In the very midst of his reverie, his old servant Basque entered, and inquired:— “Can Monsieur receive M. Marius?” The old man sat up erect, pallid, and like a corpse which rises under the influence of a galvanic shock.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

LXXXVIII ¶Tolosa, which was formerly at peace with the Romans but had revolted, under the influence of hope in the Cimbri, to the extent of imprisoning the garrison, was occupied by them at night: they were admitted unexpectedly by friends and plundered the temples, obtaining much other money besides, for the place had been wealthy from of old, containing among other offerings those of which the Gauls under the leadership of Brennus had once despoiled Delphi.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

To proceed to the allegorical fable—If we reflect upon those innumerable knowledges, those secrets of nature and physical philosophy which Homer is generally supposed to have wrapped up in his allegories, what a new and ample scene of wonder may this consideration afford us!
— from The Iliad by Homer

“You will say, no doubt, using the language of the law, that ‘to make out my case,’ I should rather undervalue, than insist upon a full estimation of the activity required in this matter.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

One readily understands the importance which the determination of the point of departure has for this series of progressive explanations, for all the others are attached to it.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

Footnote 25: (return) Unbeaten Tracks in Japan, Vol.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

The separation from my Idris was painful—but necessity reconciled us to it in some degree: necessity and the hope of saving Raymond, and restoring him again to happiness and Perdita.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

She walked on constantly until evening came, and then she saw a tiny light burning in the distance, ran up to it at once, and came to a little hut.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

“It’s my belief you wouldn’t know one if you were led right up to it by the hand,” he riposted quickly; “and in this world you’ve got to see a thing first, before you can make use of it.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

After having sworn to these things, and whatever else may cut off the pleasing: hope of returning, let us go, the whole city of us, or at least that part which is superior to the illiterate mob: let the idle and despairing part remain upon these inauspicious habitations.
— from The Works of Horace by Horace

Tide is making; so we could run up there in a sailing boat in half an hour.
— from In Greek Waters: A Story of the Grecian War of Independence by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

My Lords, long before the Committee had resolved upon this impeachment, we had come, as I have told your Lordships, to forty-five resolutions, every one criminatory of this man, every one of them bottomed upon the principles which I have stated.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

He is constructing a huge globe, of fifty-six feet in diameter, which will be provided with a convenient mode of ingress and egress; the different countries of the world will be represented upon the inner, and not upon the outer surface, and the interior will be fitted up with galleries and staircases, so as to enable the visitor to make a tour of the world, and visit each of the countries whose industry or productions will be displayed in the Great Exhibition.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II by Various

Manetho says that there was no battle; and we can readily understand that in the divided condition of the country, with two or three subordinate dynasties ruling in different parts of the Delta, and another dynasty at Thebes, no army could be levied which could dare to meet the enemy in the field.
— from Ancient Egypt by George Rawlinson

How long I might be compelled to remain upon this island I knew not.
— from Adventures in Southern Seas: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by George Forbes

He paused for a moment at the door of the room and cried out to Hadrian: “Rely upon this, I shall complain to the Council and write to Caesar how you presume to behave to a Macedonian citizen.”
— from The Emperor — Complete by Georg Ebers

Marlborough rode up to inquire the cause, and was at once taken aside by Slangenberg.
— from A History of the British Army, Vol. 1 First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War by Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

Mozambique's once substantial foreign debt has been reduced through forgiveness and rescheduling under the IMF's Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) and Enhanced HIPC initiatives, and is now at a manageable level.
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency