In the hours of early morning Columbus planned his voyage to America, and Napoleon his greatest campaigns.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

After dinner the young women went to dance; among others Mr. Christopher Pett his daughter, who is a very pretty, modest girle, I am mightily taken with her; and that being done about five o’clock, home, very well pleased with the afternoon’s work.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

When Leon, therefore, who was a tall powerful man, paced up and down his room, his heavy chains dragged along the floor, so that the monarch could plainly hear the jingling noise, and he inquired of Orteguilla who the prisoner was?
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

Nam quocunque modo causa procedat, hoc semper agitur, ut loculi impleantur, etsi avaritia nequit satiari.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

He sat down, and Monte Cristo placed himself opposite to him.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

As to Modality . Categorical. Problematical. Hypothetical.
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant

A profounder knowledge of Indian civilization and religion, and philological studies enlarged and guided by more certain principles have dissipated one by one all those errors.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Some have said that there was a general soul, as it were a great body, whence all the particular souls were extracted, and thither again return, always restoring themselves to that universal matter:— Deum namque ire per omnes Terrasque, tractusque maris, columque profundum; Hinc pecudes, armenta, viros, genus omne ferarum, Quemque sibi tenues nascentem arcessere vitas: Scilicet hue reddi deinde, ac resoluta referri Omnia; nec morti esse locum: “For God goes forth, and spreads throughout the whole Heaven, earth, and sea, the universal soul; Each at its birth, from him all beings share, Both man and brute, the breath of vital air; To him return, and, loos’d from earthly chain, Fly whence they sprung, and rest in God again, Spurn at the grave, and, fearless of decay, Dwell in high heaven, and star th’ ethereal way.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Mrs. Cutter put her handkerchief to her lips as if she were going to faint and said grandly: ‘Mr. Cutter, you have broken all the Commandments—spare the finger-bowls!’
— from My Antonia by Willa Cather

Evelyn was the only mirthful creature present: he sat on Clara's lap; and, making matter of glee from his own fancies, laughed aloud.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Mules brought the machinery from the coast to the brink of the canyon, but no mule could possibly have carried
— from Inca Land: Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Hiram Bingham

Similarly, such individual disorders as masturbation and [36] deranged menstruation concern personal health directly, while venereal diseases are clearly included in social sex-hygiene.
— from Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life by Maurice A. (Maurice Alpheus) Bigelow

Some of the Mormon companies pushed hand carts all the way from the Missouri, and there were plenty of women pushing right along with the men.
— from The Lost Wagon by Jim Kjelgaard

Now the time had come to settle, and Mr. Cooley promised himself not only to get back his own, plus interest, but a substantial bonus besides.
— from John Marsh's Millions by Arthur Hornblow

If a man can prove he does not get a pound a week, he is entitled to a divorce free, and there are always counsel who are kind enough to conduct his case for him.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 07, Issue 42, June, 1894 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

These blankets, or robes as they are sometimes called, are so loosely woven that a man can put his fingers through anywhere, yet for their weight they are the warmest bedding I know of.
— from Woodcraft by Elmer Harry Kreps

The men cried, "Put him out, put him out!"
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

Now, I'm going to take you into my confidence, Paul," he went on, bending his head lower, and giving a quick glance around.
— from The Banner Boy Scouts; or, The Struggle for Leadership by George A. Warren

Ireland was always rebellious; a mere conquered province, hating her tyrant England's laws, religion, and people; loving Spain, and believing herself closely allied by blood as well as sympathy to that most Catholic land.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

Mohun Lall, probably with more correctness, places her in a lower generation—asserting that she was the sister of Prince Kamran, and the wife of Prince Malik Quasim, son of Ferooz-ood-Deen.
— from History of the War in Afghanistan, Vol. 1 (of 3) Third Edition by Kaye, John William, Sir