“Wretch, begone....” “Oh! what wild raving,” exclaimed Leon, passing his hand across his forehead which was damp with cold sweat, and shaking off the hideous vision.
— from Leon Roch: A Romance, vol. 1 (of 2) by Benito Pérez Galdós

(E. Zeller, "Die Philosophie der Griechen", I.4 (Leipsic, 1876), pages 718 sq.; H. Ritter et L. Preller, "Historia Philosophiae Graecae
— from Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward

History will hand down his name to posterity as one of the great generals of the South, one who was true and faithful to the Star-Spangled Banner under which he fought, and in whom our great commander, General R. E. Lee, placed his confidence and trust.
— from Lee and Longstreet at High Tide: Gettysburg in the Light of the Official Records by Helen Dortch Longstreet

it is Mr Arnold’s unhappy lot that if miracles do happen his argument confessedly disappears, while even if miracles do not happen it is, for his purpose, valueless Like almost all critics of his class recently, especially like Professor Huxley in another division, he appears not to comprehend what, to the believers in the supernatural, the supernatural means.
— from Matthew Arnold by George Saintsbury

“Probably she didn’t get enough the first time,” remarked Eric, lazily puffing his cigarette, for his father was away from the office just then and he could stealthily indulge in his pet vice.
— from The Daring Twins: A Story for Young Folk by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

"Wot yer givin' us about his Riverince, eh?" "Le Père Honoré, hein?
— from Flamsted quarries by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller

"Regret!" exclaimed Lessingham, pressing her hand between both of his, and surveying her with a look of the fondest admiration, "dearest Constance, how little you know your own value—how little you suppose that during our long separation—" Here he was interrupted in his impassioned address by the entrance of Mrs. Allerton and her daughters.
— from Pencil Sketches; or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie

; H. Ritter et L. Preller, Historia Philosophiae Graecae et
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 08 of 12) by James George Frazer