“As for me, I had been forgotten in the general confusion; I ran toward Ali Tepelini; he saw me hold out my arms to him, and he stooped down and pressed my forehead with his lips.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

One of the more clearly expressed of these enigmas is the following, which treats of the wheel of the year with its twelve months and three hundred and sixty days:— Provided with twelve spokes and undecaying, The wheel of order rolls around the heavens; Within it stand, O Agni, joined in couples, Together seven hundred sons and twenty.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me, and the heart appoints.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

At the Marble Arch they hailed an omnibus, which left them close to their shabby home in the Euston Road.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

ENDNOTES: (1) Hauga-thing means a Thing held at the tumuli or burial mounds.—L. H2 anchor 2. OF THE FORCES OF HARALD AND MAGNUS.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

The multitude also flocked about him greatly, and made mighty acclamations to him, and nothing was omitted which could be thought suitable to such as had been so unexpectedly preserved.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

If the General Medical Council, the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal Academy of Arts, the Incorporated Law Society, and Convocation were abolished, and their functions handed over to the Mr Redford, the Concert of Europe would presumably declare England mad, and treat her accordingly.
— from Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw

There is only one objection to this system with regard to our body: which is, that though nothing be more agreeable than health, and more painful than sickness, yet commonly men are neither proud of the one, nor mortifyed with the other.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Notwithstanding, she was proud of him as he lounged in his lambent fashion in her home, he was so attentive and courteous to her mother and to herself all the time.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

And there are other indications that conciliation and agreement in labour matters are to have a fair trial.
— from The Law and the Poor by Parry, Edward Abbott, Sir

The trouble seemed to be that both males were suitors, and notwithstanding the pretty little maid appeared to have a mind of her own and to prefer the younger of her wooers, the older plainly refused "to take no for an answer," and was determined to have his own way, bringing to bear on his courtship all the persistence of his race.
— from In Nesting Time by Olive Thorne Miller

Thou wylt prepare a table before me in the presence of myne aduersaries; thou has annoynted my head with oyle, and my cup shalbe brymme full.
— from Lectures on Bible Revision by Samuel Newth

“You are unworthy of the sword,” cried Wittich, who had come up with the other warriors: “Do you remember how you left your weapon in its sheath when the robbers were attacking me, and that Hildebrand and Hornboge alone helped me?”
— from Epics and Romances of the Middle Ages by Wilhelm Wägner

And she would help Minna at the hospital, and hope to be rewarded with the opportunity of bringing comfort and consolation to the wounded British prisoners.
— from Mrs. Warren's Daughter: A Story of the Woman's Movement by Harry Johnston

I was most assiduous to her; and my attentions evidently softened her.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

You must know that this bird hath long robbed me of all the time which should of men be accorded to the pleasuring of the ladies; for that no sooner is the day risen than Nicostratus is up and drest and away he goeth a-horseback, with his hawk on his fist, to the open plains, to see him fly, whilst I, such as you see me, abide in bed alone and ill-content; wherefore I have many a time had a mind to do that which I have now done, nor hath aught hindered me therefrom but that I waited to do it in the presence of gentlemen who would be just judges in my quarrel, as methinketh you will be.'
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

‘The Late-wake is a ceremony used at funerals: the evening after the death of any person, the relations and friends of the deceased meet at the house, attended by bagpipe or fiddle; the nearest of kin, be it wife, son, or daughter, opens a melancholy ball, dancing and greeting; i.e. crying violently at the same time; and this continues till daylight; but with such gambols and frolicks, among the younger part of the company, that the loss which occasioned them is often more than supplied by the consequences of that night.
— from Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick

When a regiment stands its ground until it suffers so great a loss, it deserves honor for its courage, for the wounded must have numbered as many as two hundred and fifty.
— from Reminiscences of a Rebel by Wayland Fuller Dunaway

Bid them cease,—or rather hasten To the churches, every one; There to pray to Mary Mother, And to her anointed Son, That the thunderbolt above us May not fall in ruin yet; That in fire, and blood, and rapine, Scotland's glory may not set.
— from Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems by William Edmondstoune Aytoun