But this amusement delicate Was worthy of that old baboon, Our fathers used to dote upon; The Lovelaces are out of date, Their glory with their heels of red And long perukes hath vanished.
— from Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

And in his Ancylion, he says:— You speak of what you do not understand, Running about like Plato: hoping thus, To learn the nature of saltpetre and onions.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

In this particular corner of the room a large piece had peeled off, leaving a yellow square of coarse plastering.
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

Rage and lust pulled her heart, as with two strings, two different ways; one moment she thought of stabbing Joseph; the next, of taking him in her arms, and devouring him with kisses; but the latter passion was far more prevalent.
— from Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1 by Henry Fielding

Such an extraordinary sign of confidence was received by the orator as a highly favorable omen; and though the animal retreated a little precipitately, he was lavish of his thanks and commendations.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

At the same time, please communicate at once with Charles Baxter whether you have or have not received a letter posted here Oct. 12th, as he is going to cable me the fate of my mail.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 25 by Robert Louis Stevenson

"Peace, freedom, right, and law protect His shield, his star, his sword: Olive , thy peaceful spray now give, Give for the peaceful Lord!
— from A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Felix Dahn

She too had prepared material to read and, like Peggy, had thought at first that she was rejected when Mr. Macaulay wouldn’t let her read it.
— from Peggy Finds the Theatre by Virginia Hughes

This little incident was one of those which served to produce pleasurable sensations, all round, and led per haps, to some civilities at a subsequent date, which were valuable to me.
— from The Indian in his Wigwam; Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America From Original Notes and Manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Three days later, when his ribs were well again, the noodle went through the village once more, and seeing a man roasting a little pig, he seized a vessel of water, ran up with it, and threw the water on the fire.
— from The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies by W. A. (William Alexander) Clouston

For the last month all had gone well with him; he had dined with the Grandlieus three times; the Duke was delightful to him; his shares in the Omnibus Company, sold for three hundred thousand francs, had paid off a third more of the price of the land; Clotilde de Grandlieu, who dressed beautifully now, reddened inch thick when he went into the room, and loudly proclaimed her attachment to him.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Around three sides of this box ran a little platform, heavily gilded.
— from The Clock and the Key by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Vesey

The centre wing of the barbarians, composed of the Sacians and the pure Persian race, at length pressed hard upon the shallow centre of the Greeks, drove them back into the country, and, eager with pursuit, left their own wings to the charge of Callimachus on the one side and the Plataean forces on the other.
— from Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book II by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron