Kate laughingly replied that she was quite convinced; and as her mama still appeared undetermined whether it was not absolutely essential that the subject should be renewed, proposed that they should take their work into the summer-house, and enjoy the beauty of the afternoon.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

my indian horse carried me very well in short much better than my own would have done and leaves me with but little reason to complain of the robery.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Superstition is related to this life, religion to the next; superstition allies itself to fatality, religion to virtue; it is by the vitality of earthly desires we become superstitious, and by the sacrifice of these desires that we become religious.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

So we remained awhile, lightened of the pressing burthen of fate, forgetful of death, into whose night we were about to plunge; no longer reflecting that our eyes now and for ever were and would be the only ones which might perceive the divine magnificence of this terrestrial exhibition.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

It was at last ruled to be dangerous, and was just excluded by the limit of 271 years.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

They heard with delight the gentle whisper of the fountain, lulling the senses with its low, rippling tones; the soft purling of the brook as it rushes over the pebbles, or the mighty voice of the waterfall as it dashes on in its headlong course; and the beings which they pictured to themselves as presiding over all these charming sights and sounds of nature, corresponded, in their graceful appearance, with the scenes with which they were associated.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

'I wear the chain I forged in life,' replied the Ghost.
— from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Jno. 21.8, 9, 11; the earth, world, Mat. 5.18, 35, et al.; a land, region, tract, country, territory, Mat. 2.20; 14.34; by way of eminence, Canaan or Palestine, Mat. 5.5; 24.30; 27.45.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

When I think to grow greater, ‘tis but very moderately, and by a compelled and timorous advancement, such as is proper for me in resolution, in prudence, in health, in beauty, and even in riches too; but this supreme reputation, this mighty authority, oppress my imagination; and, quite contrary to that other,—[Julius Caesar.]—I should, peradventure, rather choose to be the second or third in Perigord than the first at Paris at least, without lying, rather the third at Paris than the first.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

"Léontine," replied the girl.
— from Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

He was— She pulled herself up and seized the pretty beaded vanity bag lying ready to her hand.
— from The Man in the Twilight by Ridgwell Cullum

It was a terrible night for man and beast, and Tom Venner, as he drove his caravan along the lonely road towards the adjoining town, found it a very difficult matter to make headway in the teeth of the warring elements.
— from Chatterbox, 1906 by Various

The Lord reminded that I had promised I would preach any part of his Word whenever and wherever he led me to do so.
— from Trials and Triumphs of Faith by Mary Cole

“I don’t know why I’m sure, but I am,” declared Larry, refusing to be deterred.
— from Captain Lucy in the Home Sector by Aline Havard

A new supply of whittled wooden "tablets" on which to write lay ready to his hand.
— from As It Was in the Beginning by Philip Verrill Mighels

‘“T’ bet’s won!” shouts the Squire, marking t’ horse pick himself up before his rider and gallop away by himself over t’ far field; “t’ damned cockney cannot ride at all.” ‘“Yes, you’ve won your bet,” replies my lady, gathering her skirts together and holding them close as she passes him by, “but possibly you may have lost remembrance that you were born a gentleman,” and with that she proudly turns her back and sweeps away down t’ stairs.
— from Tales of Northumbria by Howard Pease

The engine long resists the most energetic and repeated efforts of the crew, who, exposed half naked to the burning sun of the Mediterranean, work the capstan to which the cable and engine are attached, while the padrone urges and excites them to increased exertion; the sailors meanwhile trim the sails, and sing with a slow and monotonous tone a song, the words of which improvise in a sort of psalmody the names of the saints most revered among the seafaring Italian population.
— from The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 4 by Frederick Whymper

We know that the Conservative Government is a mere sham, and that it largely reduced the strength of the British artillery in 1888-89.
— from The Last Boer War by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

On a long rough table was a repast, just as little in keeping with the refined kitchens of Paris as the room was with its architecture.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 1 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing