So I went up to the roof, where there were stones piled ready to drop on the heads of the crowd, if they tried to force the factory doors.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Tell her that while you will not deprive others of the pleasure of dancing with her, you are desirous of dancing with her whenever she is not more pleasantly engaged, and before {95} seeking a partner for any other set, see whether your lady is engaged or is ready to dance again with you.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

74 A female, perhaps of the basest origin, who could revenge the death, and assume the sceptre, of her husband Igor, must have been endowed with those active virtues which command the fear and obedience of Barbarians.
— 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

He nevertheless reproaches the vine-growers of Marseilles, Beziers, and Narbonne with doctoring their wines, and with infusing various drugs into them, which rendered them disagreeable and even unwholesome ( Fig. 106 ).
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

Hakon takes them all to witness that such was the agreement that the king should give Ragnhild the dower she might desire.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

He relieved the distress, and restored the beauty, of the cities of Epirus and Peloponnesus.
— 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

With an unexpected reverberation in his voice Pierre rapidly began: “No, monseigneur,” he said, suddenly remembering that Davout was a duke.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Nor was there any reason to dread the least danger from furious driving, inasmuch as over that broken ground the horses had enough to do to walk; as to shying, there was no room for that; and a herd of wild elephants could not have run away in such a wood, with such a coach at their heels.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

Oh, what a record the day of judgment will unfold!
— from Birth of a Reformation; Or, The Life and Labors of Daniel S. Warner by A. L. (Andrew L.) Byers

I've rued the day ever since.
— from Dave Dawson with the Pacific Fleet by Robert Sidney Bowen

Catharine reached the door, crossed the threshold, and first saw Orthon, who had fainted in the antechamber.
— from Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas

[Pg 558] from 10 miles north of Angell, Springerville, Tanner Tank and Cedar Ranch Wash, Arizona (listed by Goldman as referable to D. o. cleomophila ), and those from Wupatki Ruins, Arizona, agree with D. o. longipes except that the width across the maxillary arches is greater.
— from Subspeciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii KU. Vol 1 No 23 by Henry W. Setzer

Our armies learned with grief of the fall of Robespierre; but then, submissive to the civil and military powers, and respecting the decrees of the Convention, they accepted the Thermidor government; and under the command of Hoche, Marceau, Jourdan, Moreau, Augereau, and Joubert, they continued to battle against the coalized Kings.
— from The Sword of Honor; or, The Foundation of the French Republic A Tale of The French Revolution by Eugène Sue

"'Twas right to do so, in his eyes," was the reply.
— from The Taming of the Jungle by C. W. (Charles William) Doyle

Every one advised me to relinquish the idea of giving my second concert on Easter Monday, the date I had fixed, as it was the general custom in Russian society to reserve that day for private gatherings.
— from My Life — Volume 2 by Richard Wagner

Then, after you have reached the doctrine concerning crosses and tribulations in the eighth chapter, you will rightly learn the doctrine of election in chapters 9-11, because you will realize what a comfort this doctrine contains.
— from Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) Dau