That first Duke had been Chancellor of the University at Oxford, and when he died, on the 21st of July, 1688, nine months before Steele entered to Christchurch, his grandson, another James Butler, succeeded to the Dukedom.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

He complains of this through the mouth of some Chaldæan or other: "A good man in Chaldæa complains," he says, "that his most strenuous efforts to cleanse his soul were frustrated, because another man, who had influence in these matters, and who envied him purity, had prayed to the powers, and bound them by his conjuring
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

It is a summer evening; the coachman has set me down at a place called Whitcross; he could take me no farther for the sum I had given, and I was not possessed of another shilling in the world.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

Her spirits had been much affected by the surrounding scene, or it is probable this circumstance, whether real or imaginary, would not have affected her in the degree it did; but she endeavoured to conceal her emotion from Dorothee, who, however, observing her countenance change, enquired if she was ill.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Miss Matty made a strong effort to conceal her p. 63 feelings—a concealment she practised even with me, for she has never alluded to Mr Holbrook again, although the book he gave her lies with her Bible on the little table by her bedside.
— from Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Speech, even the commonest, has something of song in it.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

“Why? Were your people stupid enough to connect him with—” “Not stupid,” interrupted the Assistant Commissioner, contradicting deferentially.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

I had no fear, therefore, that any circumstantial evidence could be brought forward strong enough to convict her; and, in this assurance, I calmed myself, expecting the trial with eagerness, but without prognosticating an evil result.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The thunder would be levelled against the head of the accursed projector.” From this transport, compared with his agitation when he mentioned Monimia, his sister judged that Fathom had been the occasion of a breach between the two lovers; and this conjecture being confirmed by the disjointed answers he made to her interrogations upon the affair, she endeavoured to calm his apprehensions, by representing that he would soon have an opportunity of returning to England, where the misunderstanding might be easily cleared up; and that, in the meantime, he had nothing to fear on account of the person of his mistress, in a country where individuals were so well protected by the laws and constitution of the realm.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Now, Tim and Miss La Creevy had met very often, and had always been very chatty and pleasant together—had always been great friends—and consequently it was the most natural thing in the world that Tim, finding that she still sobbed, should endeavour to console her.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Punching your round-trip ticket on the train starting East, the conductor has a few well-merited words to speak on behalf of the climate of the Glorious Southland, the same being the favorite pet name of the resident classes for the entire lower end of the state of California.
— from Roughing it De Luxe by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

The place was proverbial for salubrity, and he saw enough to convince him that the leaven of the Gospel was working powerfully among the people.
— from History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Rufus Anderson

He was naturally a penetrating and quick observer, and in this instance jealousy sharpened his talents; he saw enough to convince him that Lucy was already attached to Clifford; and being, by that conviction, fully persuaded that Lucy was necessary to his own happiness, he resolved to lose not a moment in banishing Captain Clifford from her presence, or at least in instituting such inquiries into that gentleman's relatives, rank, and respectability as would, he hoped, render such banishment a necessary consequence of the research.
— from Paul Clifford — Volume 04 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Angus laments that he is not strong enough to carry her off from her companions, but, on Bōv's advice, betakes himself to Ailell and Maev, the mortal King and Queen of Connacht, for assistance.
— from Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston

The chambermaid did not seem exactly to comprehend his meaning, but said she would speak to the waiter.
— from The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

The police, of course, had to find a culprit, and also procure sufficient evidence to convict him, and this they proceeded to do.
— from The Wide World Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 128, November, 1908 by Various

"Seward, having lost strength by the failure of his peace policy, is seeking to recover influence by leading a foreign war party; no one in the Cabinet is strong enough to combat him."
— from Great Britain and the American Civil War by Ephraim Douglass Adams

After a great deal of conversation it was settled that she should exchange the Cliff Hotel for the Métropole that night, and that she should stay there until she left Southbourne for Surbiton, with Mrs. Jurd.
— from The Immortal Moment: The Story of Kitty Tailleur by May Sinclair