Alfred Lammle pushed his plate away (no great sacrifice under the circumstances of there being so little in it), thrust his hands in his pockets, leaned back in his chair, and contemplated Fledgeby in silence.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Therefore is it that, after the manner and fashion of your other worships, I defer, protract, delay, prolong, intermit, surcease, pause, linger, suspend, prorogate, drive out, wire-draw, and shift off the time of giving a definitive sentence, to the end that the suit or process, being well fanned and winnowed, tossed and canvassed to and fro, narrowly, precisely, and nearly garbled, sifted, searched, and examined, and on all hands exactly argued, disputed, and debated, may, by succession of time, come at last to its full ripeness and maturity.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

In that same year a grave dissension arose between the scholars and the citizens of Paris, the origin of which was as follows: There was at Paris a notable German scholar who was bishop-elect of Liége.
— from Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities by Arthur O. Norton

They usually form parties for the purpose, and never go singly; for [Pg 374] although these animals will not attack a man who does not molest them, yet the sainos when provoked are very desperate antagonists, and will attack those who offend them.
— from Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 2 of 3) Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results by Stevenson, William Bennet, active 1803-1825

It is eminently desirable, however, that there should be provided a naval general staff on lines similar to those of the General Staff lately created for the Army.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Theodore Roosevelt

“I mean—I hope you won’t be offended—but men in his position are not generally so well informed.”
— from Only One Love; or, Who Was the Heir by Charles Garvice

But most biographies are seemingly written about statues on pedestals, and not good statues at that.
— from American Men of Action by Burton Egbert Stevenson

"Answering advertisements about posts as nursery governess," said Loveday bitterly.
— from A harum-scarum schoolgirl by Angela Brazil

There was not the least fear of any of them stirring, for they well knew his custom—to walk round, and speak a few words to everyone in turn, and to put a new golden sovereign into their hands.
— from Amaryllis at the Fair by Richard Jefferies

[See Appendix.—W.] [11] He complains of help promist, and never given: see in the folio Harrison, p. 45,
— from Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison by William Harrison