By the time she had discovered his whereabouts, and brought suit for divorce, he would probably—wherever he was—be earning enough to pay her a sufficient alimony.
— from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

He gripped the bridle of his prancing horse and searched amidst the grass.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

And there stood the minister, with his hand over his heart; and Hester Prynne, with the embroidered letter glimmering on her bosom; and little Pearl, herself a symbol, and the connecting link between those two.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

You wish to hear—that is, you would like—that is—shall I play for you?' "'Thank you,' said the shoemaker, 'but our piano is so wretched, and we have no music.' "'No music!' exclaimed the composer; 'how, then, does the young lady—I—I entreat your pardon,' he added, stammering as he saw that the girl was blind; 'I had not perceived before.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

"When I saw him I tried to pacify him and said, 'Ajax, will you not forget and forgive even in death, but must the judgement about that hateful armour still rankle with you?
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

The truth is, that his humane consideration of the forlorn and indigent state in which this lady was left by her father, induced him to treat her with the utmost tenderness, and even to be desirous of procuring her amusement, so as sometimes to incommode many of his friends, by carrying her with him to their houses, where, from her manner of eating, in consequence of her blindness, she could not but offend the delicacy of persons of nice sensations.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

Dorothea comforted Sancho, telling him that she pledged herself, as soon as it should appear certain that his master had decapitated the giant, and she found herself peacefully established in her kingdom, to bestow upon him the best county there was in it.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

But that when he began to devote himself to philosophy, he adopted such a rigorous system of morals, that he for the future always continued the same in appearance, and never even changed his voice, on which account Crantor was charmed by him.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

I've bought nutmeg graters, shoelaces and gaiters, I've bought everything from a lamp to a lyre; I've bought patent heaters and saws and egg beaters and stoves that exploded and set me afire.
— from Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason

I do not remember to have ever seen vehicles careering along what, I presume, was a public highway, at such a rate before.
— from Under One Flag by Richard Marsh

Artist—when to the thunder's pealing sound, Fire mixed with hailstones ran upon the ground, When partial darkness the dread prospect hid, And sole aspired the aged pyramid
— from The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan by William Lisle Bowles

And I was a medical man, who sought to build up a family practice!—who, in short, a very little time ago, had thought himself past the hot follies of youth and entered upon that staid phase of life wherein the daily problems of the medical profession hold absolute sway and such seductive follies as dark eyes and red lips find—no place—are excluded!
— from The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer

He wrote history, in addition to plays and poetry, and later, in his attacks upon the Church, proved himself a skilful and unscrupulous controversialist.
— from Heroes of Modern Europe by Alice Birkhead

Linda made way for her sister to fly past her, as she afterward expressed it, like a whirlwind.
— from Light O' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl by L. T. Meade

Whip up the eggs and mix both ingredients with the breadcrumbs; add the mashed potatoes, herbs, and seasoning, and mix all well together.
— from Dr. Allinson's cookery book Comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes by T. R. (Thomas Richard) Allinson