No expedition was ever more carefully fitted out; and the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Sandwich, with a laudable solicitude, went on board himself, before their departure, to see that everything had been completed to the wish of the officers.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

The old women had had enough to eat before the morning was over, and an hour before supper had had tea and buns, and so they were now eating with effort—as it were, from a sense of duty.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

This naval expedition was executed by him as Governor of Cappadocia.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

The liberality of Mrs. Sowerberry to Oliver, had consisted of a profuse bestowal upon him of all the dirty odds and ends which nobody else would eat; so there was a great deal of meekness and self-devotion in her voluntarily remaining under Mr. Bumble's heavy accusation.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

These injuries exasperated the champions of the cross, who were not endowed with evangelical patience; and the Byzantine princes, who had provoked the unequal conflict, promoted the embarkation and march of these formidable guests.
— 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

No event was ever so dignified that it required an artificial attempt at speech making.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

Lucia was the island next south of Martinique, and the harbor of Gros Ilot at its northern end was especially adapted to the work of watching the French depot at Fort Royal, their principal station in the West Indies.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

The Duchess, with a piece of broken looking-glass in her hand, was walking up and down the cellar, gazing at the reflection of the new earrings, with eyes so sparkling that they outshone the glittering baubles.
— from The Duchess of Rosemary Lane: A Novel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

“Ach, nein, er war einer Jude, und deshalb ist er vernachlässigt.”
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, March 1884, No. 6 by Chautauqua Institution

Lady St. Craye did her best, but talk is not easy when each one of a party has its own secret pre-occupying interest, and an overlapping interest in the preoccupation of the others.
— from The Incomplete Amorist by E. (Edith) Nesbit

As long as I breathe, nothing else will ever taste quite so good."
— from Caribbee by Thomas Hoover

He had to deal not only with the unsympathetic home government in England, but at one time with Dutch pretensions in New England, which emanated from Fort Manhattan on the future site of New York City.
— from William Bradford of Plymouth by Albert Hale Plumb

Such flexibility of voice could not exist without equal mobility of feature.
— from Golden Dreams and Leaden Realities by George Payson

The little subject which is next engraved will enable us to introduce from the Romance of Prince Arthur a description of an adventure and a [Pg 373] graphic account of the different turns and incidents of a single combat, told in language which is rich in picturesque obsolete words.
— from Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages Third Edition by Edward Lewes Cutts

If we refused to study the bad side of life, no evil would ever be remedied."
— from The Heavenly Twins by Sarah Grand

Captain Stuart was still traveling with the Fur Company, and was also present with his party; besides which a Hudson's Bay trader named Ematinger was encamped near by.
— from Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and Life on the Frontier Also a History of the Sioux War, and a Life of Gen. George A. Custer with Full Account of His Last Battle by Frances Fuller Victor

The next evening was exactly right for the trip.
— from The Island of Yellow Sands: An Adventure and Mystery Story for Boys by Ethel C. (Ethel Claire) Brill