She was holding now in her hand a bundle of notes, by means of which various poor people, her protégés, had procured goods from a grocer's shop.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

He desired, at least, he might be appointed Prætorian præfect; his prayer was rejected.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

It stood under his bed, and was guarded like the apple of his eye; and though every one knew that there was nothing in it except old rags, two or three pairs of damaged boots and all sorts of rubbish, yet Mr. Prohartchin prized his property very highly, and they used even to hear him at one time express dissatisfaction with his old, but still sound, lock, and talk of getting a new one of a special German pattern with a secret spring and various complications.
— from White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

They had nothing to accuse him of but pride; pride he probably had, and if not, it would certainly be imputed by the inhabitants of a small market-town, where the family did not visit.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

They are, in short, peasants, plain homely people, without any taint of disreputable blood, and, as the saying is, old rusty Christians, but so rich that by their wealth and free-handed way of life they are coming by degrees to be considered gentlefolk by birth, and even by position; though the wealth and nobility they thought most of was having me for their daughter; and as they have no other child to make their heir, and are affectionate parents, I was one of the most indulged daughters that ever parents indulged.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

She added that Pyotr Petrovitch had particularly told her to say that, as soon as he possibly could, he would come immediately to discuss business alone with her and to consider what could be done for her, etc., etc.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

SYN: Delay, postpone, waive, adjourn, prorogue, put off, retard, procrastinate, protract, hinder, prolong.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

En Estados Unidos se ven ahora varios intentos para quitarles estos derechos a los lectores, limitando las reglas relativas a la utilización de estas obras, prolongando la duración del derecho de copiado (con ciertas proposiciones para hacerlo perpetuo)
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Again, the corn-spirit in the form of a pig plays his part at sowing-time as well as at harvest.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Early impressions from "Peter Parley" had portrayed the sinking of a vessel as a frightful plunge, endangering all around, like a maelstrom.
— from Oldport Days by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

When the Queen-mother died, and with her the pitiful pension, her plight was indeed pitiful.
— from Love affairs of the Courts of Europe by Thornton Hall

Phronsie patted her pink pinafore, and pulled it into shape patiently.
— from The Stories Polly Pepper Told to the Five Little Peppers in the Little Brown House by Margaret Sidney

The philosophical poet himself, perhaps, owes some of his love of nature to the opportunity it affords him of analyzing his own feelings, and contemplating his own powers,—of making every object about him a whole length mirror to reflect his favourite thoughts, and of looking down on the frailties of others in undisturbed leisure, and from a more dignified height.
— from The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 01 (of 12) by William Hazlitt

Mr. Pendyce pushed his plate back, rose, and left the room.
— from The Country House by John Galsworthy

The merciless Poppæa pressed her point: "Was it to me, or to somebody else, I heard thee offer service of thine art?
— from The Epic of Paul by William Cleaver Wilkinson

He also loves his parent that begat him, and his child whom he has begotten, with intense affection; he is not without affection from nature; but perverted principle has perverted nature; and as his principle is, so is his practice.
— from The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. by John West

Its other names are prickly pine, hickory pine, and southern mountain pine.
— from American Forest Trees by Henry H. Gibson

Then the quartette took their seats, and Purse produced his pocket-book.
— from The Red Bicycle by Fergus Hume