Note 81 ( return ) [ The Save rises near the confines of Istria, and was considered by the more early Greeks as the principal stream of the Danube.]
— 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

He took it, and went out, and presently the Stinger went off with a Bang that shook the crazy little box of a cottage as if it must fall to pieces, and made every glass and teacup in it ring.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

I then wrote and printed a paper setting forth the advantages to the neighbourhood that might be obtain'd by this small expense; the greater ease in keeping our houses clean, so much dirt not being brought in by people's feet; the benefit to the shops by more custom, etc., etc., as buyers could more easily get at them; and by not having, in windy weather, the dust blown in upon their goods, etc., etc.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

Sherlock Holmes was pacing up and down the platform, his tall, gaunt figure made even gaunter and taller by his long grey travelling-cloak and close-fitting cloth cap.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Miss Evelyn glared at the projection in marked astonishment, and her open eyes were fixed upon it as I stood rubbing my bottom and crying, without attempting to move or button up my trousers.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

It would have been wise to keep to that line of conduct; but the next day, obeying my evil genius, and thinking that a polite call could not have any consequences, I called upon him.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Thence home and took my wife out to Mile End Green, and there I drank, and so home, having a very fine evening.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

It was very black, and Weena clung to me convulsively, but there was still, as my eyes grew accustomed to the darkness, sufficient light for me to avoid the stems.
— from The Time Machine by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

"If you refuse, I must employ Goodwin, and that might be dangerous."
— from The Infidel: A Story of the Great Revival by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

As my eyes grew accustomed to the dim light, I saw that my old friend, the Brown Creeper, was the musician.
— from Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners by Elliott Coues

But once more also, though in stronger terms, the conclusion of ll. 242-243: Only grant a second life, I acquiesce In this present life as failure, count misfortune’s worst assaults Triumph, not defeat, assured that loss so much the more exalts Gain about to be.
— from Browning and Dogma Seven Lectures on Browning's Attitude Towards Dogmatic Religion by Ethel M. Naish

As my eyes grew accustomed to the dim light, I saw that there were some shallow steps cut diagonally in the rock, and down these I had soon made my way, to find myself in a roomy corridor, so much like that in which I had seen Calypso standing in the moonlight, that,
— from Pieces of Eight Being the Authentic Narrative of a Treasure Discovered in the Bahama Islands in the Year 1903 by Richard Le Gallienne

Altogether the most artistic performance in the sphere of music, we recollect ever having attended in this town, was given on Thursday evening by Miss Elizabeth Greenfield, alias the “Black Swan.”
— from The Black Swan at Home and Abroad or, A Biographical Sketch of Miss Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, the American Vocalist by Anonymous

There the people might gaze, in close proximity, at the dainty beauties, whom they knew as the denizens of another earthly sphere; there they might elbow greatness, and there, above all, they might feast their eyes upon the emperor, who, simply dressed, rode to and fro, stopping his horse to chat, as often with a peasant as with a peer.
— from Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach