Way kalambuan ang ímung paningúhà kaníya, Your romantic efforts have made no progress whatsoever.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

he muttered, reflectively; "and yet that isn't much like him, for he seldom remembers even his meals unless I jog his memory.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

The intrepid slave, after sustaining this dangerous raillery, entered his master's bedchamber; removed his spear and shield; silently drew the fleetest horses from the stable; unbarred the ponderous gates; and excited Attalus to save his life and liberty by incessant diligence.
— 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

‘If I had shown myself a sensitive dwarf to your false friend,’ pursued the little woman, shaking her head at me, with reproachful earnestness, ‘how much of his help or good will do you think I should ever have had?
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Plank set to plank no rivet ever held More firmly; wherefore, goat-like, either ghost 50 Butted the other; so their wrath prevailed.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

I remember exactly how much time and trouble I devoted to the study of it, years ago.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

But above all he admired Reinaldos of Montalban, especially when he saw him sallying forth from his castle and robbing everyone he met, and when beyond the seas he stole that image of Mahomet which, as his history says, was entirely of gold.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The other refused, excusing himself: “My dear master, I only dropped in to pay my respects while passing by.”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

But to maintain this is not to deny that in the long course of religious evolution high moral and spiritual conceptions were grafted on this simple original stock and blossomed out into fairer flowers than the bloom of the barley and the wheat.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

I cannot be blind to his superior advantages of youth and person; and there is something striking and prepossessing in the gentle yet manly frankness of his manner,—and yet no fear of his rivalship ever haunts me.
— from Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

And to believe, understand, and appreciate all that is noble, tender, and charming in such a love, is that not equivalent to sharing it, above all when one has lived, like Mlle. de Beaumesnil, a prey to apprehensions which recent events had more than justified, and to a distrust which had threatened to destroy all her hopes of future happiness?
— from Pride: One of the Seven Cardinal Sins by Eugène Sue

But Samuel passed up the Square with a rapt expression; he might have been under an illusion, caused by the extreme gravity of his preoccupations, that he was crossing a deserted Square.
— from The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett

Recent events had made the commander-in-chief suspicious, for he knew not where smaller traitors might be lurking.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

Well, several persons who have described themselves as rifle experts have made that statement to me.
— from Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

Had any thought of her possible recovery entered her mind, she would have contrived in some way to get rid of her.
— from The Cryptogram: A Novel by James De Mille

But the countenance, do you remember ever having met such a one?”
— from Lothair by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield