If I do not, I shall to-morrow night get them to give me a dose of chloral; that cannot hurt me for once, and it will give me a good night’s sleep.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

With that alertness of the senses which is at once the [Pg 178] marvel and despair of civilised peoples, they knew that the pirates were on the island from the moment one of them trod on a dry stick; and in an incredibly short space of time the coyote cries began.
— from Peter and Wendy by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

[41] Ballet's and Bernard's works cited on p. 51 are the most accessible documents of Charcot's school.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Of all grounds for admiration those most readily seized are size, elaboration, splendour of materials, and difficulties or cost involved.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

He perceived the surprise, and immediately pulled a bottle out of his pocket and gave me a dram of cordial, which he had brought on purpose for me.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

This minimum absolute difference, of course, increases as the times compared grow long.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Near Schinn we met a drove of cows, and one of these very remarkable, for each side was a different color, which we never before saw.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

This must be accompanied by a topographical map and details of construction.
— from The Rules of the Game by Stewart Edward White

1902.—On Feb. 3rd an attack was made at dawn on Commandant Alberts' commando by the 21st M. I., Scottish Horse, and 11th Co. I. Y., in which General Alberts and fifty Boers were captured, together with a number of wagons.
— from Two Years on Trek: Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa by Louis Eugène Du Moulin

The heavy trampling of a troop of horse was heard, mingled with the clank of swords, and the next moment a detachment of cavalry dashed past, evidently in pursuit of the fugitive, who had thus contrived to draw them on, putting his own life in jeopardy to preserve the king.
— from Boscobel; or, the royal oak: A tale of the year 1651 by William Harrison Ainsworth

Five rows of gilt braid in five loops made a dash of color that he liked, which, though entirely out of place in a thoroughfare, was admissible in our frontier life.
— from Tenting on the Plains; or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas by Elizabeth Bacon Custer

The minarets and domes of Cairo are left behind; the Pyramids, towering over the groves of palm, stand clearly out against the cloudless sky; and the distant ridges of the Arabian hills glow with softened shades of tawny purple.
— from Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 710 August 4, 1877 by Various

Certainly its completion, and perhaps still more the praise which was given to it by those who first saw it, gave me a degree of confidence that I had mastered the art of fiction which I look back upon now with surprise—and not a little envy.
— from In the Sixties by Harold Frederic

Whether you do small or great things, it will bring you peace of mind and dignity of conscience.
— from The Drunkard by Guy Thorne

These incidents, small in themselves, bring into strong relief the difference between the mentality and degree of civilization of the two races.
— from Armenia and the War by A. P. (Avetoon Pesak) Hacobian

He perceived the surprise, and immediately pulls a bottle out of his pocket, and gave me a dram of cordial, which he had brought on purpose for me.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, Volume 1 With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe, Written By Himself, in Two Volumes by Daniel Defoe