Then the chiefs consulted in presence of the army, and told their opinions; first, which ships should lie nearest to the enemy; and then where each should attack.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

“Then we should leave Naples together.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Having now, my good Mephistophilis, Pass'd with delight the stately town of Trier, 114 Environ'd round with airy mountain-tops, With walls of flint, and deep-entrenched lakes, Not to be won by any conquering prince; From Paris next, 115 coasting the realm of France, We saw the river Maine fall into Rhine, Whose banks are set with groves of fruitful vines; Then up to Naples, rich Campania, Whose buildings fair and gorgeous to the eye, The streets straight forth, and pav'd with finest brick, Quarter the town in four equivalents: There saw we learned Maro's golden tomb, The way he cut, 116 an English mile in length, Thorough a rock of stone, in one night's space; From thence to Venice, Padua, and the rest, In one of which a sumptuous temple stands, 117 That threats the stars with her aspiring top.
— from The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1604 by Christopher Marlowe

These reminiscences were at length cut short by Kate’s return in her walking dress, when Ralph, who had been fretting and fuming during the whole time of her absence, lost no time, and used very little ceremony, in descending into the street.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Mr. Bucket lost no time in transferring this paper, with the dexterity of a conjuror, from Mr. Smallweed to Mr. Jarndyce.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

lipting n the violation in dribbling a basketball where the ball is not hit, but lifted slightly before being bounced.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Be the exceptions more or less numerous, the general purpose of the law of torts is to secure a man indemnity against certain forms of harm to person, reputation, or estate, at the hands of his neighbors, not because they are wrong, but because they are harms.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

For if the king like not the comedy, Why then, belike he likes it not, perdie. Come, some music.
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare

The circulation of the book was very large. Not to speak of the thousands which were sold here, it went through numerous editions in England.
— from The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by George Lewis Prentiss

Therein lives a poor paralysed girl; the window of her little room looks northward, the sun does not enter here.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

The lad noticed that Mr. Damon was in the telephone booth.
— from Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout; Or, The Speediest Car on the Road by Victor Appleton

THE NEGRO SALE AS might have been expected, the day of sale brought an unusually large number together to compete for the property to be sold.
— from Clotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; Or, The President's Daughter by William Wells Brown

It is uncritical to doubt the statement of a contemporary, when that statement relates what is probable in itself, and what those who lived nearest to the period never denied.
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle

On these Benee would leave no trail.
— from In Far Bolivia: A Story of a Strange Wild Land by Gordon Stables

I.1.47 (276,7) no levell'd malice Infects one comma in the course I hold; But flies an eagle-flight, bold, and forth on, Leaving no tract behind] To level is to aim , to point the shot at a mark.
— from Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Samuel Johnson

Upon examination, the ship's papers proved to be in order, but Lawless, determined to leave nothing to chance, ordered the hatch-covers to be removed.
— from Commander Lawless V.C. Being the Further Adventures of Frank H. Lawless, Until Recently a Lieutenant in His Majesty's Navy by Rolf Bennett

They were virtually outlaws, and knew it, and lost no time in getting out of sight.
— from Young Captain Jack; Or, The Son of a Soldier by Alger, Horatio, Jr.