Monte Cristo gently smiled and said,—“I was there;” at the same time pointing to the corner of a street.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Now people went between them, and among others a clever man called Guthorm Sindre, who was then in
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Yet, without power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have no active citizens.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Pausing there a moment and looking back, they saw the whole mass of the Wild Wood, dense, menacing, compact, grimly set in vast white surroundings; simultaneously they turned and made swiftly for home, for firelight and the familiar things it played on, for the voice, sounding cheerily outside their window, of the river that they knew and trusted in all its moods, that never made them afraid with any amazement.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

No man could go seven months without finding something if he tried.”
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

All men's clubs have private dining-rooms in which members can give stag dinners, but the representative men's clubs exclude ladies absolutely from ever crossing their thresholds.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

He arose, and came to me, and took me by the hand, and would set me down by him; and he said, My charming girl seemed going to speak.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

Whosoever is found variable, and changeth manifestly without manifest cause, giveth suspicion of corruption; therefore, always when thou changest thine opinion or course, profess it plainly, and declare it, together with the reasons that move thee to change, and do not think to steal it.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

In the ruins of the Wood, Morrell & Co. general store a large amount of goods, chiefly provisions and household utensils, has been found in fairly good order.
— from History of the Johnstown Flood Including all the Fearful Record; the Breaking of the South Fork Dam; the Sweeping Out of the Conemaugh Valley; the Over-Throw of Johnstown; the Massing of the Wreck at the Railroad Bridge; Escapes, Rescues, Searches for Survivors and the Dead; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, etc., etc., With Full Accounts also of the Destruction on the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers, and the Bald Eagle Creek. by Willis Fletcher Johnson

The most direct way has been that of tracing back the history of animal life by means of fossil remains, but beyond a certain point this method cannot go, since, for reasons stated in various places in these pages, the soft bodies of primitive animals are not preserved.
— from Animals of the Past by Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus) Lucas

" Mr. Casaubon gravely smiled approval, and said to Mr. Brooke, "You have an excellent secretary at hand, you perceive.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

I wish I could put you safely on the Hilton train, but I've got [122] to rush like mad as it is—change my clothes, get some food, and call for Miss Beresford, all before two o'clock.
— from Bobbie, General Manager: A Novel by Olive Higgins Prouty

Government Korea, South Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Korea conventional short form: South Korea local short form: none note: the South Koreans generally use the term "Han'guk" to refer to their country local long form: Taehan-min'guk abbreviation: ROK Government type: republic Capital: Seoul Administrative divisions: 9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 7 metropolitan cities* (gwangyoksi, singular and plural); Cheju-do, Cholla-bukto, Cholla-namdo, Ch'ungch'ong-bukto, Ch'ungch'ong-namdo, Inch'on-gwangyoksi*, Kangwon-do, Kwangju-gwangyoksi*, Kyonggi-do, Kyongsang-bukto, Kyongsang-namdo, Pusan-gwangyoksi*, Soul-t'ukpyolsi*, Taegu-gwangyoksi*, Taejon-gwangyoksi*, Ulsan-gwangyoksi* Independence: 15 August 1945 (from Japan) National holiday: Liberation Day, 15 August (1945) Constitution: 25 February 1988
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Pity, most courteous, gentle sir! …
— from Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self by Marie Corelli

All the earlier histories such as "Gray's History of Oregon," "Reed's Mission of the Methodist Church," Governor Simpson's narrative, Barrow's "Oregon," Parkman's "Oregon Trail," with the correspondence of the Lees, verified the truth of the occurrence.
— from How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon A True Romance of Patriotic Heroism Christian Devotion and Final Martyrdom by Oliver W. (Oliver Woodson) Nixon

After Alfred came back his queen-mother died, and the father made a pilgrimage, or religious journey, to Rome, taking young Prince Alfred, with many court gentlemen, soldiers, and servants.
— from Hero Tales from History by Smith Burnham