In war and negotiation, the councils of Madras and Calcutta, have upon several occasions, conducted themselves with a resolution and decisive wisdom, which would have done honour to the senate of Rome in the best days of that republic.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

They gave him brandy mixed with some pink extract of meat, and carried him upstairs to bed.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

('Come in!'), and I stepped into the room, Mr. Adler came hurriedly up to meet me, and, taking both my hands, exclaimed joyfully, 'You have come again.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

Women never should marry for money—" Amy caught herself up short as the words escaped her, and looked at her husband, who replied, with malicious gravity,— "Certainly not, though you do hear charming girls say that they intend to do it sometimes.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

The Demon Page 346 seized the Master and carried him under one arm and Sha Ho-shang under the other to the Lotus Cave.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

‘It had been left to her, unconditionally, by her first husband,’ Mr. Murdstone began, when my aunt caught him up with the greatest irascibility and impatience.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Pinioned in the castle courtyard, seated on black hurdles drawn by white horses, [14] with the executioner, axe in hand, crouching behind, they were drawn, to make a Carlisle holiday, under the gloomy arch of the castle gate, through the thronged and staring street, and along the London road to Harraby Hill, where they suffered, one after another, the barbarous penalty for high treason.
— from From Gretna Green to Land's End: A Literary Journey in England. by Katharine Lee Bates

For they were painting at the Monastery of the Sisters of Faenza , where they had very serious imployment, and followed their businesse diligently: where having found them, and saluting them in such kinde manner, as continually he used to doe, thus he began.
— from The Decameron (Day 6 to Day 10) Containing an hundred pleasant Novels by Giovanni Boccaccio

Their charred elbows and ribs, stared out, like the remains of some extinct monsters; a little delay might have found each of them armed and manned, and carrying havoc upon the rivers and the seas.
— from Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend

Master Askew caught her up in his Arms and gave her many Kisses, and told her she must return with me; whereon she came and placed her Hand in mine, in full Assurance of Faith.
— from The Colloquies of Edward Osborne, Citizen and Clothworker of London by Anne Manning

This time he had no misgivings and congratulated himself upon his professional cleverness in tracking his man down.
— from A Royal Prisoner by Pierre Souvestre

many a Christian has used Christ for his own advancement and comfort, just as he uses everything in the world.
— from The Master's Indwelling by Andrew Murray

Had their meeting occurred under more auspicious circumstances, he undoubtedly would have complimented her on her charming appearance; but for one who had been eating his heart out during eight consecutive hours solely on her account, it was hardly to be expected.
— from When Dreams Come True by Ritter Brown