It was a pictorial sheet, and Jo examined the work of art nearest her, idly wondering what unfortuitous concatenation of circumstances needed the melodramatic illustration of an Indian in full war costume, tumbling over a precipice with a wolf at his throat, while two infuriated young gentlemen, with unnaturally small feet and big eyes, were stabbing each other close by, and a dishevelled female was flying away in the background with her mouth wide open.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

Page 306 , “Chrysyppus” changed to “Chrysippus” (Another doctrine of Chrysippus) Page 306 , “Thrasmides” changed to “Thrasonides” (Accordingly, that Thrasonides) Page 316 , “sone” changed to “some” (some of them are shakings) Page 318 , “Scion” changed to “Siren” (surnamed the Siren) Page 320 , “Scayon” changed to “Scazon” (a jesting epigram on him in Scazon iambics) Page 326 , “Innesistratus” changed to “Mnesistratus” (Once, when Mnesistratus accused him) Page 328 , “Dioles” changed to “Diocles” (as Diocles reports)
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Juan was drawn thus into some attentions, Slight but select, and just enough to express, To females of perspicuous comprehensions, That he would rather make them more than less.
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

We have his marriage mentioned in a Gazette of 1798, in the following terms: "May 21, Married, at the Grand River, about three weeks since, A. Jones, Esq., Deputy Surveyor, to a young lady of that place, daughter of the noted Mohawk warrior, Terrihogah."—The
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

98 The spectators were silent; and Julian entered into a metaphysical argument with the philosophers Priscus and Maximus, on the nature of the soul.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

And with surprise and joy espied A monk supporting Marmion’s head; A pious man, whom duty brought To dubious verge of battle fought, To shrive the dying, bless the dead.
— from Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field by Walter Scott

At this University they teach flower arrangement, long sword, and Japanese etiquette, and the chief warden is a fine woman.
— from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey

“Now, now, now,” cried the Canadian farmer with his barbarian benevolence, “don’t let’s spoil a jolly evening.
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

By every reader let Milton's words be borne in mind: "Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior,… Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge, As children gathering pebbles on the shore." When Webster was a boy, books were scarce, and so precious that he never dreamed that they were to be read only once, but thought they ought to be committed to memory, or read and re-read until they became a part of his very life.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

But all she said, as Jeff, exhausted by his effort at oratory, dropped upon the grass beside her, was in his ear: "If anybody deserves a toast, Jeffy boy, I think it's you.
— from The Second Violin by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond

The latter was speaking as Jack entered: "This positively has to stop, Dr. Mead," he said.
— from Jack Ranger's Western Trip; Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range by Clarence Young

The serene and joyous expression of his handsome face had disappeared, and was replaced by a grave earnestness.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 17, April, 1873 to September, 1873 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

If you took a college professor's magazine essay and a Chinese laundryman's explanation of a lost shirt and jumbled 'em together, you'd have about what the General handed you out for conversation.
— from Roads of Destiny by O. Henry

Temples of Jupiter Stator and Juno existed also in this portico, one of them being the earliest temple built of marble in Rome.
— from Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

The sun, whose cheering lustre warms The bosom of yon snow-clad hill, Seems a just emblem of the charms, Whose power controls my vanquish'd will; When near, they gild with joy this frozen heart, Where ceaseless winter reigns, whene'er those charms depart.
— from The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Francesco Petrarca

She beat together either 1 or 2 raw eggs, ½ cup flour, 1 tablespoonful butter, a little salt, and just enough milk to thin the mixture enough so it may be dropped by half teaspoonfuls into hot soup stock or broth.
— from Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" by Edith May Bertels Thomas

As the upcome of their conference, the Honorable Simpson announces judgment, exonerating Captain Jack Paul.
— from The Story of Paul Jones: An Historical Romance by Alfred Henry Lewis

She and Jacobi enliven us all.
— from The Home; Or, Life in Sweden by Fredrika Bremer