"Thor looked at the horn, which seemed of no extraordinary size, though somewhat long; however, as he was very thirsty, he set it to his lips, and without drawing breath pulled as long and as deeply as he could, that he might not be obliged to make a second draught of it; but when he set the horn down and looked in, he could scarcely perceive that the liquor was diminished.
— from The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Snorri Sturluson

By common consent they resolved to return into Spain by the Northern Seas, for they wanted many necessaries, especially shot; their ships were torn, and they had no hope that the duke of Parma could bring forth his forces.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

They looked neither to the right nor to the left; they paid no attention to our party, they did not even seem to see them.
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

He threw out strong intimations that he would not even spare the senators who survived, but would entirely extirpate that order, and put the provinces and armies into the hands of the Roman knights and his own freedmen.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

The larger links of the chain run thus—Chantilly, Orion, Dr. Nichols, Epicurus, Stereotomy, the street stones, the fruiterer.”
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

"It is not enough," says that soft but inhuman prince, "that you exterminate such as have appeared in arms; the chance of battle might have served me as effectually.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

So musst du sein, dir kannst du nicht entfliehen, So tagten schon Sybillen und Propheten; Und keine Zeit, und keine Macht zerstückelt Geprägte Form, die lebend sich entwickelt .
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer

We need not expand sixteen to “sixteen years old.”
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

At first, Mulford naturally enough suspected that Spike intended to push for some Mexican port, by thus blinding his eyes as to the position of the vessel.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXX, No. 2, February 1847 by Various

Gwynneth only knew that her friend's married life had been a very short one; for her own part, she had said nothing to let Nurse Ella suppose that she had herself been even asked in marriage.
— from Peccavi by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

"And then not even staying to supper!
— from Mary Ware in Texas by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

[Pg 22] Half a century has now elapsed since the sagas have been accessible to the English reader in his own language.
— from The Discovery of America by the Northmen, 985-1015 by Edmund F. (Edmund Farwell) Slafter

Minutes or aeons—there were not even seconds to spare, it proved by the time help actually arrived.
— from Rainy Week by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

When the New Englanders saw the strength of the works, and the slight impression which their efforts had produced, they were not only elated but greatly astonished at their success.
— from Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. by H. W. (Henry Wager) Halleck

He did not even see the shadow creeping toward him over the sand.
— from Space Station 1 by Frank Belknap Long

Will had been straining in the stirrups on the top of every rise his horse negotiated ever since the sun rose.
— from The Eye of Zeitoon by Talbot Mundy

The wind, during most of the night, was light from the northeast; and we had run, by the log accurately kept, at seven the next morning, a distance not exceeding seventy to seventy-five miles.
— from Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat In the U. S. Sloop-of-war Peacock, David Geisinger, Commander, During the Years 1832-3-4 by Edmund Roberts