As for my father, whose affection for me was of another kind, I doubt if he would have shewn so much courage, for as soon as he had grasped the fact that I was unhappy he had said to my mother: "Go and comfort him."
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

" Then Svein fled over to Fyen Island, and King Magnus carried fire and sword through Seeland, and burnt all round, because their men had joined Svein's troop in harvest.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Drawn by M. Catenacci, from a Sketch by M. Mouhot.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

The man came forward, and some one—a woman—arose and asked about some opinion the speaker had expressed concerning Tolstoy.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Oh, did you get my card from Akron, saying I'd run into Paul?”
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

Highlanders in modern costume figure as supporters to the arms of Maconochie-Wellwood, and in more ancient garb in the case of Cluny Macpherson, and soldiers in the uniforms of every regiment, and savages from every clime, have at some time or other been pressed into heraldic service as supporters; but a work on Armory is not a handbook on costume, military and civil, nor is it an ethnographical directory, which it would certainly become if any attempt were to be made to enumerate the different varieties of men and women, clothed and unclothed, which have been used for the purposes of supporters.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Drawn by M. Catenacci, from a Sketch by M. Mouhot HALT OF THE CARAVAN IN THE JUNGLE BETWEEN BATTAMBONG AND BANGKOK.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

Indeed, I know nothing so abject as the behaviour of a man canvassing for a seat in parliament—This mean prostration (to borough-electors, especially) has, I imagine, contributed in a great measure to raise that spirit of insolence among the vulgar; which, like the devil, will be found very difficult to lay.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Then Zobeida, as the mistress, came forward and said gravely, "You are welcome here, but I hope you will allow me to beg one thing of you--have as many eyes as you like, but no tongues; and ask no questions about anything you see, however strange it may appear to you.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

It is quite usual that the whole setting of a story must come from another source.
— from The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric by Sherwin Cody

The low breath of the summer wind Seemed but the siren's voice, In vain I chid my coward fears, And struggled to rejoice!
— from Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852 by Various

Apparently on a plateau, she is nevertheless really a mountain city; for at St. Louis you are only three hundred feet above the sea, at Omaha nine hundred feet, while at Denver you have got up imperceptibly to four thousand feet above the sea, or higher than our average Alleghanies.
— from Across America; Or, The Great West and the Pacific Coast by James Fowler Rusling

There were too many calls for advice, sympathy, or aid; the door-bell rang too often.
— from Memories and Anecdotes by Kate Sanborn

There is a multitude of facts, which, taken separately, may perhaps be natural, but, found together, must come from a source above nature; and what these are, and how many are necessary, will be variously determined.
— from An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent by John Henry Newman

It forms a strong, colourless, and firm cement for paper, &c.; and when once made, may be kept always at hand; and is most convenient for all sorts of pasting; particularly little things, for which it would seem scarcely worth while to take the trouble of boiling flour-paste.
— from Miss Leslie's Lady's New Receipt-Book, 3rd ed. A Useful Guide for Large or Small Families, Containing Directions for Cooking, Preserving, Pickling... by Eliza Leslie