Within three months he had sold 398 Bibles, New Testaments, and portions in Hebrew, Arabic, Italian, Greek, Spanish and French, for in so many different languages had the work to be carried on.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

I did not say anything for fear I should embarrass her, but I felt grieved to the heart.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

"If so," answered our traveller, who, young as he was, had learnt already the grand secret of making in every situation a female friend, "if so, I shall be likely to offend her still more."
— from The Disowned — Volume 01 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

His style is not that of a literary man, but he has the happy faculty of presenting things in a very vivid manner, so that we are willing to make some allowance for faults in style.
— from Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

“Now that I’ve seen a friendly face, I shall go home and go to bed early.”
— from All Roads Lead to Calvary by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

By stooping down, he could see a few feet into some room beyond.
— from Fire-Tongue by Sax Rohmer

Now, remember that this idea, so great and generous, was conceived with a degree of vagueness, and executed with that precipitation which is the fruit of the impatience of ardent zeal; remember that this idea—the offspring of Catholicity, which always converts its ideas into institutions—was to be realized in an institution, which faithfully represented it, and served, as it were, as its organ, in order that it might render itself felt, and gain strength and fruitfulness for its support.
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes