Note 42 ( return ) [ Urbis præfectum ad ligiam fidelitatem recepit, et per mantum quod illi donavit de præfecturâ eum publice investivit, qui usque ad id tempus juramento fidelitatis imperatori fuit obligatus et ab eo præfecturæ tenuit honorem, (Gesta Innocent.
— 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

But Raymond, without explaining himself, suddenly quitted us, and in another moment we heard him gallop down the street, in spite of the wind and rain that scattered tempest over the earth.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

I had begun to be always decorating the chambers in some quite unnecessary and inappropriate way or other, and very expensive those wrestles with Barnard proved to be.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

The Assistant Commissioner withdrew quietly, unnoticed, as if already forgotten.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

[218] Beneath these tracts of thought, which, however rudimentary, are still organized selves with a memory, habits, and sense of their own identity, M. Janet thinks that the facts of catalepsy in hysteric patients drive us to suppose that there are thoughts quite unorganized and impersonal.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Concealing herself rapidly over the purchase of a box of Tunisian dates, for she was impatient of awkwardly meeting people with parcels in her hands, and at the busy time of the morning, she was quite unintentionally an interested observer of their little interview.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property by John Galsworthy

I quite understand, and I think as you do. 439 Would you not say that thirst is one of these essentially relative terms, having clearly a relation— Yes, thirst is relative to drink.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

“Excuse me; and there’s nothing in life for me to like.” “I quite understand, and I merely meant to offer you my services,” said Sergey Ivanovitch, scanning Vronsky’s face, full of unmistakable suffering.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

“Excuse my little subterfuge,” said the countess, in reply to her companion’s half-reproachful observation on the subject; “but that horrid man had made me feel quite uncomfortable, and I longed to be alone, that I might compose my startled mind.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

But thenceforth the insurgent troops became quite uncontrollable and insolent to their officers.
— from The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule by Foreman, John, F.R.G.S.

"It's quite untrue and impossible!"
— from The Nicest Girl in the School: A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil

When to this are added plots and counterplots, dramatic contests and dénoûments, the book presents a combination of attractions quite unique and irresistible.
— from One Thousand Ways to Make Money by Page Fox

Indeed the twenty pounds you sent me last was quite unnecessary, as I have nearly sixteen left.
— from The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage by Bernard Shaw

He had fallen in love with the girl in question utterly and immediately.
— from Behind the Beyond, and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge by Stephen Leacock

Some of them had friends who were lieutenants and were quite uppish about it, but none that I knew had a Captain.
— from The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road; Or, Glorify Work by Hildegard G. Frey

When Lady Dufferin asked me about it and if it would be a success, I said, “Yes,” but did not quite understand about it or realise the difficulties.
— from The Autobiography of an Indian Princess by Maharani of Cooch Behar Sunity Devee

In the case of the two younger Winstanley boys, I fear this axiom was only too true, since they sometimes allowed their love of fun to lead them into rather questionable undertakings, and I do not think their neighbours altogether appreciated the many jokes and escapades with which they sought to enliven the holidays.
— from The Fortunes of Philippa: A School Story by Angela Brazil

Cherry quickly understood, and in a few minutes all was ready, and she was standing by Meg's side asking Dickie if he would not like another warm bath.
— from Mother-Meg; or, The Story of Dickie's Attic by Catharine Shaw

In some of them the light of the Gospel has been quenched utterly, and in others it lingers like a candle flickering down into the socket.
— from Sermons for the Times by Charles Kingsley