“Yes.” “If you go on at that rate you will not arrive very early.” He stopped his horse, and asked the laborer:— “How far is it from here to Arras?” “Nearly seven good leagues.” “How is that?
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

She was aware that perhaps it was not a very elevated hope, and that her mortification would have but little sympathy had the cause of it been revealed.
— from It was a Lover and His Lass by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

Merrenden is a great judge of human nature, and variety entertains him.
— from The Vicissitudes of Evangeline by Elinor Glyn

[250] On these, whate'er their griefs and trials were, And they had many, to refine their souls, And make them nobler after victory, Enduring hope and perfect peace abode.
— from Poems by William Anderson

He was really not a very enthusiastic hunter, as the Chinaman had discovered.
— from Stories of the Foot-hills by Margaret Collier Graham

[596] equitibus sese ostendit, qui temere et effuse euntes Sullae aliisque omnibus et numerum ampliorem vero et hostilem metum efficiebant.
— from C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino by Sallust

"We consider Mr. Eaton's geological notions and nomenclature as very empirical here, as they are considered in France and England, and his day has passed by."
— from Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

At the Fonda de la Alameda, a new and very elegant hotel, I found a bath and a good dinner, both welcome things to a tired traveller.
— from The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Bayard Taylor

In the month of January he placed the chrysalises of several moths and butterflies, which would not naturally have been disclosed until the following May, in a hothouse: the result was, that the perfect insects made their appearance in less than a fortnight, in the very depth of winter; and by other numerous and varied experiments he ascertained,
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 3 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby

[ 52 ] In 1917 ærial navigation was practically solved, and a new and vast element had A New Element in War. opened its possibilities to the will of man.
— from Looking Forward: A Dream of the United States of the Americas in 1999 by Arthur Bird