He never offered to take Winnie to theatres, as such a nice gentleman ought to have done.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

Thence home, and in the evening by water to the Duke of Albemarle, whom I found mightily off the hooks, that the ships are not gone out of the River; which vexed me to see, insomuch that I am afeard that we must expect some change or addition of new officers brought upon us, so that I must from this time forward resolve to make myself appear eminently serviceable in attending at my office duly and no where else, which makes me wish with all my heart that I had never anything to do with this business of Tangier.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The Witches, that is to say, are not goddesses, or fates, or, in any way whatever, supernatural beings.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

We turned in disgust from the revolting scene, but were unable to leave the spot until the captain had satisfied a noisy group of his own people, who were demanding a supply of stores.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

The Prairie States A newer garden of creation, no primal solitude, Dense, joyous, modern, populous millions, cities and farms, With iron interlaced, composite, tied, many in one, By all the world contributed—freedom's and law's and thrift's society, The crown and teeming paradise, so far, of time's accumulations, To justify the past.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Mr. Weller’s smile awakened no gleam of mirth in his master’s countenance.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Classes and species are natural groups of things.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

I ought to have known that the delicacy and forbearance and sense of honour which drew me to poor Hartright, and made me so sincerely admire and respect him, were just the qualities to appeal most irresistibly to Laura's natural sensitiveness and natural generosity of nature.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Holidays and recreation for the young In an ably written article published in Rural Manhood of January, 1910, John R. Boardman, International County Work Secretary, says: “A new gospel of the recreation life needs to be proclaimed in the country.
— from Farm Boys and Girls by William A. (William Arch) McKeever

Every time he started a new grade, or a new kid came to the school, it was the same: they'd tease him, or hit him, or throw things at him, and he'd stand strong and silent until they stopped, even if it took months.
— from Return to Pleasure Island by Cory Doctorow

When he got to the palace there was such a noise going on round him that the Princess bade her slave look out of the window and ask what was the matter.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

The general plan provided for and embraced the supplementing of agricultural work by a series of allied manufactures, such as naturally grew out of the needs of the farm: carpentering, blacksmithing, [Pg 103] machine work and repairing, furniture making, turning, polishing, painting, staining and general wood working and finishing, pattern making, broom and brush making, a factory for spinning rope and cordage, basket and all kinds of osier weaving, brick making, pottery and all kinds of clay or porcelain work; together with many other things that would suggest themselves as time passed and the capacity of the farm was increased by the invention of better machinery and superior methods.
— from Solaris Farm: A Story of the Twentieth Century by Milan C. Edson

She had seemed a nice, gentle old lady-mouse, and Fuzz and Buzz were sure that she would be kind to them and give them as much corn as they wanted.
— from The Travels of Fuzz and Buzz by Geraldine Mockler

He died in his eightieth year, enjoying a fame such as no general of his race had ever before attained.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 12 (of 15), Japanese and Chinese by Charles Morris