Raphael's face was found boldly executed on the under side of the moulding-board, and Bacchus on the head of a beer-barrel; a chanting cherub adorned the cover of the sugar-bucket, and attempts to portray Romeo and Juliet supplied kindlings for some time.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

They were dictated by the rigid and jealous spirit of an aristocracy, which had yielded with reluctance to the just demands of the people.
— 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

London , V.D. Some of this author’s novels, such as Rookwood and Jack Sheppard, abound in cant words, placed in the mouths of the highwaymen.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

" She strikes the door, she listens, none replies, And Janet shudders.
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

Mary Kingsley insisted on lending her her watch till recess, and Jenny Snow, a satirical young lady, who had basely twitted Amy upon her limeless state, promptly buried the hatchet and offered to furnish answers to certain appalling sums.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Caroline, whom Justine watches in the glass, turns pale: all the tortures of the previous petty trouble return, and Justine sees that she has become as indispensable to her mistress as spies are to the government when a conspiracy is discovered.
— from Analytical Studies by Honoré de Balzac

I need not enter further into the subject than to say, that we established a system of practically universal suffrage, of equality in representation, a just share in taxation for the support of the State, and equality in the benefits of public education, and in all those blessings which are derived from the freedom of a free people.
— from Select Speeches of Kossuth by Lajos Kossuth

According to Gounod, the composer of the "Romeo and Juliet" symphony is "fantastical and emotional; he suffers, he weeps, he grows desperate, or loses his head.
— from Masters of French Music by Arthur Hervey

“If you go on like this,” replied Aunt Juley, still very much upset, “you won't marry anybody.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume II. Indian Summer of a Forsyte In Chancery by John Galsworthy

Mr. Whitman met him again the next day, Sunday, September 18th, and records:— "As just said, a healthy color in the cheeks, and good light in the eyes, cheery expression, and just the amount of talking that best suited, namely, a word or short phrase only where needed, and almost always with a smile."
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

In serving her, May felt richly rewarded by the edification she derived from her simple piety, and the perfect resignation and joyful submission she evinced to the Divine Will.
— from May Brooke by Anna Hanson Dorsey

And let a conference meeting be called, and after that let my servants Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith, Jun., return, and also Oliver Cowdery with them, to accomplish the residue of the work which I have appointed unto them in their own land, and the residue as shall be ruled by the conferences.
— from History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 1 Period 1. History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet by Smith, Joseph, Jr.

“Actually the heirs of Rosanna and Joseph Schulta own this particular property.
— from The Clock Strikes Thirteen by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt

It will be interesting to see whether sectional interests will unite the Russian and Japanese settlers with the Chinese majority against the foreign capitalists, or whether racial antagonism will prove stronger than economic.
— from The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Volume 1, 1917-1918 by Various