My thoughts were even maddened with the fear of her death; and, when I arrived in the dark at the house of Mrs. Sagely, I had not for some time courage to desire admittance, lest my soul should be shocked with dismal tidings.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Until now Will had never fully seen the chasm between himself and Dorothea—until now that he was come to the brink of it, and saw her on the other side.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

For the sake of even numbers, therefore, let us suppose that the revenue necessary for supporting the civil government of Ireland and the plantations may amount to a million.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

He would then begin again at the next fifty; seeming to commence at number one each time, as though he could not count more than fifty, and it was only by such a large number of fifties being found together, that his astonishment at the multitude of pages was excited.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

And a new fear shook the child from th
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

"Then I need ask no further," said the clergyman, somewhat hastily rising from his chair.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In spite of endless discussions about democracy, this remark of Sir Henry Maine is still so far true that no other excuse is needed for studying the conceptions which lie at the very base of popular government.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

He explained that an act of parliament had authorised Charles Spencer, earl of Sunderland, son-in-law of the duke, not only to take the title of duke of Marlborough, but to change his name from Spencer to Churchill.
— from Historic Bubbles by Frederic Leake

In the first place, what did he take the other provision out of the bill for,—the provision which Trumbull argued was necessary for submitting the constitution to a vote of the people?
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

"They've been in many battles, and they've never failed," said the colonel with some pride.
— from The Tree of Appomattox by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

and though not, like Godwin, condemning marriage as an institution, had she not been twice induced to form a connection which in one instance never was, in the other was not for some time consecrated by law?
— from The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume 1 (of 2) by Marshall, Julian, Mrs.

In fact she was benumbed, and did not fully sense the changed situation.
— from A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis

Mayor notes four sins that cry to heaven: a brother’s blood ( Gen. 4:10 ), the sin of Sodom ( Gen. 18:20 ), the oppressed hireling ( Deut. 24:15 ), and the cry of Job for justice ( Job 16:18 f. ).
— from Studies in the Epistle of James by A. T. Robertson

We of the Cassillis colours mustered in the dead of the night, for there was no force save the City Guard within the walls.
— from The Grey Man by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett