The electricians on board resolved to cut the cable before fishing it up, and at eleven o'clock at night they had recovered the damaged part.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

"I wanted pansies for you, but not one would bloom; so I did the next best, since you don't like roses," said David, as Christie stood looking at the violets with a thoughtful face, for something in the peculiarly graceful arrangement of the heart-shaped leaves recalled another nosegay to her mind.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

Change but a man’s view of these things; let him see that virtue and religion are necessary to his happiness; let him look into the future state of bliss or misery, and see there God, the righteous Judge, ready to ‘render to every man according to his deeds; to them who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory, and honour, and immortality, eternal life; but unto every soul that doth evil, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish.’
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew, Thou mak'st thy knife keen; but no metal can, No, not the hangman's axe, bear half the keenness Of thy sharp envy.
— from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

"Yes—of course." "Oh, well. I suppose he was inclined for a little sight-seeing like the rest of us." Cartlett's interest in Jude whatever it might have been when Arabella was new to him, had plainly flagged since her charms and her idiosyncrasies, her supernumerary hair-coils, and her optional dimples, were becoming as a tale that is told.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

There was nothing on earth that the Wellands and Mingotts would not have done to proclaim their unalterable affection for the Countess Olenska now that her passage for Europe was engaged; and Archer, at the head of his table, sat marvelling at the silent untiring activity with which her popularity had been retrieved, grievances against her silenced, her past countenanced, and her present irradiated by the family approval.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Impulses of sympathy came naturally to her, and it was instinctive to proffer her help to Mrs. Fisher.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

But if I survive the duel, I will hide it away, and he will not know, and I will not tell him until he reforms, and I see that his reformation is going to be permanent.”
— from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

Each player then writes down all the girls' names that he (or she) can recollect that commence with A, and at the expiration of the two minutes, "time" is called.
— from Little Folks (September 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

As arrant a Gentleman, and a brave fellow, And so near to his blood— La-writ.
— from The Little French Lawyer: A Comedy by John Fletcher

As we entered the lane the enemy ran a battery up to the edge of the timber and shelled us every step of the way as we pulled through the long lane, tired and dusty, about noon, that hot 4th of July.
— from The Lone Star Defenders: A Chronicle of the Third Texas Cavalry, Ross' Brigade by S. B. (Samuel Benton) Barron

But the thought of Nelly never really left him; nor that haunting physical memory of her soft head upon his shoulder.
— from Missing by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

The boy's eyes accused her mercilessly and he seemed not to hear her.
— from The Heart of the Hills by Fox, John, Jr.

He broached the subject nearest to his heart, and soon had his companion interested in the subscription for Lemuel Fogg.
— from Ralph on the Overland Express; Or, The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer by Allen Chapman

Things were looking up; and when Beulah, my cat, a most intelligent animal, found some early catnip on a bank near the house and rolled in it in a feline ecstasy, I decided that getting back to nature was the thing to do.
— from The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart

" This was indeed open treason, but E-Thas feigned not to hear it.
— from The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

His “appear d a rogue” and “two most notorious thieves” had sure procured him a broken pate had his patrons known!
— from The Law's Lumber Room (Second Series) by Francis Watt