Such works may have dangerous results; for example, a more susceptible reader than myself, or one more inclined to believe in the marvellous, runs the risk of becoming as great a visionary as the poor nun herself.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The poor woman burst into tears at this goodness, and while she was thanking him, could not refrain from expressing her gratitude to Tom; who had, she said, long preserved both her and hers from starving.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

'I heard, moreover, that it was considered to the advantage of the masters to have ignorant workmen—not hedge-lawyers, as Captain Lennox used to call those men in his company who questioned and would know the reason for every order.'
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

He heard the widow rattling the crockery and loudly abusing the peasants who had asked her two roubles for each cart.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

As he gazed at his recumbent fellow exiles, the loneliness begotten of his pariah trade, his habits of life, his very vices, for the first time seriously oppressed him.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

UNION PRISONERS SOUTH Michael Stansbury, 48 years of age, a seafaring man, a southerner by birth and raising, formerly captain of U. S. light ship Long Shoal, station'd at Long Shoal point, Pamlico sound—though a southerner, a firm Union man—was captur'd Feb. 17, 1863, and has been nearly two years in the Confederate prisons; was at one time order'd releas'd by Governor Vance, but a rebel officer re-arrested him; then sent on to Richmond for exchange—but instead of being exchanged was sent down (as a southern citizen, not a soldier,) to Salisbury, N. C., where he remain'd until lately, when he escap'd among the exchang'd by assuming the name of a dead soldier, and coming up via Wilmington with the rest.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

By and by these flakes fused themselves together in interminable lines, with shady faint hollows between the lines, the long satin-surfaced rollers following each other in simulated movement, and enchantingly counterfeiting the majestic march of a flowing sea.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

To him he represented, that the situation of Udolpho rendered it too strong to be taken by open force, except after some tedious operations; that Montoni had lately shewn how capable he was of adding to its strength all the advantages, which could be derived from the skill of a commander; that so considerable a body of troops, as that allotted to the expedition, could not approach Udolpho without his knowledge, and that it was not for the honour of the republic to have a large part of its regular force employed, for such a time as the siege of Udolpho would require, upon the attack of a handful of banditti.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

I'll slip off and take a journey somewhere, and when grandpa misses me he'll come round fast enough."
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

Come on, monseigneur, we ‘ll have it out now...” Planting himself in the middle of the salon, gathering his sturdy legs under him for a spring, and snorting like a woodchopper, he mimicked a real fight, ending by his cry of triumph as he plunged the weapon to the hilt, from the top down, coquin de sort! into the bowels of his adversary.
— from Tartarin On The Alps by Alphonse Daudet

Were you both agreed, you might conceal your Regard for each other from all the World: A rising Passion, that is smother’d, breaks out into a Flame; Love, when once gratified, knows how to conceal itself with Art.
— from Zadig; Or, The Book of Fate by Voltaire

"The rheumatism, for example," said Willis, rubbing his shoulders.
— from Willis the Pilot : A Sequel to the Swiss Family Robinson Or, Adventures of an Emigrant Family Wrecked on an Unknown Coast of the Pacific Ocean by Adrien Paul

Hence I do not believe that the difference between i and unity (for instance, for CaCl 2 , i is about 3, for KI about 2, and decreases with the concentration) can at present be placed at the basis of any general chemical conclusions, and it requires further experimental research.
— from The Principles of Chemistry, Volume I by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev

This range of mountains appear to be about 70 miles long runing from E to W. having their Eastern extremity about 30 mes.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

As there was no regular ferry established here, we hired a small canoe, by means of which all the packages were safely taken across in two hours.
— from Travels in the Interior of Brazil Principally through the northern provinces, and the gold and diamond districts, during the years 1836-1841 by George Gardner

"That is because I am no longer a general,—not since I returned from Egypt,—but why not call me 'Napoleon'?"
— from Napoleon's Young Neighbor by Helen Leah Reed

The eastern faces are abrupt and the peaks are sharp, appearing from the south as if the strata on that slope had been rent asunder and the edge to the west of the fissure had been lifted toward the sky, leaving the ragged fault exposed toward the east, with the surface sloping more gradually toward the west.
— from The Awakening of the Desert by Julius Charles Birge

Hundreds of well authenticated cases have been reported from every part of the country.
— from The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by William Larrabee