Sónya and Natásha slept in the sitting room without undressing.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

She was surprised at not seeing Isabella; but the strange words which had fallen from her father, and his obscure menace to the Princess his wife, accompanied by the most furious behaviour, had filled her gentle mind with terror and alarm.
— from The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

The devil goes on exacting compound interest to the last for his early share and numerous succeeding investments in them.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

It is wiser and safer for a young lady, in general, to observe the good, old-fashioned rule of being addressed first; but then she must receive the address readily, meeting it half way, repaying it by enlarging a little upon the topic thus selected, and not sinking into a dull silence, the moment after a reply is given.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

As in the city in the houses of prostitution and with the rowdy boys running through the streets at night, so in Winesburg among its citizens he had always the power to be a part of and yet distinctly apart from the life about him.
— from Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson

We are thy sons, and not so impious or so thoughtless as that comes to, though perhaps more unfortunate than is convenient for thee.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

To render these recollections the more vivid, it came on to snow as night set in; and, passing through Stamford and Grantham, and by the little alehouse where he had heard the story of the bold Baron of Grogzwig, everything looked as if he had seen it but yesterday, and not even a flake of the white crust on the roofs had melted away.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

It was adopted unanimously in the Senate of the United States, and nearly so in the House of Representatives.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

She was pleased to kiss me again, and said, There is such a noble simplicity in thy story, such an honest artlessness in thy mind, and such a sweet humility in thy deportment, notwithstanding thy present station, that I believe I shall be forced to love thee, whether I will or not: and the sight of your papers, I dare say, will crown the work; will disarm my pride, banish my resentment on Lady Betty's account, and justify my brother's conduct; and, at the same time, redound to your own everlasting honour, as well as to the credit of our sex:
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

His voice was low and soft, and not seldom insinuating, and some of his friends had called him, half in jest, half in earnest, “Fascination Davenant.”
— from Only One Love; or, Who Was the Heir by Charles Garvice

Byron’s heroes, Lara, Conrad, Manfred, and the rest, might interchange reflections and speeches, and not seriously interfere with each other’s identity, and the sentimental rubbish and trashy sophistry poured out from the mouths of any of Bulwer’s men and women might answer for all of them.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 15, Nos. 85-90, April 1872-September 1872 A Monthly Magazine by Various

To go to the rescue had been no more than their duty as Scouts, and no Scout is ever supposed to stop and think about personal likes or dislikes when he has a chance to be of service to anyone in trouble or danger and needs help a Scout can give.
— from The Boy Scout Fire Fighters; Or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed by Robert Maitland

There, did you see That spark fly up at us; even Stars are not safe in heaven.
— from Amores: Poems by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

[116] Young hands are less likely to make their stroke all slide and no swing if they have at first only such length of slide as above indicated.
— from Boating by Walter Bradford Woodgate

(He was smoking still; and no smoking is "allowed abaft the funnel.")
— from The Duke's Sweetheart: A Romance by Richard Dowling

"I know a lake where the cool waves break And softly fall on the silver sand; And no stranger intrudes on that solitude, And no voices but ours disturb the strand."
— from Lost in the Backwoods: A Tale of the Canadian Forest by Catharine Parr Strickland Traill

Now this matron—” “Only look,” interrupted Arsinoe, “how tenderly dame Hannah bends over Selene, and now she is gently kissing her brow.
— from The Emperor — Complete by Georg Ebers

She is now at a Taverne and stays all night, so I was obliged to give him my house and chamber to lie in, which he with great modesty and after much force took, and so I got Mr. Evelyn's coach to carry her thither, and the coach coming back, I with Mr. Evelyn to Deptford, where a little while with him doing a little business, and so in his coach back again to my lodgings, and there sat with Mrs. Ferrers two hours, and with my little girle, Mistress Frances Tooker, and very pleasant.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1665 N.S. by Samuel Pepys