The Marechale received Eugene most graciously.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

“You must really excuse me,” interrupted the general, “but I positively haven’t another moment now.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Your black (Zamor, I think, was his name) used to give me reports every morning; and I used to entertain the dear old Duke with stories of you and your uncle practising picquet and dice in the morning, and with your quarrels and intrigues.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

Hay minas ricas en Méjico?
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

ἐπλούτισα, to make rich, enrich; met.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

Ille quod exiguum restabat sanguinis urbi Hausit: dumque nimis iam putria membra recidit, Excessit medicina modum, nimiumque secuta est, 143
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Have I been ever free, and must my house Be my retentive enemy, my gaol?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

"No. Not the one with the green back—that contains my Rembrandt etchings, Mr. Hartright.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

The march must have been one of the most remarkable ever made.
— from A Primer of Assyriology by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

Galles, M. René, explores Mont St. Michel, 354 ; with M. Fouquet explores Tumiac, find, 366 .
— from Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses by James Fergusson

The path became steeper and more rugged every moment; and the high hill air, instead of refreshing him, seemed to throw his blood into a fever.
— from The King of the Golden River; or, the Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria. by John Ruskin

Ioannem Mandeuillum nostratem, eruditum et insignem Authorem (Balaeo, Mercatore, Ortelio, et alijs, testibus) ab innumeris Scribarum et Typographorum mendis repurgando, ex multorum, eorumque optimorum exemplarium collatione, quid praestiterim, virorum doctorum, et eorum praecipuè, qui Geographiæ et
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Richard Hakluyt

Owing to lack of opportunity in early life, she was not a woman of many resources, either mental or moral.
— from The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

"I am sure it can be managed right enough, miss; but what Miss Covington would say, if she knew that I had a hand in bringing it about, I can't say."
— from The Lost Heir by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

You must really excuse me—
— from Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

Mont-Mer real estate men were elated over this unexpected scandal in high society which had resulted in putting their town "on the map."
— from The Rest Hollow Mystery by Rebecca N. (Rebecca Newman) Porter