When they were gone, nothing remained but to relieve ourselves of Mrs. Michelson—a result which was easily achieved by sending this amiable lady to find lodgings for her mistress at the sea-side.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

I have wasted myself out of my means.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Nevertheless he does actually take an interest in it, the basis of which in us we call the moral feeling, which some have falsely assigned as the standard of our moral judgement, whereas it must rather be viewed as the subjective effect that the law exercises on the will, the objective principle of which is furnished by reason alone.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant

The latter’s statement that William Cain played one of these fairy tunes at one of our Manx entertainments in Peel is perfectly correct.’— Sophia Morrison .
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

at the distance of one mile from the entrance of this stream it forks, the two branches being nearly of the same size.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

[The account in the Appendix, of which the above is a résumé , omits to describe the sacrifice which has to be made before the erection of the centre-post, which has therefore been drawn from the instructions of other magicians.]
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

Among these, on one May-day, was a young officer whose regiment had been recently quartered in the neighborhood.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

“This time I did not content myself with looking, but I took my knife out of my pocket, felt that the point was sharp, and sprang over the wall.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

and how was I surprised to find the whole letter filled with a particular and melancholy account of our misfortunes?
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Héloïse

He was sold down in Georgie, to a cousin of ole massa.
— from The Young Bank Messenger by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

It is a little place, perched upon the ledge of a long sliding hill, which commands the vale of Orcia; Monte Amiata soaring in aërial majesty beyond.
— from Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III by John Addington Symonds

If I have developed perfect control throughout the two and a half octaves of my voice, can make each tone with pure quality and perfect evenness in the different degrees of loud and soft, and if I have perfect breath control as well, I then have an equipment that may serve all purposes of interpretation.
— from Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers, Comprising Interviews with Caruso, Farrar, Maurel, Lehmann, and Others by Harriette Brower

What Nofuhl gathered was this: This Mehrikan with his wife and one old man were all that remained of his race.
— from The Last American A Fragment from the Journal of Khan-li, Prince of Dimph-yoo-chur and Admiral in the Persian Navy by John Ames Mitchell

“After surrender one of my brothers come home and say the war was over.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration

When you have done that, we shall get back to the zareba, leaving three of our men as sentries until they can be relieved by those who have remained behind."
— from In the grip of the Mullah: A tale of adventure in Somaliland by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

This check brings me back to the reflection that, when I feel the best, I am most likely to experience one of my ill turns; some one of which will probably end my journey in this life.
— from Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; with a brief account of some incidents of his life by Amos Lawrence

He was fond of one man whom I recall as the most silent man I ever met.
— from Widger's Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Works of William Dean Howells by William Dean Howells

I was a hardened vessel in such matters, having, with the exception of one painful experience of my green and tender youth, put the softer sex (I sometimes think that this is a misnomer) almost entirely out of my thoughts.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard