Mr. Pickwick sat down at a side table, and hastily indited a note to Mr. Winkle, merely informing him that he was detained by stress of weather, but would certainly be in London next day; until when he deferred any account of his proceedings.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

"Don't be troubled, Meg; poverty seldom daunts a sincere lover.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

Once more I say the suspicion in my mind that some imprudence of mine has engendered these lawless thoughts in thee, is what causes me most distress and what I desire most to punish with my own hands, for were any other instrument of punishment employed my error might become perhaps more widely known; but before I do so, in my death I mean to inflict death, and take with me one that will fully satisfy my longing for the revenge I hope for and have; for I shall see, wheresoever it may be that I go, the penalty awarded by inflexible, unswerving justice on him who has placed me in a position so desperate.” As she uttered these words, with incredible energy and swiftness she flew upon Lothario with the naked dagger, so manifestly bent on burying it in his breast that he was almost uncertain whether these demonstrations were real or feigned, for he was obliged to have recourse to all his skill and strength to prevent her from striking him; and with such reality did she act this strange farce and mystification that, to give it a colour of truth, she determined to stain it with her own blood; for perceiving, or pretending, that she could not wound Lothario, she said, “Fate, it seems, will not grant my just desire complete satisfaction, but it will not be able to keep me from satisfying it partially at least;” and making an effort to free the hand with the dagger which Lothario held in his grasp, she released it, and directing the point to a place where it could not inflict a deep wound, she plunged it into her left side high up close to the shoulder, and then allowed herself to fall to the ground as if in a faint.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Changes of structure at an early age will generally affect parts subsequently developed; and there are very many other correlations of growth, the nature of which we are utterly unable to understand.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

Hanap nga pagtúu sa Diyus, A not very strong belief in God.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

"If thou canst perform such deeds as that, thou art no gardener's boy; tell me, who is thy father?"
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

Happy men of Bethshemesh, for whom God prepared so delightful a surprise.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie

I possess similar details as to Philadelphia, which seem to admit of the same conclusions as those drawn from the figures I have used.
— from Wear and Tear; Or, Hints for the Overworked by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell

"Well?" "I'm thinking that brig was bound for Port Arthur, and she'll slip into that port some dark and misty night."
— from At the Fall of Port Arthur; Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy by Edward Stratemeyer

“Seldom a person sits down at this table, or desk, but I have formed an opinion of the man’s disposition and traits, by an instinctive impression.”
— from Why Lincoln Laughed by Russell H. Conwell

This habit of sacrificing truth and exactitude of impression, for the sake of producing a harmonious phrase or a picturesque suggestion, disgusted Alfred de Vigny.
— from Cinq Mars — Complete by Alfred de Vigny

"It was a determination," said Parma, "so daring and desperate that there was no substantial reason why we should believe they would carry it out; but they were at last solemnly resolved to die or to effect their purpose."
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley