He would take them to poni Aniele, who kept a boardinghouse the other side of the yards; old Mrs. Jukniene, he explained, had not what one would call choice accommodations, but they might do for the moment.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

The gallant Mark Clark here made a peculiar and well known sound with his own.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

From the days of Hypatia to those of the Reformation, the illustrious Heloisa is almost the only woman to whom any such achievement might have been possible; and we know not how great a capacity of speculation in her may have been lost to mankind by the misfortunes of her life.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

All day long he prowled about, without knowing where he was going; it rained at times, he did not perceive it; for his dinner, he purchased a penny roll at a baker’s, put it in his pocket and forgot it.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Plaited and waved knots.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

Social progress, as we know, consists mainly in a successive differentiation of functions, or, in simpler language, a division of labour.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

“On the same afternoon the ceremony of the bath was performed, to the great satisfaction of every one present, and was kept up till six o’clock, by which time every one was wet through.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

We once heard Mr. Bryan say in a speech: "It was my privilege to hear"—and he paused, while the audience wondered for a second whom it was his privilege to hear—"the great evangelist"—and he paused again; we knew a little more about the man he had heard, but still wondered to which evangelist he referred; and then he concluded: "Dwight L. Moody."
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

Moreover, it is expected of some, that his Prince, the Lord of that country, will shortly come into these parts, and will know the reason, if they can give [206] any, why his neighbors set so little by him, and had him so much in derision, when they perceived that he would be a Pilgrim.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

I now take my leave; be happy in this house with your children, your people, and with king Alcinous.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

The grape came nearer and nearer, the gunners working the pieces faster than I had ever thought could be possible, and we kept peppering away at the men in the boats, firing so lively that soon they were driven in; but it had cost two of our fellows slight wounds.
— from With Porter in the Essex A Story of His Famous Cruise in the Southern Waters During the War of 1812 by James Otis

The consequences, with regard to the northern powers, are well known.
— from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume II. by Walter Scott

In the conflict that ensued Amulius took part and was killed, and thus Numitor and his daughter were at last revenged.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 11 (of 15), Roman by Charles Morris

From this time on the record of his life is for a while public, plain and well known.
— from The Way to the West, and the Lives of Three Early Americans: Boone—Crockett—Carson by Emerson Hough

And then we all kneeled in family prayer, and that evening before the parting, as we kneeled and heard my father’s earnest words, I realised fully, perhaps for the first time, how, more than parents or friends, God was our Father; how, though we were going away from home and its securities, yet God was to be with us, stronger and kinder than any on earth, to guard and care for us.
— from Captain Mugford: Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors by William Henry Giles Kingston

The toilet of a woman constituted a large capital; it was reckoned among the family possessions, and was kept in those enormous chests which threaten to break through the floors of our modern houses.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Just before taps, if you have a good cornetist, have him go a short distance from the camp and play a well known hymn, like "Abide With Me," "Nearer, My God, to Thee," "Lead, Kindly Light," then play "taps.
— from Camping For Boys by H. W. (Henry William) Gibson

This time we have touched on too many topics; on our next meeting we will keep to one distinct point, and who knows to what your learning and eloquence may bring me?”
— from Akbar: An Eastern Romance by P. A. S. van (Petrus Abraham Samuel) Limburg Brouwer

[pg 062] I felt a respect for the young girl ever afterwards; and as I clasped my arms about her neck and pressed a warm kiss on her cheek, as I bade her good-night, the tone of my voice must have been unusually tender—for I saw tears come into her eyes as she asked Mammy if she was not afraid, from my flushed cheeks, that I had some fever.
— from A Grandmother's Recollections by Ella Rodman Church

As a consequence Lentulus was forced by the senate to resign the praetorship, and was kept under guard along with the others arrested while the remnant of the society was being sought for.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). by Cassius Dio Cocceianus