As I was desirous of seeing and addressing the noble Venetian ladies of so honourable a profession, I told Lucie to take us to the house.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

It was as though she had a pebble in place of a heart, as though her feelings and affections were dried up and withered for ever.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Or did she tear the pistol out of his hand, shoot him, and push it back into his pocket?
— from Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

It was determined to sacrifice the Salumbar chief, who took post in the ancient capital of Chitor, where the garrison was composed chiefly of Sindis, thus effacing his claim to his prince’s gratitude, whom he defied, while the pretender still had a party in the other principal fortress, Kumbhalmer.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

To whom is one to turn nowadays with such hopes and pretensions?—It is just the good men that we should thus bring about our ears; and in addition, as stands to reason, the indolent, the hedgers, the vain, the hysterical, the tired....
— from The Genealogy of Morals The Complete Works, Volume Thirteen, edited by Dr. Oscar Levy. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

She is ill at ease, and sick till she see him again, peevish in the meantime; discontent, heavy, sad, and why comes he not? where is he?
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

FLORIZEL and AUTOLYCUS exchange garments Fortunate mistress- let my prophecy Come home to ye!- you must retire yourself Into some covert; take your sweetheart's hat And pluck it o'er your brows, muffle your face, Dismantle you, and, as you can, disliken The truth of your own seeming, that you may-
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Assuredly I did not regret this circumstance: if sorrow had any place in my heart, it was that he was gone at last—that he was no longer walking by my side, and that that short interval of delightful intercourse was at an end.
— from Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

When done, keep the sauce hot, and pour it over fowls, veal, or rabbit.—
— from The English Housekeeper: Or, Manual of Domestic Management Containing advice on the conduct of household affairs and practical instructions concerning the store-room, the pantry, the larder, the kitchen, the cellar, the dairy; the whole being intended for the use of young ladies who undertake the superintendence of their own housekeeping by Anne Cobbett

At length, lowering it from his eye, he said: “It is rather difficult to speak with absolute assurance, sir, for the sea breaks so violently over her that it is almost impossible to get a sight of the whole of her hull at any given moment; still I am inclined to say that not only is her back broken, but that she has actually parted in two amidships.
— from A Middy of the King: A Romance of the Old British Navy by Harry Collingwood

“You have seen more of life than I,” said Herbert, “and perhaps it is presumption in me to question what you say; but I cannot help feeling that you are mistaken.
— from Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

Before the attack she sometimes said that it got dark over her eyes and that her face felt funny, again that she had a pain in the stomach which worked towards her right shoulder.
— from Benign Stupors: A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by August Hoch

All sorts of legal decisions, military orders, injunctions about religious affairs, legends and speculations, have a place in it.
— from History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies

Perhaps she had a purpose in leaving the island with the fattura della morte .
— from A Spirit in Prison by Robert Hichens

I see Lucie and Darnay with a child that bears my name, and I see that I shall hold a place in their hearts for ever.
— from Tales from Dickens by Charles Dickens