He is a simpleton, stupid enough to ruin himself by running after——” “There he is!” cried Sylvie.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

Thereupon it rejoiceth, and thinketh how it may ofttimes rejoice—and for that very purpose it IS MEANT to think.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Then the lion told him that they, too, had all fallen asleep from weariness, and on awaking, had found him dead with his head cut off, that the hare had brought the life-giving root, and that he, in his haste, had laid hold of the head the wrong way, but that he would repair his mistake.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

If it is to be let to a tenant for rent, as the house itself can produce nothing, the tenant must always pay the rent out of some other revenue, which he derives, either from labour, or stock, or land.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

They ran around the house in a wide circle until they had made a trail all around it excepting on the side from which the Wolves would come, where they left a small open space.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

The sage, whose kindness knew no bounds, complied with his pet’s request, and turned him into a wild boar.
— from Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

Uttering these words with supreme contempt and great irritation of manner, Ralph signed hastily to Newman to leave the room; and throwing himself into his chair, beat his foot impatiently upon the ground.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Sofya Petrovna sang nervously, with defiant recklessness as though half intoxicated, and she chose sad, mournful songs which dealt with wasted hopes, the past, old age, as though in mockery of another’s grief.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Oliver had not been within the walls of the workhouse a quarter of an hour, and had scarcely completed the demolition of a second slice of bread, when Mr. Bumble, who had handed him over to the care of an old woman, returned; and, telling him it was a board night, informed him that the board had said he was to appear before it forthwith.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Then was the Prince clad in robes befitting his station, and from this time forth he was reared in the bosom of Piran, and of Ferangis, his mother, the days rolling above their heads in happiness and peace.
— from The Story of Rustem, and other Persian hero tales from Firdusi by Elizabeth D. Renninger

IMG Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from the sketch by G. Rawlinson, and the heliogravure in Heuzey-Sarzec.
— from History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 3 (of 12) by G. (Gaston) Maspero

He was very deft with his penknife, and in a few minutes had carved S. P. M. and A. S. G., encircling the initials by a ring and two hearts interlaced.
— from My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin

It was incomprehensible to his mind, this seemingly universal passion for tea and sweet cakes; but if the institution was to exist under his roof at all, it was gratifying to know that, albeit the tea was the finest Indian overland, and the sweet cakes from the Maison Gagé, it was not for these reasons alone that the 16th Arrondissement was eager, and the 7th not loath, to be received at the hôtel in the Villa Dupont.
— from The Transgression of Andrew Vane: A Novel by Guy Wetmore Carryl

Could she have heard some of the talk in that room across the hall it would have made things plainer to her than they were.
— from Ruth Erskine's Son by Pansy

'The fact is, I wanted to speak to you about him, because, you know, really and truly, he isn't a valet at all, and he oughtn't to be one.'
— from Babylon, Volume 2 by Grant Allen

He is said to have even opened a school to teach boys to read, and to have instructed the public singers in reciting poetry.
— from Ancient States and Empires For Colleges and Schools by John Lord

His name was rarely affixed to his instruments, but those thoroughly acquainted with his work agree in giving him a foremost place among the makers of this country.
— from The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by George Hart

She liked to take long rides across the hills in the soft light of the evening with Varley by her side.
— from Just a Girl by Charles Garvice