You have doubtless observed, from your station at Rosedew that sea-going vessels now come through Ossabaw Sound and up the Ogeechee to the rear of my army, giving me abundant supplies of all kinds, and more especially heavy ordnance necessary for the reduction of Savannah.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

It was certainly a surprise to me, and gave me a considerable shock, but Van Helsing was unmoved.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

Since then we have said that there are three sorts of regular governments, and of these the best must necessarily be that which is administered by the best men (and this must be that which happens to have one man, or one family, or a number of persons excelling all the rest in virtue, who are able to govern and be governed in such a manner as will make life most agreeable, and we have already shown that the virtue of a good man and of a citizen in the most perfect government will be the same), it is evident, that in the same manner, and for those very qualities which would procure a man the character of good, any one would say, that the government of a state was a well-established aristocracy or kingdom; so that it will be found to be education and [1288b] morals that are almost the whole which go to make a good man, and the same qualities will make a good citizen or good king.
— from Politics: A Treatise on Government by Aristotle

M. Paretti had promised to get me a good man, and he presented himself just as we were finishing dinner, and I made a present of him to my niece.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

But I was fain to go and look after something to satisfy my hunger, and going among the wigwams, I went into one and there found a squaw who showed herself very kind to me, and gave me a piece of bear.
— from Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary White Rowlandson

It soon became clear to those on the inside that the sovereign American people had “bought a gold brick,” that is to say, had made a grievous mistake and had done wrong .
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

Then follow me, and give me audience, friends.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

It might easily happen,” thought Rostóv, “that the Emperor will meet me and give me an order as he would to any other officer; he’ll say: ‘Go and find out what’s there.’
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

She takes a very pretty interest in her simple outfit,—showing me triumphantly certain of her purchases, and making a great mystery about others, which she is pleased to denominate tablecloths and napkins.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

In fact, I did not waken till nearly eleven o'clock, and having taken my bath I dressed myself slowly, made a good meal at midday, and altogether felt better than I had done for the last week.
— from A Creature of the Night: An Italian Enigma by Fergus Hume

He has clothed me and given me an education, and been so kind and good that, now that he is ill and helpless, I simply can't go on using his money.
— from Cap'n Eri by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

They contrast beautifully with the rest of me, and give me a certain sense of stability that otherwise I should not have, for they're the only part of me that looks in the least natural.
— from The Gaunt Gray Wolf: A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob by Dillon Wallace

I fancied that I was marrying a great man, a genius, an inspired statesman, and I found myself allied to a political machine.
— from The Mischief-Maker by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

He was a good scholar, if less deeply learned than his brother; a mathematician, a good musician, and had besides some knowledge of drawing and architecture.
— from Sir Christopher Wren: His Family and His Times With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished. 1585-1723. by Lucy Phillimore

She was not enjoying herself as much at Grayleigh Manor as she had expected, and, somehow or other, she felt that she was in disgrace.
— from Daddy's Girl by L. T. Meade

You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.
— from The World English Bible (WEB), Complete by Anonymous

I apprehend that she will meet with divers young gentlemen, with any of whom she might make a good match; and she can then make selection of him that will be most agreeable to her.”
— from The Maidens' Lodge; or, None of Self and All of Thee (In the Reign of Queen Anne) by Emily Sarah Holt