As we were strangers, and wholly unknown to the Lo-grollas, we thought they might slate us , and, beating a hasty retreat, soon found ourselves with Pellmelli in the dark outer air.
— from He by Walter Herries Pollock

lubut sa básu, A dimestore ring soon fades.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Secondly: the admission of these rattlesnakes, so fascinating and so dangerous, served to draw out Madame precisely in her strongest character—that of a first-rate surveillante .
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

The river was running strong for midsummer; heavy rains to the west of us had kept it full.
— from My Antonia by Willa Cather

“I felt really sorry for him.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

"Oh, I say, Rosy," said Fred, as she was passing out of the room, "if you are going to the piano, let me come and play some airs with you.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

As we came down through the town we encountered a squad of little donkeys ready saddled for use.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

As for your lambskin net, I know nothing of the matter; but I will toss up with you for a guinea, cross or pile, as the saying is; or, if there's such a thing in this country as a box and dice, I love to hear the bones rattle sometimes.” Fathom found some difficulty in concealing his joy at the mention of this last amusement, which had been one of his chief studies, and in which he had made such progress, that he could calculate all the chances with the utmost exactness and certainty.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

On Sunday, November 29, 1857, Mr. Harris, resting at Kawasaki, over Sunday, on his way to Yedo and audience of the Sh[=o]gun, having Mr. Heusken as his audience and fellow-worshipper, read service from the Book of Common Prayer.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

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— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 34: March/April 1664-65 by Samuel Pepys

"It's all right, so far!"
— from Red Money by Fergus Hume

“I only met him once, when he snooted our exhibit as a judge at the regional science fair,” Sandy replied.
— from Black Treasure Sandy Steele Adventures #1 by Robert Leckie

‘There is at present in the Middlesex Hospital a young and delicate female, who calls herself Miss T—lb—t, and who is said to be related to some families of distinction; her story is very singular:—At an early period of her life, having been deprived, by the villainy of a trustee, of a sum of money bequeathed to her by a deceased relation of high rank, she followed the fortunes of a young naval officer to whom she was attached, and personated a common sailor before the mast, during a cruise in the north seas.
— from Eighteenth Century Waifs by John Ashton

On the tray which the servant brought into the room, were refreshments of different kinds, including wine, and after waving his hand for the domestic to retire, Sir Francis Varney said,— "You will be better, Mr. Bannerworth, for a glass of wine after your walk, and you too, sir.
— from Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood by Thomas Preskett Prest

From the door of the Red Bank the white disc of a straw hat flashed reply: spruce figure: passed.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

This is the motto I propose for the new volume: “ Vixerunt nonnulli in agris, delectati re sua familiari.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 23 by Robert Louis Stevenson