stōl I. m. ‘ stool ,’ chair, seat , CP: throne : bishop’s see .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

It was a novel without a plot, and with only one character, being, indeed, simply a psychological study of a certain young Parisian, who spent his life trying to realize in the nineteenth century all the passions and modes of thought that belonged to every century except his own, and to sum up, as it were, in himself the various moods through which the world-spirit had ever passed, loving for their mere artificiality those renunciations that men have unwisely called virtue, as much as those natural rebellions that wise men still call sin.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Combren , v. to encumber, overwhelm, MD, S3; comeren , S3; combrez , pr. s. , S2; cumrit , pt. s. , S2; cummerit , S3; cumbred , pp. , S2.—OF. combrer to hinder, from combre , a heap, see Ducange (s.v. cumbra ); Lat. cumulum (acc.).
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

She wished, she feared that the master of the house might be amongst them; and whether she wished or feared it most, she could scarcely determine.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

But at last so many shades came swarming round him that the courage of Odysseus failed him, and he fled in terror back to his ship.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

Usually, my script can solve this without manual intervention.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

“Heave hard, my son,” cried several.
— from The Vicar's People by George Manville Fenn

“Tell me,” she commanded, still with a smile about her lips, “describe it to me.”
— from Paul Kelver by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

Then I turned to the Chevalier, who was watching me curiously, yet hiding anxiety, for he had upheld his dignity with some accent since he had come into my service: “Chevalier,” said I, “you shall find me more humane than my persecutors at Quebec.
— from The Seats of the Mighty, Complete by Gilbert Parker

“Yes, if it is fine, I think I may say certainly so.”
— from Imogen; Or, Only Eighteen by Mrs. Molesworth

The Spaniards claimed to exclude French ships from the Gulf of Mexico, and King Louis, with his minister Seignelay, Colbert's son, contemplated meeting these claims by taking and holding a post on the Gulf.
— from A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Vol. V Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood, Sir

"Bos'n's mate!" shouted Captain Staggles.
— from Under the White Ensign: A Naval Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman