But, to my astonishment, when I came to look round me, neither house nor garden were to be seen.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

Tonine was eloquent in her praise of Murray, and made no complaint at my not having come to see her, at which I was glad.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

“All I can conclude from it, sir,” said he, “is, that you are a very happy man; for I make no doubt but these were sent you by some lady whom you will have the happiness of meeting at the masquerade.” Jones had not a sufficient degree of vanity to entertain any such flattering imagination; nor did Mrs Miller herself give much assent to what Mr Nightingale had said, till Miss Nancy having lifted up the domino, a card dropt from the sleeve, in which was written as follows:— To MR JONES.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Yet mayhap no hurt is done.
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

My maid I had discharged the day before, not only because I had her of Mr. H...., but that I suspected her of having some how or other been the occasion of his discovering me, in revenge, perhaps, for my not having trusted her with him.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

Oh, Mr. Nickleby, hear what he has to tell you, be he what he may!’ cried the brothers, with such emphatic earnestness, that Ralph turned to them in wonder.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Without the incentive of Mrs. MacAnder's words he might never have done what he had done.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property by John Galsworthy

Through Teutonic folklore this Night-demon of many names, having floated from England in a sieve paddled with cow-ribs, rides to the distress of an increasingly unheroic part of the population.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

He remained in Beaver Creek three years longer; selling his land in 1840 for a herd of cattle and, moving north, he located in Racine County, being therefore one of the earliest pioneers in this part of Wisconsin.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

If no lascivious object had met our eye, if no unclean thought had entered our mind, this so-called need might never have made itself felt, and we should have remained chaste, without temptation, effort, or merit.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The new favourite would, moreover, not have a husband to support; for the Duc de Berry was already well liked.
— from Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete by Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de

Still, though less hilarious than the rest, she has chatted away with considerable cheerfulness; she has, however, a languor in her manner, which but for the surrounding contrast, might not have occurred to us.
— from Memoirs of John Abernethy With a View of His Lectures, His Writings, and Character; with Additional Extracts from Original Documents, Now First Published by George Macilwain

The campaigns and the results of the Civil War would have been changed; the Civil War might never have taken place.
— from The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky, and Other Kentucky Articles by James Lane Allen

It's just a flesh wound, only my neck has got stiff and I'm weak from loss of blood.”
— from Webster—Man's Man by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne

Tell me, I pray you, if you can, so that I may not have travelled on a useless quest." While he was speaking, the prince observed a change in the countenance of the dervish, who waited for some time before he made reply.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

Had the Vondeplosshe fortunes remained intact and Gay met Trudy he would still have pressed his attentions upon her, though they might not have taken the form of an offer of marriage.
— from The Gorgeous Girl by Nalbro Bartley

Murder or not murder, now he has 199 but one leg, I'll outrun him, and cast this leg into some ditch or other.
— from The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 by Christopher Marlowe

The walls of the room were decorated with disgusting pictures of a nature which would shock the modesty of all but the demi-monde , while behind the monk Novikh hung a copy of the Holy Ikon of Novgorod.
— from Rasputin the Rascal Monk Disclosing the Secret Scandal of the Betrayal of Russia by the Mock-Monk Grichka and the Consequent Ruin of the Romanoffs. With official documents revealed and recorded for the first time. by William Le Queux

Finding that he made no headway, and learning that Campbell's column was coming up from Bethlehem, De Wet withdrew his men after four hours' fighting.
— from The Great Boer War by Arthur Conan Doyle

But however politicians may waver, our suffrage women must not have a doubt, but must persist in the demand for full recognition in both platforms.
— 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