The patient grew calmer every instant, and presently said:— “You needn’t tie me; I shall go quietly!”
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

In other creatures these two particulars generally compensate each other.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

If you will permit me, I shall be happy to show you my picture gallery, composed entirely of works by the ancient masters—warranted as such.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Thence carried him and W. Howe into London, and set them down at Sir G. Carteret’s to receive some money, and I home and there busy very late, and so home to supper and to bed, with my mind in pretty good ease, my business being in a pretty good condition every where. 17th (Lord’s day).
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Genomenou gar, ei tychoi, boubônos epi prosptaismati, prin men pyrexai ton anthrôpon, ouk an cheiron hê gastêr pepseien; ou gar hikanon ên oudeteron autôn outh' ho boubôn oute to helkos empodisai ti kai blapsai tên energeian tês koilias; ei de pyrexeien, euthys men hai pepseis gignontai cheirous, euthys de kai tên energeian tês gastros beblaphthai phamen orthôs legontes.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

A thousand blossoms fair to see With passing glory clothe each tree That hangs its cluster-burthened head Now that the dewy months 528 are fled, But, followed by the bees that ply Their fragrant task, they fall and die.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Do you suppose that a respectable poor girl can earn much by honest work?
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Summa igitur et perfecta gloria constat ex tribus his: si diligit multitudo, si fidem habet, si cum admiratione quadam honore dignos putat.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Si omittatur coitus, contristat, et plurimum gravat corpus et animum.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

From what he says it must be a pretty good chance, exactly what Sam would like if he knew anything about the business.
— from The Last of the Peterkins With Others of Their Kin by Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody) Hale

They both received him very civilly, for James was a very well-bred man, and Bath always shewed a particular respect to the clergy, he being indeed a perfect good Christian, except in the articles of fighting and swearing.
— from Amelia — Volume 3 by Henry Fielding

While Mr. Oliver went back to the Rectory, cheered by the prospect of possible grouse, Clarissa entered her new home, so utterly strange to her in its insignificance.
— from The Lovels of Arden by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Portland, German C. E., 3. WASHINGTON, $27.00.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 54, No. 04, October, 1900 by Various

A very pleasant general conversation ensues, followed by an elegant luncheon, to which Eugene adds a measure of gayety.
— from Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda M. Douglas

[398] It was a day of small things, relatively to present gigantic commercial enterprises; but an accumulation of cash in one quarter, coinciding with penury in another, proves defect in circulation consequent upon embarrassed communications.
— from Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

The president, Prof. G. C. E. Weber, will also deliver an address.
— from The Cleveland Medical Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 5, March 1886 by Various

The little projections generally called ears of the serpent are not at right angles to the body, but incline backwards.
— from The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races by Emory Adams Allen