Hear ye then with the ears of your souls and hearts that the words of the Lord may not fall on the stony soil where the birds of Hell may consume them, but that ye may grow and flourish as holy seed in the field of our venerable and seraphic father, St. Francis!
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

She sends word to her cook that there will be twenty-four on the tenth; the menu will be submitted to her later, which she will probably merely glance at and send back.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

[3338] and if it were so that I must be a prisoner, if I might have my wish, I would desire to have no other prison than that library, and to be chained together with so many good authors et mortuis magistris .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

He was a large-cheeked man, nearly seventy, with small furtive eyes, and was not only of much blander temper but thought himself much deeper than his brother Peter; indeed not likely to be deceived in any of his fellow-men, inasmuch as they could not well be more greedy and deceitful than he suspected them of being.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

I was so affected by their conduct, as well as by what I considered a sure prospect of deliverance, that I could not refrain from joining in with their madness, and gave way to the impulses of my gratitude and ecstasy by lying and rolling on the deck, clapping my hands, shouting, and other similar acts, until I was suddenly called to my recollection, and once more to the extreme human misery and despair, by perceiving the ship all at once with her stern fully presented toward us, and steering in a direction nearly opposite to that in which I had at first perceived her.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

I now called to mind that three of us had entered the fissure from the main gorge, and that our companion, Allen, was still missing; we determined at once to retrace our steps and look for him.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

The man grinned, and, looking doubtfully at Nicholas, compromised the matter by sticking the card in the chimney-glass.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

A melange of loafing, looking, hobbling, sitting, traveling—a little thinking thrown in for salt, but very little—not only summer but all seasons—not only days but nights—some literary meditations—books, authors examined, Carlyle, Poe, Emerson tried, (always under my cedar-tree, in the open air, and never in the library)—mostly the scenes everybody sees, but some of my own caprices, meditations, egotism—truly an open air and mainly summer formation—singly, or in clusters—wild and free and somewhat acrid—indeed more like cedar-plums than you might guess at first glance.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

"You must go away," Anna Sergeyevna went on in a whisper.
— from The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Frederick once more gazed at the enemy through his glass, then rode to Bevern on the right and ordered retreat.
— from Frederick the Great and the Rise of Prussia by William Fiddian Reddaway

And except thou do this, behold, thou shalt have no more gift, and I will take away the things which I have entrusted with thee.
— from History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 1 Period 1. History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet by Smith, Joseph, Jr.

The rebellious war now levied is become more general, and is manifestly carried on for the purpose of establishing an independent empire.
— from The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Including a new and circumstantial account of the battle of Long island and the loss of New York, with a review of events to the close of the year by Henry Phelps Johnston

The present draught-horse was produced, after many generations, all of which gradually approached the type desired.
— from Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Julia Ellen Rogers

He must get away as quickly as possible.
— from The Long Patrol: A Tale of the Mounted Police by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

Most Guatemalas are prepared for market by the wet method.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Dear sir, hold: what you have told me already of this change in conversation, is too miserable to be heard with any delight; but, methinks, as these new creatures appear in the world, it might give an excellent field to writers for the stage, to divert us with the representation of them there.
— from The Tatler, Volume 1 by Steele, Richard, Sir

"Miss Gaston, as I leave here so soon I esteem this opportunity a great privilege."
— from The Heir to Grand-Pré by John Frederic Herbin

“No, faith, Ben,” says he; “not I, but I have been considering a great while what should be the fittest gift for me to bestow upon my godchild and I have resolved at last.”
— from The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story by Frank Harris