he is mine alone; —Then the full-grown poet stood between the two, and took each by the hand; And to-day and ever so stands, as blender, uniter, tightly holding hands, Which he will never release until he reconciles the two, And wholly and joyously blends them.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

The Hummingbird woke up in the morning and flew on again, thinking how easily he would win the race, until he reached the creek and there found the Crane spearing tadpoles, with his long bill, for breakfast.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Without further preface he conducted them into his little school-room, which was parlour and kitchen likewise, and told them that they were welcome to remain under his roof till morning.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

Canalis, Rastignac, Laginski, Montriveau, Bianchon, Marsay, and Blondet rivaled each other in telling piquant stories and passing caustic remarks under her roof.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

The mansion awoke, the dogs barked, the watchmen shouted, the Judge rushed out half clad; he saw the armed throng and thought that they were robbers until he recognised the Count.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

Wherever he goes, he pays a visit to whatever prince or gentleman of note resides upon his road, as a duty to himself and to civilization.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

These reforms usually had reference to the connection of imperial authority with the members of the secret jurisdiction, and were generally suggested by the emperors, who were jealous of the increasing power of the association.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

And when Dionysius rose up, he raised her up with him, and many pretty gestures, embraces, kisses, and love compliments passed between them: which when they saw fair Bacchus and beautiful Ariadne so sweetly and so unfeignedly kissing each other, so really embracing, they swore they loved indeed, and were so inflamed with the object, that they began to rouse up themselves, as if they would have flown.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

But scorning rest, upon his reappearance, he instantly began again, though there were no dancers yet, as if the other fiddler had been carried home, exhausted, on a shutter, and he were a bran-new man resolved to beat him out of sight, or perish.
— from A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens

But this animal seemed to receive my civilities with disdain, shook his head, and bent his brows, softly raising up his right fore-foot to remove my hand.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

He could not rest until he reached Sebastopol itself, and he entered it in November 1854.
— from Tolstoy by Lilian Winstanley

A vigilant eye had followed Luther's movements, and a true and noble heart had resolved upon his rescue.
— from The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by Ellen Gould Harmon White

And then his dread grew wrath, and his wrath fierce, And he arose, advanced—the Shade retreated; But Juan, eager now the truth to pierce, Followed, his veins no longer cold, but heated, Resolved to thrust the mystery carte and tierce , At whatsoever risk of being defeated: The Ghost stopped, menaced, then retired, until He reached the ancient wall, then stood stone still.
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

.—The nucleus of its mountain masses consists of gneissic, granitic, and other crystalline rocks, which in their resistless upheaval have rent the superincumbent strata, raising them into lofty pyramids and crags, or hurling them in gigantic fragments to the plains below.
— from Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

The little property that was left was sold, and the proceeds enabled Michael to purchase a commission in the regiment about to sail for America, and also to place me at a good boarding school, where I remained until his return, and the catastrophe that followed it.
— from The Missing Bride by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

He puts on a straw hat in summer and a tweed cap in winter, and proceeds gravely down the Sandringham Road until he reaches a break in the long array of villas, and is aware of a rather flaring public-house.
— from The Egregious English by T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland

Why one side of a mountain range usually has rainfall.
— from Common Science by Carleton Washburne

The stranger, who was habited in a collarless Crimean shirt and rather dilapidated habiliments generally, rode his emaciated steed steadily on at the slow, hopeless, leg-weary jog to which most of the horses of the territory had long been reduced, until he reached the garden gate.
— from A Colonial Reformer, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Rolf Boldrewood

He had scarcely rolled up his riband with undissembled indignation, when dinner was announced.
— from Manners: A Novel, Vol 3 by Madame Panache