or which is as much as to say that they wish they may always go bearfoot if they are not sincere; a pretty heavy penalty if they are to march through the plains of their country.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

She was of a wild, roving nature, inherited from father and mother, who were both Bohemians, by taste and circumstance; if a lord was not by, she would talk to his courier with the greatest pleasure; the din, the stir, the drink, the smoke, the tattle of the Hebrew pedlars, the solemn, braggart ways of the poor tumblers, the sournois talk of the gambling-table officials, the songs and swagger of the students, and the general buzz and hum of the place had pleased and tickled the little woman, even when her luck was down
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

On the previous day, the prisoner had purchased strychnine at the village chemist’s shop, wearing a disguise by means of which he hoped to throw the onus of the crime upon another man—to wit, Mrs. Inglethorp’s husband, of whom he had been bitterly jealous.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

As soon as the people had passed their decree, Fabius was appointed dictator, [19] and appointed Marcus Minucius his master of the horse.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

He had stayed five weeks at Grange Heath, and felt that he could not, in common decency, stay any longer; so he had packed his portmanteau
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Protestantism, springing from a pure heart, purifies convention and is a tonic to any society in which it prominently exists.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

It was a bill for seven hundred francs, signed by her, and which Lheureux, in spite of all his professions, had paid away to Vincart.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Her scheduled life in the parish had prevented memories and desires from intruding on her.
— from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

And when the whole party has passed the portal, close after the Pharisee, if we betake ourselves to the dealer in fruits, he will tell, with a wonderful salaam, that the stranger is a Jew, one of the princes of the city, who has travelled, and learned the difference between the common grapes of Syria and those of Cyprus, so surpassingly rich with the dews of the sea.
— from Ben-Hur: A tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace

Gordon postponed his call at Brentwood until after dinner and in the meanwhile presented his problem to his father.
— from The Lucky Seventh by Ralph Henry Barbour

Seeing, then, how great was the concern of all at her peremptory mood, the lady’s manner softened, and she said with a roguish smile— ‘Have patience, have patience, you foolish men!
— from A Group of Noble Dames by Thomas Hardy

Perhaps however {prophasin} is here from {prophaino} (cp.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

Their plan was no sooner perfected than it was acted upon, and Le Boyen, suspecting the meaning though not the extent of the disaffection, put his people on forced marches.
— from The Hand of the Mighty, and Other Stories by Vaughan Kester

There is little doubt that Professor Gray's successful experiments considerably antedated those of the others, but Professor Bell was the first to perfect his patent.
— from Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs

One obstacle was the doubtful attitude of Cardinal de Retz, who throughout this later phase had pretended to be on the side of the Court.
— from Early French Prisons Le Grand and Le Petit Châtelets; Vincennes; The Bastile; Loches; The Galleys; Revolutionary Prisons by Arthur Griffiths

He loved to have his pet look up at him with trusting brown eyes; and when Gyp sprang on his knee, and put his paws affectionately about his master's neck, it always seemed as if he were not quite a dog, but something very like a dear human friend.
— from Master Sunshine by Fraser, C. F., Mrs.