As she did so, the woman paused in her work and looked up curiously, resting her clenched red fists on the wet cloth she had just drawn from her pail.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

“You are going to leave us?” cried Renée, unable to hide her emotion at this unexpected announcement.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Scarcely had they been attached to the Spanish crown than they had to sustain with their blood and the efforts of their sons the wars and ambitions of conquest of the Spanish people, and in these struggles, in that terrible [ 32 ] crisis when a people changes its form of government, its laws, usages, customs, religion and beliefs the Philippines were depopulated, impoverished and retarded—caught in their metamorphosis, without confidence in their past, without faith in their present and with no fond hope for the years to come.
— from The Philippines a Century Hence by José Rizal

“Let us continue,” resumed the engineer.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

To—o—om!" came her long, unnatural cry, ringing over the night.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

From out the dense folds of a canopy of black smoke, the blackest I ever saw, leaped up continually red forks of lurid flame as high as the tree tops, igniting the branches of a group of tall pines that had been left standing for saw-logs.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

Two statements, next, may at once be made regarding the tragic fact as he represents it: one, that it is and remains to us something piteous, fearful and mysterious; the other, that the [26] representation of it does not leave us crushed, rebellious or desperate.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

“Let us come round the hedge by the gap below.”
— from Eugene Aram — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Therefore, let us carefully regulate the attention to be paid to this trumpet of danger, so that it may not disturb our digestion.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature by Arthur Schopenhauer

"Let us continue," resumed the engineer.
— from Abandoned by Jules Verne

In this state of weakness, and with the fear of impending dissolution before his eyes, the skipper sent for Mr. Harry Thomson, and after some comparisons between lawyers and sharks, in which stress was laid upon certain redeeming features of the latter, paid a guinea and made his will.
— from The Lady of the Barge and Others, Entire Collection by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

"Old folks didn't low us chillun round when they was talkin' bout their business, no ma'am.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

He forthwith, assembled the states of the landgraviate, in order to take such measures as might appear necessary to maintain the religion, laws, and constitution of the country; and the prince was laid under certain restrictions, which he did not find it an easy task to set aside.
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II. by T. (Tobias) Smollett

This is a legal and old-covenant spirit that secretly persuades the soul that if ever it will be saved by Christ, if must be fitted for Christ by its getting of a good heart and good intentions to do this and that for Christ; I say, that the soul when it comes to Christ may not be rejected or turned off; when in deed and in truth this is the very way for the soul to turn itself from Jesus Christ, instead of turning to Him; for such a soul looks upon Christ rather to be a painted Saviour or a cypher than a very and real Saviour.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

The Jews in Egypt labored under circumstances remarkably similar to those of the American Negro.
— from A Review of Hoffman's Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 1 by Kelly Miller

Many of these old Dutchmen’s places of business lasted until comparatively recent years, and were known as the “Frying Pan Houses.”
— from The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries: To-Day and in Days of Old by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper

If, however, it was done without his knowledge or against his will, then let unbiased Christian reason, nay, let Christian charity, decide which of the two has done the greater injury to the other.
— from Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther