[21] They after sailing to Sicily and garrisoning the positions there started for Libya, but were overtaken by a storm and carried to Cossura.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

One by one, the gods now drew near to take a last farewell of their beloved companion, and as Nanna bent over him, her loving heart broke, and she fell lifeless by his side.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

Women are constantly trying to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

More recently, a party of English dandies, chaperoned, if we remember correctly, by the ponderous George Augustus Sala, fared likewise badly in their attempt to stage a Roman feast, being under the impression that the days of Tiberius and the mid-Victorian era may be joined with impunity, à la minute , as it were.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

If the resistance is still further lowered by exposure, nutritional disturbances will result more readily than where the tissues are normal and well nourished.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess

“But not another step farther, little baron!” said the fellow doggedly.
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood

Terrified to death, I struggled with such vehemence to disengage myself from him, that I succeeded, in spite of his efforts to detain me; and immediately, and with a swiftness which fear only could have given me, I flew rather than ran up the walk, hoping to secure my safety by returning to the lights and company we had so foolishly left: but before I could possibly accomplish my purpose, I was met by another party of men, one of whom placed himself so directly in my way, calling out, “Whither so fast, my love?"-that I could only have proceeded by running into his arms.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

The same Witan which elected Wilfrid decided to transfer the Northumbrian see from Lindisfarne back to York, where Paulinus had originally established it.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

One night at a party given by the general of the division to which George's regiment belonged, he had the honour of dancing with Lady Blanche Thistlewood, Lord Bareacres' daughter; he bustled for ices and refreshments for the two noble ladies; he pushed and squeezed for Lady Bareacres' carriage; he bragged about the Countess when he got home, in a way which his own father could not have surpassed.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

He went over and looked closely at the Sergeant, followed languidly by Pierre, who casually touched the pulse of the sleeping man, and said as casually: "Eh, he sleep well; his pulse is like a baby; he was tired, much.
— from Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 2. by Gilbert Parker

Seeing Florence, as I had seen her, running with a white face and with one hand held over her heart, and seeing her, as I immediately afterwards saw her, lying upon her bed with the so familiar little brown flask clenched in her fingers, it was natural enough for my mind to frame the idea.
— from The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford

His thin, skeleton frame, pale, sharp face, luminously black eyes, long hair, curling to his waist, sharp, strident voice, fierce, jerky sentences, qualified him to add intensity to the prevalent excitement.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, March 1884, No. 6 by Chautauqua Institution

This perilous expedition he repeated no seldomer than seven times, and saved fourteen lives; but on his return the eighth time, his horse being much fatigued, and meeting a most formidable wave, he lost his balance, and was overwhelmed in a moment.
— from Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Habits by Thomas Bingley

The Pioneer discarded all adventitious aid, and, with fidelity to its name, determined to break its way through the woods of ignorance and prejudice to some fair land beyond.
— from James Russell Lowell, A Biography; vol. 1/2 by Horace Elisha Scudder

He has been turned out of half the ships in the service for laziness; but he was born so—and therefore it is not his fault.
— from The Three Cutters by Frederick Marryat

Luther's school may not indeed have room for Erasmus, nor Erasmus's school for Luther; but God may have compassion and room for both.
— from Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Elizabeth Rundle Charles