Some of our best travels, some of our most amusing literary productions, have been the compositions of military men.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

But somehow or other her mother at last persuaded her, and she was forced to tell the whole story.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

You must hope for us both, Maximilian; that will make me at least partly happy.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

There is therefore only one reasonable course open to me; I must make him accountable for his own actions, I must at least preserve him from being taken unawares, and I must show him plainly the dangers which beset his path.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

But as he had no order, it is subjoined, to attract them, viz., the Mississagués, to his mission at La Presentation —he avoided a more lengthened explanation.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

“I count myself a lucky person,” he concluded, “When I’m in London I feel I could never live out of it.
— from A Room with a View by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

At eleven o’clock, I rang the bell for Betteredge, and told Mr. Blake that he might at last prepare himself for bed.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

He was speaking slowly, and when he made a long pause here, Evelyn rose and went over to the open grate and poked in the [Pg 222] ashes for the few remaining coals.
— from The Main Chance by Meredith Nicholson

All was excitement in a moment, although Lescarbot privately had to admit that he could not even see a sail, to say nothing of recognizing the boat or its occupants.
— from Days of the Discoverers by Louise Lamprey

The terms of the manifesto, after la Peyrade had made a rough draft of it, were discussed at great length.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

“I don’t mean a large party,” her father hastened to explain.
— from Ruth Erskine's Crosses by Pansy

"Well, it seems that he has come down here to look up some property that belonged to his great-grandfather and which he should have inherited by all rights; but, unfortunately, his trunk, with all the papers he needs, has gone astray, and, what is more, he was robbed of his pocketbook; so now, while he is waiting to find the trunk and until his next quarter's money comes in, he finds himself, as they express it, 'momentarily embarrassed'; but, having his camera with him and being a good amateur photographer, he is turning his gifts to account, that he may at least pay his board."
— from Talbot's Angles by Amy Ella Blanchard

Caesar had many followers, among them Lucius Paulus, colleague of Marcellus, and Lucius Piso, his father-in-law, who was censor.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

Even if there had been some sort of a marriage, the woman should have taken herself off when she had received her money, and left poor Hester to enjoy her happiness, her husband, and her home at Bolton.
— from John Caldigate by Anthony Trollope

After the customary medical and legal proceedings, he was ordered to be sent to the Charenton Hospital.
— from The Man With The Broken Ear by Edmond About