And, in the morning, I pack it before I have used it, and have to unpack again to get it, and it is always the last thing I turn out of the bag; and then I repack and forget it, and have to rush upstairs for it at the last moment and carry it to the railway station, wrapped up in my pocket-handkerchief.
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

" (ll. 426-437) Thus spake Agenor's son, and close at hand the twin sons of Thracian Boreas came darting from the sky and set their swift feet upon the threshold; and the heroes rose up from their seats when they saw them present.
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius

And therefore would they still in darkness be, To have their unseen sin remain untold; For they their guilt with weeping will unfold, And grave, like water that doth eat in steel, Upon my cheeks what helpless shame I feel.'
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

“I’m going right up for one,” said Tom.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Such gossip was really unfounded, for Mary was a good woman in her way, though not a very wise one; but the charges against her were believed in many places, and never disproved.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

"Pleasure" and "pain" are indications which reach us from this sphere: as are also acts of will and ideas.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Finally, even the rod used for ensnaring the pigeon has its own special name, Si Raja Nyila (Prince Invitation).
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

And when Silo made this a pretense for rising up from Jerusalem, and was thereupon pursued by the Jews, Herod fell upon them with a small body of men, and both put the Jews to flight and saved Silo, when he was very poorly able to defend himself; but when Herod had taken Joppa, he made haste to set free those of his family that were in Masada.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

On the twenty-eighth of August, at the hour of midnight, and if the moon is shining—the moon must be shining—a spirit that has haunted these shores for ages rises up from the Gulf.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

It bears rather unusual flowers which yield a poisonous honey.
— from Texas Flowers in Natural Colors by Eula Whitehouse

On being informed that Vaca de Castro was coming, in the King's name and with his authority, he did not care to risk anything, although his force was increased by those in the lists at Cuzco and was fairly well equipped with arms, artillery, and horses, and with strong wills to chastise the tyranny that had risen up; for it was clear that the evil, if he failed, would be greater than the profits of a success.
— from The War of Chupas by Pedro de Cieza de León

Karna, large of limb, came rushing up from the basement and forced her way through the crowd, crimson with rage and scolding as she went.
— from Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01 by Martin Andersen Nexø

"Wasn't that glorious?" asked Merle, and the Professor, with one of those flashes of his brilliant and dazzling eyes replied "It rewards us for all our arduous work for the day.
— from Professor Huskins by Lettie M. Cummings

Many powerful politicians opposed this policy, however, and urged reliance upon France, "so that this course seemed to be lame in many parts."—[Letter of Herle].
— from History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-86) by John Lothrop Motley

At daybreak the great bell of St. Sepulchre’s Church just over the way began to toll, as was customary whenever prisoners in Newgate were being rounded up for execution.
— from The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections by A. Edward (Alfred Edward) Newton

The error remained unaccounted for until the time of Laplace, who, suspecting that the heat disengaged by the compression of the undulating strata of the air, gave additional elasticity, and so produced the difference, made the needful calculations and found he was right.
— from Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer

the Son indeed makes us truly free, and that from sin; and he is truly a Redeemer who redeems us from all iniquity, John viii.
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

What could I say to your aunt when she stood there and reviled us?" "Father, I was so grateful to you for saying nothing!"
— from Nina Balatka by Anthony Trollope