I think Stepan Trofimovitch might read us something too, if it were quite short and … not so very learned.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It was ribbed with sharp, steep ridges and cloven with narrow canyons, and here and there on the heights, rocky upheavals shaped themselves into mimic battlements and castles; and out of rifted clouds came broad shafts of sunlight, that painted summit, and slope and glen, with bands of fire, and left belts of somber shade between.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

Take not hasty vengeance, although they raise up strife: that, it is said, benefits the dead.
— from The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Snorri Sturluson

I raised up, shook the intruder, and said: “Hello, Ola, what are you doing here?”
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

Finally, the doctor pulled up a chair and did something that caused the head of the bed to raise up so that I could look him in the eye.
— from Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow

"What for?" "My idea is to rig up some trays inside the tank, one above another; there are several old sheets of iron lying about.
— from Bright Ideas: A Record of Invention and Misinvention by Herbert Strang

[pg 109] M r Randolph urged strongly the inexpediency of M r Gerry's mode of appointing the Nat l Executive.
— from The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 1 by United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)

"Forbidden the marriage, I've no doubt," replied Una, "so that is why we kept our engagement quiet--but now we are free to marry."
— from The Man with a Secret: A Novel by Fergus Hume

It was ribbed with sharp, steep ridges, and cloven with narrow cañons, and here and there, on the heights, rocky upheavals shaped themselves into mimic battlements and castles; and out of rifted clouds came broad shafts of sunlight that painted summit and slope and glen with bands of fire, and left belts of sombre shade between.'
— from Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families, Volume 2 (of 2) by Walter H. (Walter Hawken) Tregellas

By this time we were glad of rest, and willingly exchanged our railway carriage for a hotel, where we found the luxury of baths, which refreshed us so that in an hour or two we were able to come forth "clad in fine linen, white and clean," and ride about to see the sights of the town.
— from From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field

If you have your own little refrigerator upstairs, see to it that it is cleaned every day.
— from Making Good on Private Duty: Practical Hints to Graduate Nurses by Harriet Camp Lounsbery

But the T——s have been wonderful caretakers to me: and to-morrow Arthur rejoins us, so that I shall be able to resume my full activities under his safe-conduct.
— from An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Laurence Housman

Whenever I reflect upon such things, I become at once a good Positivist, and offer up praise in my own private chapel to the Spirit of Humanity which has slowly perfected these profound rules of good living.
— from Falling in Love; With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Grant Allen