Hannibal now gave no thought to battle, but concerned himself with a desire to change his camp to a more favorable location.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

Then they knocked off some of the boards for the use of the ship, and when they had got all they had a mind for, let the hull drop into the sea, which, by reason of so many breaches made in the bottom and sides, sunk to rights.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World by Jonathan Swift

Yet, besides Emilius, with which she charged herself, she gave me at the same time another mark of her benevolence, which made me imagine that, although wearied with my conversation, she would still preserve for me the friendship she had so many times promised me for life.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

For my first lesson in statics, instead of fetching a balance, I lay a stick across the back of a chair, I measure the two parts when it is balanced; add equal or unequal weights to either end; by pulling or pushing it as required, I find at last that equilibrium is the result of a reciprocal proportion between the amount of the weights and the length of the levers.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

And having somewhat gazed around me there 40 I to my feet looked down, and saw two pressed So close together, tangled was their hair, ‘Say, who are you with breast
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

The next thing is this cursed trouble my brother Tom is likely to put us to by his death, forcing us to law with his creditors, among others Dr. Tom Pepys, and that with some shame as trouble, and the last how to know in what manner as to saving or spending my father lives, lest they should run me in debt as one of my uncle’s executors, and I never the wiser nor better for it.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

“The lady was young, engaging, and handsome, but not marked for long life.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

May I tempt you to a little more filleted lemon sole, miss Dubedat?
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

And this thou art bound to do for one reason alone, that, being, as I am, resolved to apply this test, it is not for thee to permit me to reveal my weakness to another, and so imperil that honour thou art striving to keep me from losing; and if thine may not stand as high as it ought in the estimation of Camilla while thou art paying court to her, that is of little or no importance, because ere long, on finding in her that constancy which we expect, thou canst tell her the plain truth as regards our stratagem, and so regain thy place in her esteem; and as thou art venturing so little, and by the venture canst afford me so much satisfaction, refuse not to undertake it, even if further difficulties present themselves to thee; for, as I have said, if thou wilt only make a beginning I will acknowledge the issue decided.” Lothario seeing the fixed determination of Anselmo, and not knowing what further examples to offer or arguments to urge in order to dissuade him from it, and perceiving that he threatened to confide his pernicious scheme to some one else, to avoid a greater evil resolved to gratify him and do what he asked, intending to manage the business so as to satisfy Anselmo without corrupting the mind of Camilla; so in reply he told him not to communicate his purpose to any other, for he would undertake the task himself, and would begin it as soon as he pleased.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Alice That would never do, I’m sure; the governess would never think of excusing me from lessons for that.
— from Alice in Wonderland A Dramatization of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" by Alice Gerstenberg

If you were to solder a brass-wire ring round the outside of the edge of the tube that carries the front lens, it would make it stronger and easier to regulate the focus, besides giving it a more finished look.
— from The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations A Popular Encyclopædia for Boys by Gordon Stables

The sea for me, first, last, and forever!
— from Lord Dolphin by Harriet A. (Harriet Anna) Cheever

Strange that Lord Chancellor Eldon—a man of so much caution and worldly providence, should have been one of the few great lawyers who married "for love;" but it was so.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIV, May 1852, Vol. IV by Various

He paused— ‘A letter has reached me this morning from Lady Farrington’s—the dowager’s—lawyer.
— from A Son of Mars, volume 2 by Arthur Griffiths

But spare and pardon my fause love His wrangs to Heaven and me!
— from An American Hobo in Europe A True Narrative of the Adventures of a Poor American at Home and in the Old Country by Ben Goodkind

"I have no fear, Hugh," replied Lucy, "so that you be beside me; and moreover we can get some men from Lindwell.
— from Forest Days: A Romance of Old Times by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

So Sally was presently very well content to see a most fascinating little cast-iron affair set up, on top of which was ranged an array of pots and kettles sufficient to prepare a dinner for the most particular of dolls, albeit of diminutive size.
— from A Little Maid in Toyland by Adah Louise Sutton

"Mr. Frederick Leighbourne.
— from The Red-headed Man by Fergus Hume