That the influence of the first prophecies upon him came as much from himself as from them, is made abundantly clear by the obviously intentional contrast between him and Banquo.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

His massie Spear upstaid; as if on Earth Winds under ground or waters forcing way Sidelong, had push’t a Mountain from his seat Half sunk with all his Pines.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

The Captain rose, cast one last look on the immense plain, and then bade me follow him.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

To Diocles at Pherae they repair, Whose boasted sire was sacred Alpheus' heir; With him all night the youthful stranger stay'd, Nor found the hospitable rites unpaid, But soon as morning from her orient bed Had tinged the mountains with her earliest red, They join'd the steeds, and on the chariot sprung, The brazen portals in their passage rung.
— from The Odyssey by Homer

“It is better,” he said, “than my fondest hope could have anticipated; either my wound has been slighter than the effusion of blood led me to suppose, or this balsam hath wrought a wonderful cure upon it.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

My father hasn't a very good reputation in the County: people will think no better of him for having lamed me, disinherited me, and practiced a fraud on them.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

To my fancy he was making a great fuss about nothing, but it was not my province to say so.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

"My father held that we should never talk of things we couldn't understand, but if we didn't, doctor, the subjects for conversation would be mighty few.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Only here was the imperfection of Mr. Fearing: he could play upon no other music but this till toward his latter end.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

She wouldn't part with me for her eyes, first because she likes my cooking, and second, because Mrs. Flynn, whom she hates, wants to get me away from her; so now;" and up stairs she trudged, with the rocking-chair.
— from Rose Clark by Fanny Fern

Why, sir, if my father had been plunged in such deplorable circumstances, I should have thrashed the editor of that vile sheet within an inch of his life.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 21 by Robert Louis Stevenson

Be ready when the foe shall near, Be there to strike him hard; Let us, though he be miles from here, Be standing now on guard.
— from Over Here by Edgar A. (Edgar Albert) Guest

“And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me,” Luke 22:29.
— from A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Sylvester Bliss

Our cattle were very poor early in the spring, but are now got lusty, as cattle thrive much faster here in the spring than in the best English pastures.
— from Hulme's Journal, 1818-19; Flower's Letters from Lexington and the Illinois, 1819; Flower's Letters from the Illinois, 1820-21; and Woods's Two Years' Residence, 1820-21 by John Woods

Yes, and also over himself, the villain!—for it was no easy matter for him to wring this praise from himself.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

On the whole the prospect of his seeing again the fair Katrine, who, good woman, was physically a very good match for her Johann, was indeed small.
— from Tom Temple's Career by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

Yes, it is quite true that he did not love me, for had he loved me he would have renounced an enterprise that gave me so much uneasiness.
— from Cinq Mars — Volume 6 by Alfred de Vigny

I've found the object of my love: My Jesus dear, my King Divine, Is come to me from heav'n above; He chose my heart for His abode, He there becomes my daily bread; There on me flows His healing blood; There with His flesh my soul is fed.
— from A Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Anonymous