the old men and of the priests, on account of the deficiency of this temple, in their opinion, if compared with that which had been demolished, overcame the sounds of the trumpets and the rejoicing of the people.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

He will point to some mountain and tell you that some famous hero or beauty lived and sorrowed there, or he will tell you that Tir-na-nog, the Country of the Young, the old Celtic paradise—the Land of the Living Heart, as it used to be called—is all about him.’
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

For the long absent ship, the outward-bounder, perhaps, has letters on board; at any rate, she will be sure to let her have some papers of a date a year or two later than the last one on her blurred and thumb-worn files.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

These words are mere scratches, curious variations of light and shade, to one to whom they are not linguistic signs.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

The result of these different works was, that, on the 9th of April, the engineer had at his disposal a quantity of prepared lime and some thousands of bricks.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

Don Quixote and Sancho mounted once more, and with the same music and acclamations reached their conductor's house, which was large and stately, that of a rich gentleman, in short; and there for the present we will leave them, for such is Cide Hamete's pleasure.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

"Yes. I should have gone over to call on you long ago," said the other.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

I got a good place amongst the leaves, and set there on a log, munching the bread and watching the ferry-boat, and very well satisfied.
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

There exists in London a singular tribe of men, known amongst the “fraternity of vagabonds” as chaunters and patterers.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

It was some small satisfaction to me to observe his spare, short-waisted, high-shouldered, mulberry-coloured great-coat perched up, in company with an umbrella like a small tent, on the edge of the back seat on the roof, while Agnes was, of course, inside; but what I underwent in my efforts to be friendly with him, while Agnes looked on, perhaps deserved that little recompense.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

There old Ikey must have viewed him had he been on his way to the pools at his usual hour; but he was late, and soon the otter was amongst the crags.
— from The Life Story of an Otter by J. C. (John Coulson) Tregarthen

“Land alive!” said the old lady, sitting down in the chair which he brought her; “you got pounded, did you?”
— from Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney

The man commeth after among other of his friends, and they cary with them to the church a great pot of wine or mead: then the priest coupleth them together much after our order, one promising to loue and seme the other during their liues together, &c. which being done, they begin to drinke, and first the woman drinketh to the man, and when he hath drunke he letteth the cuppe fell to the ground, hasting immediately to tread vpon it, and so doth she, and whether of them tread first vpon it must haue the victorie and be master at all times after, which commonly happeneth to the man, for he is readiest to set his foot on it, because he letteth it fall himselfe, then they goe home againe, the womans face beeing vncouered.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 by Richard Hakluyt

"It's clearing a little again," said the other cheerfully.
— from Air Men o' War by Boyd Cable

I cannot account for the impulse, the irresistible power of which has forced me to disclose the hateful mystery to you, but the fact is this, beginning like a speck, this one idea has gradually darkened and dilated, until it has filled my entire mind.
— from The Evil Guest by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Boonara gathered in many of the keepers of the fence, who had tired of the life and settled there on a mere pittance.
— from The Sweep Winner by Nat Gould

I have long and seriously thought of this matter but would not be in a hurry to mention it until we knew how long this will last.
— from Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette by Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de

It appears from this document that Abamrama, who is none other than a Babylonian Abraham, was a small farmer, who leased a small tract of land.
— from Archæology and the Bible by George A. (George Aaron) Barton

Buffalmacco, having caught about thirty large beetles, he fastened to the back of each, by means of small needles, a minute taper, which he lighted, and sent them one by one into his master's room, through a crack in the door, about the time he was accustomed to rise and summon him to his labors.
— from Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner

The Chinaman cook brewed good herbs and steamed my limbs and straightened them out and some of the Coeur d'Alene squaws said they prayed for me.
— from A Survivor's Recollections of the Whitman Massacre by Matilda Sager