This may all have been the effect of habit, or rather, more exactly of a generous propensity he had from his earliest years for indulging in an agreeable day-dream in which he figured as a picturesque public character.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

First wheeld thir course; Earth in her rich attire Consummate lovly smil’d; Aire, Water, Earth, By Fowl, Fish, Beast, was flown, was swum, was walkt Frequent; and of the Sixt day yet remain’d; There wanted yet the Master work, the end Of all yet don; a Creature who not prone And Brute as other Creatures, but endu’d With Sanctitie of Reason, might erect His Stature, and upright with Front serene Govern the rest, self-knowing, and from thence Magnanimous to correspond with Heav’n, But grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends, thither with heart and voice and eyes Directed in Devotion, to adore And worship God Supream, who made him chief Of all his works: therefore the Omnipotent Eternal Father (For where is not hee Present) thus to his Son audibly spake.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

He had not been there since his first interview with Bulstrode in the morning, having been found at the Hospital by the banker's messenger; and for the first time he was returning to his home without the vision of any expedient in the background which left him a hope of raising money enough to deliver him from the coming destitution of everything which made his married life tolerable—everything which saved him and Rosamond from that bare isolation in which they would be forced to recognize how little of a comfort they could be to each other.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

Κράτιστος, η, ον, (super. from κρατύς, strongest) in N.T., κράτιστε, a term of respect, most excellent, noble, or illustious, Lu.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

Serious opera, rich musical ensemble, was his particular aversion, and my demands for this irritated him so that he met them only with scorn and indignant refusals.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
— from The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

He was in conversation with the guide, and the word which had so often reached my ears, forlorad, was a Danish expression.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

The concealed lust of revenge, miserable envy
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist Complete Works, Volume Sixteen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Among other reasons, my estate lying in money, I am afeard of any sudden miscarriage.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The title page has a conspicuously blank space for the date etc. of the publication, but this is found at the foot of p. 81, where one reads: Marcobraitæ, Excudebat Joan.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

At first I thought he had brought his brother with him, but, on rubbing my eyes, I found it was an optical delusion.
— from Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes

Our readers must endeavour, by the aid of their own fancies, to form some idea of the [22] various forms in which the head and harigals of the sheep, that had been put to death for the occasion, were served up, not forgetting the sonsy, savoury, sappy haggis, together with the gude fat hen, the float whey, which, in a large china punch-bowl, graced the centre of the table, and supplied the place of jellies, tarts, tartlets, and puddings.
— from The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy by John Galt

At the beginning (p. 107) of the war, I suggested to Senator Wilson to import such quartermasters from France or Russia, men experienced and accustomed to provide for armies of 100,000 men each.
— from Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

His being a Christian and completely European (or rather more English) in his habits and feelings, renders this much more necessary, and at the same time more easy.
— from The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Queen of Great Britain Victoria

I don’t insist—I only reiterate my entreaty.
— from The New Magdalen by Wilkie Collins

From the main road in the valley, a country track or road, muddy even for the Somme, leads up the hill, through the heart of the village, past the church, towards our old line and Auchonvillers.
— from The Old Front Line by John Masefield

But I was fortunate in finding an American friend, Mr. O. B. Johnson, of Salem, whose complete and accurate knowledge of these subjects only rendered more easy his kindly endeavors to give me the benefit of all his stores.
— from Two Years in Oregon by Wallis Nash

"Prisoners, victims of justice, have, it seems, no privileges; else my one request, my earnest prayer to be shielded from your presence, might have protected me from this intrusion.
— from At the Mercy of Tiberius by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

The largest footman but one removed Mr. Erwyn's cup.
— from Gallantry: Dizain des Fetes Galantes by James Branch Cabell