No se oye ni canto de ave, ni rumor de corriente, ni suspiro de brisa, ni columpio de planta.... ¡Ni movimiento ni ruido!...
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

“Yes,” said the cousin, “everybody admired us; the ladies came down from their boxes to have a closer view of us, and everyone said that no richer disguise could be imagined.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Neither evil interests nor reckless demagogues can swerve us from our purpose; for we are free from both and fear neither.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

= KEY: Report \n.\. SYN: tidings, announce, ment, relation, narration, recital, description, communication, declaration, news, rumor, fame, repute, noise, reverberation.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Joe an’ Nick no runna da cow.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

On two points no reasonable doubt can, I think, be felt.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

“In the whole world?” “Nothing.” Robert discreetly closed the door.
— from The Doings of Raffles Haw by Arthur Conan Doyle

During this day and the next Ralph did consider the state of his affairs very closely, and the conclusion he came to was this, that the sooner he could engage himself to marry Mary Bonner the better.
— from Ralph the Heir by Anthony Trollope

Then the rose of the sky turns to crimson, and far to our left the twin peaks of Popocatapetl and Iztaccihuatl, towering above the nearer ranges, don crimson crowns on their snow.
— from The American Egypt: A Record of Travel in Yucatan by Frederick J. Tabor Frost

Whatever may be thought of the expediency or justice of the law in question, no reasonable doubt can be entertained of t
— from Great Events in the History of North and South America by Charles A. (Charles Augustus) Goodrich

For a new Russian dancer cannot be made unless another surrenders life.
— from Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 24, 1920. by Various

Thanks are due also to Commander C. C. Gill, U. S. N., Captain T. G. Frothingam, U. S. N. R., Dr. C. Alphonso Smith, and to colleagues of the Department of English at the Naval Academy for helpful criticism.
— from A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens

"Surely I have suffered enough without—without—this——?" "Darling, why should you fear love now?" responded Don Carlos tenderly, enfolding her in his arms.
— from Bandit Love by Juanita Savage