The poet-laureate of the Capitol maintains the act, applauds the hero, and mingles with some apprehension and advice, the most lofty hopes of the permanent and rising greatness of the republic.
— 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

I had thought that the lady’s sadness would give place, if not to gaiety, at least to a quiet cheerfulness, but I was mistaken; for, to all my remarks, grave or gay, she replied, either in monosyllables or in a severely laconic style.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

498. look, view, eye; lift up the eyes, open one's eye; look at, look on, look upon, look over, look about one, look round; survey, scan, inspect; run the eye over, run the eye through; reconnoiter, glance round, glance on, glance over turn one's looks upon, bend one's looks upon; direct the eyes to, turn the eyes on, cast a glance.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

She ceased for a moment; then in the depths of the loneliness made round her by an insignificant thread of blood trickling off the handle of a knife, she found a dreadful inspiration to her—who had been the respectable girl of the Belgravian mansion, the loyal, respectable wife of Mr Verloc.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

An American traveler in Kashmir finds much to remind him of the rugged grandeur of Alaska and of Pikes Peak near Denver.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

The big bronze lamp with the green shade, makes the walls, the furniture, the faces, all green, couleur " Nuit d'Ukraine " Occasionally a smouldering log flares up in the dying fire and for a moment casts a red glow over the faces; but this does not spoil the general harmony of light.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The Queen's Croquet-Ground LARGE rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden: the roses growing on it were white, but there were three gardeners at it, busily painting them red.
— from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by Austin Dobson by Lewis Carroll

In the matter of religion, Grand Orient Masonry has entirely departed from the principle laid down by the British lodges.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

Intelligence is rightly guided only after the mind has acknowledged the inescapability of spiritual law.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

Another lighted room grew out of the tunnel on the screen, and when they had flickered through it, another and then another.
— from Butterfly 9 by Donald Keith

Grant and Bates were really guilty of very little beyond knowing of the plot and keeping silence.
— from It Might Have Been: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Emily Sarah Holt

Let the open end of the tube rest gently on the bottom of the cup, and hold [pg 281] the tube upright with your hand or by clamping it to a ring stand.
— from Common Science by Carleton Washburne

You needn’t be afraid—I’ve only fetched you a job, and a right good one, too.”
— from The Autobiography of a Quack, and The Case of George Dedlow by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell

I listened to the wind who speaks of finding Among the litter of his blown leaves of days All rainbow gold of tears that are so blinding;
— from Perpetual Light : a memorial by William Rose Benét