I think Rome is strong enough to resist any attack, and the rivers are all high.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

So up she ran from the cellar; and sure enough the rascally cur had got the steak in his mouth, and was making off with it.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

‘I did not say exactly that,’ replied the stranger cautiously; ‘but no doubt it’s the best.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

'Here were fine doings in the castle, last night, ma'amselle,' said she, as soon as she entered the room,—'fine doings, indeed!
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

But a few strokes, full of sparks, were given, when the exceeding strain effected the rest.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Teresa had become alarmed at the wild and deserted look of the plain around her, and pressed closely against her guide, not uttering a syllable; but as she saw him advance with even step and composed countenance, she endeavored to repress her emotion.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Teuta sent envoys to Rome and concluded a treaty; in virtue of which she consented to pay a fixed tribute, and to abandon all Illyricum, with the exception of some few districts: and what affected Greece more than anything, she agreed not to sail beyond Lissus with more than two galleys, and those unarmed.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

However, it seems to me that it cannot be certainly discovered whether Socrates did this because he was wearied of obscure and uncertain things, and so wished to direct his mind to the discovery of something manifest and certain, which was necessary in order to the obtaining of a blessed life,—that one great object toward which the labour, vigilance, and industry of all philosophers seem to have been directed,—or whether (as some yet more favourable to him suppose) he did it because he was unwilling that minds defiled with earthly desires should essay to raise themselves upward to divine things.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

[Pg xxvi] atmosphere never found in the country—an atmosphere which inevitably tends to develop in the average man who is not psychically strong enough to resist it, lower at the expense of higher forces or qualities, and thus to inhibit any normal attempts of the Subliminal Self (a well-accredited psychological entity) to manifest itself in consciousness.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

When it is, besides, remembered what provinces Prussia accepted from his bounty, what exchange of presents, of ribands, of private letters passed between Napoleon the First and Frederick William III., between the Empress of the French and the Queen of Prussia, it is not surprising if the Cabinet of St. Cloud thought itself sure of the submission of the Cabinet of Berlin, and did not esteem it enough to fear it, or to think that it would have spirit enough to resent, or even honour to feel, the numerous Provocations offered.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various

Meanwhile I cannot do more than sketch the narrative of his life; but so much, at all events, is necessary as shall enable the reader to understand the Genius and Character which I aspire to set before him.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

She entered the room, and Theron's head was too bad to permit him to turn it, and see who her companion was.
— from The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic

Certainly, the outlook reveals chances of catastrophes—the price of raw rubber has fallen perilously near to the lowest margin at which Brazil can compete with the plantation product, but Brazil is making some strenuous efforts to reduce the cost price of obtaining forest supplies; on the other hand, disease is threatening the trees on the Eastern plantations, but it has been scientifically treated from the outset of 69 its appearance, and no trouble and expense are being spared to combat it.
— from Rubber by Edith A. Browne

After the bad failure of non-religious Socialism in the Owen experiments, and the worse failure of semi-religious Socialism in the Fourier experiments, a lesson seems to have been learned, and a tendency has come on, to lay the foundations of socialistic architecture in some kind of Spiritualism, equivalent to religion.
— from History of American Socialisms by John Humphrey Noyes

Lady Bellaston no sooner entered the room, than she squatted herself down on the bed: “So, my dear Jones,” said she, “you find nothing can detain me long from you.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

The wisest of monarchs exclaimed, that all was vanity and vexation of spirit; he did not, perhaps, feel more weary of the world than the poor juggler felt, who, after educating his hands to the astonishing dexterity of throwing up into the air, and catching as they fell, six eggs successively, without breaking them, received from the emperor, before whom he performed, six eggs to reward the labour of his life!
— from Practical Education, Volume II by Richard Lovell Edgeworth

His statements, especially those relating to historical and political details, were rarely questioned.
— from A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 by De Alva Stanwood Alexander

"Say!" exploded Tom Reade suddenly.
— from The Grammar School Boys of Gridley; or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock