She dismissed the messenger to his own devices, and rode away to her old home.
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Lucian, the son of the præfect Florentius, the oppressor of Gaul, and the enemy of Julian, had employed a considerable part of his inheritance, the fruit of rapine and corruption, to purchase the friendship of Rufinus, and the high office of Count of the East.
— 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

His profusion exceeded even the rapidity of renovation; and the husbandman had scarcely broken up his long-waste fields, when a call was made by the harpies of the State for an advance on their produce, while he himself had been compelled to borrow at a like ruinous rate for 561 seed and the means of support, to be paid by expectations.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

During my residence at the Hermitage, and after my settlement at Montmorency, I had made in the neighborhood some agreeable acquaintance, and which did not subject me to any inconvenience.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I lifted the rifle, and taking him about midway down the shoulder, for he was side on to me, fired.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

Wearisome as Burke's refinements appeared to his parliamentary auditors, yet the cultivated classes throughout Europe have reason to be thankful, that he ———went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

18 THUS, TUS, frankincense, or the juice producing incense, Rosemary (?); also the herb ground-pine, CHAMAEPITYS, ℞ 60 Thrush, p. 265 , ℞ 497 THYMBRIA, savory; see SISYMBRIUM , SATUREIA and CUNILA ; also see THYMUS THYMUS, thyme.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

"He shall have," says Mrs. Rouncewell, "all the help that can be got for him in the world, my dear.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Yet a khan, whose power they vainly magnified, is said to have received at their hands the rites of baptism, and even of ordination; and the fame of Prester or Presbyter John 117 has long amused the credulity of Europe.
— 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

"Come on; let us see if we can't lift it!" exclaimed Randy, and took hold of one of the numerous branches.
— from The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island; or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box by Edward Stratemeyer

No doubt this garment also served as a coverlet at night, as was the custom of the Middle Ages, sheets and blankets being luxuries enjoyed only by the rich and titled ( History of Agriculture and Prices in England , T. Rogers).
— from The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry by Joseph Fort Newton

Rob alone seemed a bit remorseful at the huge success of Tubby’s novel advertising scheme.
— from The Boy Scouts at the Panama Canal by John Henry Goldfrap

Then suddenly it occurs to me to wonder if they are listening particularly and are not looking off at the scenery and the river and the hills and the meadow while I wander on about railroad trains and symbolism and the Mount Tom Pulp Mill and socialism and electricity and Schopenhauer and the other things, tracking out relations.
— from The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century by Gerald Stanley Lee

" I rose and took his proffered arm and we turned towards the door.
— from The Doctor's Daughter by Vera

He declared that he was now well refreshed, and that he wished to bear his part in the labour; and indeed we were very glad to let him do so, because he was an exceedingly skilful workman, and very ready with the use of saw and hatchet.
— from Marjorie by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy

Sometimes he talked of his early researches, and then he would trace computations with his hands as if he were using a blackboard, and became distressed to remember what he had written.
— from Marriage by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

he shouted in welcome as he came to the camp fire, alluding to his promise “to do a rescue”; and then he surveyed our supper.
— from We of the Never-Never by Jeannie Gunn

He remembered all that he had done, all that he possessed.
— from The Turtles of Tasman by Jack London