Your lordship will understand that the consequences might be extremely serious to her.
— from Justice by John Galsworthy

It may be easily supposed, that in these engagements the master of the world was always successful; in the amphitheatre, his victories were not often sanguinary; but when he exercised his skill in the school of gladiators, or his own palace, his wretched antagonists were frequently honored with a mortal wound from the hand of Commodus, and obliged to seal their flattery with their blood.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Would I might But ever see that man!
— from The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by William Shakespeare

All the fires must be extinguished, so that nothing may betray the presence of men on the island.”
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

I was anxious and watchful, while my right hand grasped a pistol which was hidden in my bosom; every sound terrified me; but I resolved that I would sell my life dearly, and not relax the impending conflict until my own life, or that of my adversary, were extinguished.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

She kept saying they must be economical since they were not rich, adding that she was very contented, very happy, that Tostes pleased her very much, with other speeches that closed the mouth of her mother-in-law.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

If at home, or elsewhere, a young girl volunteers to "teach" him, that is another matter, but even so, the ballroom is no place to practise—unless he is very sure that his dancing is not so bad as to be an imposition on his teacher.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

The second layer of threads must pass alternately under and over the first, where they cross each other, and the small squares thus left between, must be encircled several times with thread and then buttonholed; the thicker the foundation and the more raised and compact the buttonholing upon it is, the better the effect will be.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

He stated that, it having come to his knowledge that her views had considerably changed, he felt compelled to say that his own, too, were largely modified by events subsequent to their parting.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

The Turkish Consul and the Austrian both made better English speeches than any Englishman, during the evening; for it is inconceivable what shapeless and ragged utterances Englishmen are content to put forth, without attempting anything like a wholeness; but inserting a patch here and a patch there, and finally getting out what they wish to say, indeed, but in most disorganized guise. . .
— from Passages from the English Notebooks, Complete by Nathaniel Hawthorne

And further, I pray you, use all possible diligence and endeavour to pursue and promote, at the pope's and other kings' hand, such a speedy execution of their former designments, that the same may be effectuated sometime this next spring."
— from Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

"I certainly thought you rather tragical, and have been puzzling my brain ever since to discover the cause.
— from Phyllis by Duchess

My bag, especially, seemed to set me apart as a curious person.
— from The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment by David Grayson

that the discovery should not be made by everybody, so they could send in different orders.
— from The Right Knock A Story by Helen Van-Anderson

" While she was thus speaking, I eagerly took advantage of an unusually bright gleam of moonshine, to study the appearance of her companion; for it may be easily supposed, that finding Miss Vernon in a place so solitary, engaged in a journey so dangerous, and under the protection of one gentleman only, were circumstances to excite every feeling of jealousy, as well as surprise.
— from Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Walter Scott

Author of “The Butterfly Book,” “The Moth Book,” Etc. Similar to the “Pocket Nature Guides”
— from Flower Guide: Wild Flowers East of the Rockies (Revised and with New Illustrations) by Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed

At length, after not a few winks of much intelligence, it was thus he began:— “You may hear Boto’s story, sir, at any time you please, and I dare say it will amuse you; but, in the meantime, I must really have you attend to me, for, without jesting, things are by no means in so fair a train as I had thought for my young master; and if something effectual be not speedily discovered, I am really at a loss to think how we shall be able to get out of our difficulties, in such a manner as may be either satisfactory to him, or creditable to my management.
— from Valerius. A Roman Story by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart

MAYS, BENJAMIN E. SEE To Stem This Tide: A Survey of Racial Tension Areas in the United States.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1971 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office