“To buy a house for nothing, sell his consignment of galvanized iron well, get into partnership with a Simoun, and marry his son to a rich heiress—just say if those aren’t strokes of luck that all honorable men don’t have!” “If you only knew whence came that luck of Señor Pelaez’s!”
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

Such an event is probable in Agathon's sense of the word: 'it is probable,' he says, 'that many things should happen contrary to probability.'
— from The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle

“He’s settled himself comfortably!
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Follow me carefully, Betteredge; and count me off on your fingers, if it will help you,” says Mr. Franklin, with a certain pleasure in showing how clear-headed he could be, which reminded me wonderfully of old times when he was a boy.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

With these words, she gave Oliver her purse, and he started off, without more delay, at the greatest speed he could muster.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

"Give us some of that," exclaimed the Dwarfs; but she answered, "I have not got enough for myself, so how can I give any away?"
— from Grimm's Fairy Stories by Wilhelm Grimm

“The orders of my sire,” he cried, “My will shall ne'er oppose: I follow still, whate'er betide, The path which duty shows.”
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

He paused again; and, looking at Emily, perceived her countenance change, and that she was falling from the seat; he caught her, but she had fainted, and he called loudly for assistance.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Walsingham privately informed Sidney that he was to be recalled, but that to save his credit he would be summoned as if for a short visit to Court for the purpose of explaining accounts and other knotty matters.
— from Ireland under the Tudors, with a Succinct Account of the Earlier History. Vol. 2 (of 3) by Richard Bagwell

"The equal Father in rain and sun, His Christ in the good to evil done, His Voice in thy soul;—and the Three are One!"
— from Poems of Nature, Poems Subjective and Reminiscent and Religious Poems, Complete Volume II of The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier by John Greenleaf Whittier

Regaining the spot they had quitted the evening before, Boone took a long look in the direction whence they first approached; and then shaping his course so as to bear as near as possible on a direct line with it, set forward at a quick pace, going a very little west of due north.
— from Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life by Emerson Bennett

Victoria would like this rule, for she has confessed to me that political questions bore her, and she would much rather be talked to about love or motoring, or even bridge; but she always reads the newspapers hard for fifteen minutes while Thompson does her hair, if she's going out to a big lunch or dinner, so that she will be up in everything and able to talk brilliantly to members of Parliament, or stuffy old things in the House of Lords.
— from Lady Betty Across the Water by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

Poniatowski, supported by Sebastiani, had conquered on the left, after a desperate struggle.
— from The Camp-fires of Napoleon Comprising The Most Brilliant Achievemnents of the Emperor and His Marshals by Henry C. (Henry Clay) Watson

But I was going to say ... in a word, something has changed; there is something wrong.
— from Pan by Knut Hamsun

Already, you see, she has changed.
— from The Castle Of The Shadows by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

And moreover she is a member of our Sunrise Hill Camp Fire Club and we promised to live up to Sylvia's motion.
— from The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World by Margaret Vandercook

Emma looked, too, and the bright flush which suffused her cheek made me associate the gentleman with the letters she had received, and I was not surprised when he entered our yard and knocked at our door.
— from Homestead on the Hillside by Mary Jane Holmes