He spoke some words, whereupon immediately a young man with a flap came up to my side, and flapped me gently on the right ear; but I made signs, as well as I could, that I had no occasion for such an instrument; which, as I afterwards found, gave his majesty, and the whole court, a very mean opinion of my understanding.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

Comparing the two agencies, it may be said that in every-day life, the sorcerer is by far the most feared and is most frequently believed to be at work; while the mulukwausi enter upon the scene at certain dramatic moments, such as the presence of death, a catastrophe on land, and more especially at sea; but then, they enter with even deadlier weapons than the bwaga’u .
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

Besides, it is too insufferable an impertinence in Rappaccini, thus to snatch the lad out of my own hands, as I may say, and make use of him for his infernal experiments.
— from Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A SILENT LITTLE FOLLOWER-THE COREOPSIS Here I must say a word about a little follower, present even now before my eyes.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

several of those who were acquainted with these waters to make similar attempts.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Besides, every experience is of value, and whatever one may say against marriage, it is certainly an experience.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Then the bear lay down beside him, but he also was tired, and called the wolf and said, "Lie down by me, I must sleep a little, but if anything comes, waken me."
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

And the king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones in the street; and so multiplied cedar trees in the plains of Judea, which did not grow there before, that they were like the multitude of common sycamore trees.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

This leader, thus equipped, being fastened to one line, and a similar one, except that a small, gay spoon replaced the tail-fly, to the other, they were trolled thirty or forty yards astern, so that they sank well as we moved slowly along.
— from The Game Fish, of the Northern States and British Provinces With an account of the salmon and sea-trout fishing of Canada and New Brunswick, together with simple directions for tying artificial flies, etc., etc. by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt

In the meantime, the Second Indian Regiment, under Colonel John Ritchie, followed, a day apart, by the mounted men of the First under Major William A. Phillips, 315 had also set out, its orders 316 being to leave the military road and to cross to the east bank of Spring River, from thence to march southward and scour the country thoroughly between Grand River and the Missouri state line.
— from The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War by Annie Heloise Abel

Modern surgery and medicine have lost some of their ablest pioneers in Langenbeck, Nussbaum, Esmark and Marion Sims; and I personally have to mourn for many who were kindly and helpful to me in those days, amongst them
— from With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War Personal Experiences and Adventures with Both Armies, 1870-1871 by Charles Edward Ryan

At a time when all excitement, alarm, and panic are to be studiously avoided, as promotive or incitive of diseases, these groaners, these incessant predicters of more trouble, more sickness, and more deaths; these persons with rueful countenances, should be shut up, kept out of sight.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

"I'll come to the point presently," said Hill with great dignity; "let me say, Allen, that although I hated Strode, and had good cause too--yes, very good cause--I liked Eva.
— from The Wooden Hand: A Detective Story by Fergus Hume

Moreover, he is prone to judge of the result by the success, or suffering, of the regiment or brigade with which he is connected; while all are aware that a portion of an army may meet with great disaster, and yet the general result may be most glorious; but glorious it certainly does not seem to that portion of the army which has suffered most severely, although its suffering may have been the salvation of the rest.
— from Four Months in Libby and the Campaign Against Atlanta by I. N. (Isaac N.) Johnston

It was too commonplace—just a dynamo in a subterranean mountain stream, and electric lights!
— from The Flying Machine Boys in the Wilds; Or, The Mystery of the Andes by Frank Walton