IMG Figure 98 is a fancy sketch of the fleur-de-lys , the lily of France.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

And thus the first man of the Pequod that mounted the mast to look out for the White Whale, on the White Whale’s own peculiar ground; that man was swallowed up in the deep.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

and Louis XII., and stood at the font as sponsor, giving his name to that last light of French chivalry, Francis I. In 1515 he was created a baron, and was afterwards advanced to a count, on account of his great service to Francis and his predecessors.
— from Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims by François duc de La Rochefoucauld

But if, because the discussion is held 559 in the land of foreigners, we ought to adopt the sentiments of foreigners, I demand, O Alexander, that thou shouldst bethink thyself of Greece, for whose sake the whole of this expedition was undertaken by thee, that thou mightest join Asia to Greece.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

But I had formerly been a great lover of fish, and, when this came hot out of the frying-pan, it smelt admirably well.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

"I think, therefore, that we ought to take great numbers of heavy infantry, both from Athens and from our allies, and not merely from our subjects, but also any we may be able to get for love or for money in Peloponnese, and great numbers also of archers and slingers, to make head against the Sicilian horse.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

Fly , to lift, toss, or raise; “ FLY the mags,” i.e. , toss up the halfpence; “to FLY a window,” i.e. , to lift one for the purpose of stealing.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

I took the liberty of following you, trying to make up my mind to speak to you, till you went into your lawyer's.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Following the announcement of the ticket seller that Tom had taken a train for Seattle by way of St. Paul, the Rovers had sent a telegram to the conductor of the train, asking him to look out for Tom and have him detained.
— from The Rover Boys in Alaska; or, Lost in the Fields of Ice by Edward Stratemeyer

He also makes snow-shoes, &c. He is intemperate and improvident, wasting in liquor what would be useful to his family if laid out for provisions, &c.
— from Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

He had no idea then of departing from the strict line of fact.
— from George Borrow in East Anglia by William A. (William Alfred) Dutt

After long happiness, there awaits you a still longer, oh, far longer season of penitence, a rigorous captivity, sleepless nights, unaccustomed tears.
— from The Countess Cosel: A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

'Whatever our souls are made of,' says she, speaking of Heathcliff and herself, 'his and mine are the same; and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire.'
— from The Brontë Family, with special reference to Patrick Branwell Brontë. Vol. 2 of 2 by Francis A. Leyland

THE LITTLE LEVER OF FRANCOIS II.
— from Catherine De Medici by Honoré de Balzac

A cabman leaned over from his box like a gargoyle.
— from Sinister Street, vol. 1 by Compton MacKenzie

Having lots of fat ponies to ride, I used to take a dash up town nearly every night to see how mother was getting along and to see my sweethearts.
— from A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life by Charles A. Siringo