"Fear nothing,—it is over now,—but had I taken that plunge, and survived it, methinks it would have made me another man!" Possibly, in some sense, Clifford may have been right.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
These are actual facts, and I could make the list a long one and still confine myself strictly to the truth.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain
And you— you , my friend, have given it to me!” Suddenly clasping me in his arms, he kissed me warmly on both cheeks, and before I had recovered from my surprise ran headlong from the room.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Having, as I thought, sufficiently collected my ideas, I now, with great caution and deliberation, put my hands behind my back, and unfastened the large iron buckle which belonged to the waistband of my inexpressibles.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe
[2] PUT IT IN A STEW POT [3] AND WHEN HALF DONE ADD A SMALL BUNCH OF LEEKS, CORIANDER, DILL; WHILE THIS IS BEING DONE, PUT IN THE MORTAR PEPPER, LOVAGE, CUMIN, CORIANDER SEED, LASER ROOT, DRY ONION, MINT, RUE, CELERY SEED; CRUSH, MOISTEN WITH BROTH, ADD HONEY, THE HARE’S OWN GRAVY, REDUCED MUST AND VINEGAR TO TASTE; LET IT BOIL, TIE WITH ROUX, DRESS, GARNISH THE ROAST ON A PLATTER, UNDERLAY THE SAUCE, SPRINKLE AND SERVE.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius
, Bruise me with scorn, confound me with a flout, Thrust thy sharp wit quite through my ignorance, Cut me to pieces with thy keen conceit;
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
The same causes may have something to do with the fact that the majority of the labouring men appear to take no interest at all in religion.
— from Change in the Village by George Sturt
Revision of the Swiss constitution may be accomplished at any time, in whole or in part, and in a variety of modes.
— from The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg
During the night (between ten and 2.35) there were several sharp conflicts, mainly between the destroyers and light cruisers of the opposing fleets, with considerable loss on both sides.
— from A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens
Dr. Simon, chief medical officer of the English Privy Council, says that “the deaths which we in each year register in this country (now about five hundred thousand) are fully a hundred and twenty-five thousand more numerous than they would be, if existing knowledge of the chief causes of disease, as affecting masses of population, were reasonably well applied throughout England.”
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 05, July 1885, No. 10 by Chautauqua Institution
I even told them I was on a special courier mission, and...."
— from Dave Dawson on Convoy Patrol by Robert Sidney Bowen
He says that nothing could exceed the abhorrence in which Palmerston was held all over Europe, at the small courts more than at the great ones, from Washington to Lisbon but one sentiment.
— from The Greville Memoirs, Part 2 (of 3), Volume 3 (of 3) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 by Charles Greville
Something chases me From sloth, and drives me forth to do my mission, Stern beck'ning me to my appointed doom.
— from The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Thomas Carlyle
After a walk about the block she came back to the office and moved around with all the legitimate noise she could make.
— from The Walking Delegate by Leroy Scott
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