Last Sunday, indeed, coming earlier than usual, I heard him abusing poor Linton cruelly for his conduct of the night before.
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

She in consequence endeavoured to strengthen the dawning passion of her Friend.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

Moral philosophy has, indeed, this peculiar disadvantage, which is not found in natural, that in collecting its experiments, it cannot make them purposely, with premeditation, and after such a manner as to satisfy itself concerning every particular difficulty which may be.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

All has been prosperous with me since I was with you last; I have become rich in every way, and, were I inclined to purchase my freedom from service, I could easily do so."
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

All the different ways in which stock is commonly employed in great towns seem, in reality, to be almost equally easy and equally difficult to learn.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

3. Make the required athletic standard according to his weight, classifications and conditions as stated in chapter eight.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Similarly in Christian ethics, the way of the cross has definite stations and a definite end.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

(ll. 51-56) Nor at Alope stayed the sons of Hermes, rich in corn-land, well skilled in craftiness, Erytus and Echion, and with them on their departure their kinsman Aethalides went as the third; him near the streams of Amphrysus Eupolemeia bare, the daughter of Myrmidon, from Phthia; the two others were sprung from Antianeira, daughter of Menetes. (ll. 57-64) From rich Gyrton came Coronus, son of Caeneus, brave, but not braver than his father.
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius

I can spin and weave linen with thread of various colours; I can imitate flowers and embroider ornaments on stuffs; I can even, when you are tired by your work and overcome
— from The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 by Théophile Gautier

Use it, aunty, please, to buy me some new books, so I can enter the highest class in school when George Wild does.
— from Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton

Napoleon defended them, and in company with Quenza, his senior in command, endeavoured to persuade Colonel Maillard, the commander of the fortress, to deliver it into their hands.
— from The Story of Napoleon by Harold Wheeler

Mr. Soloman interrupts, changing entirely the expression of his countenance, "the whole thing is out!
— from Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams

It is a place of considerable business activity, very quaint and antique in general aspect, the style of architecture reminding one of that seen in Chester, England.
— from Foot-prints of Travel; Or, Journeyings in Many Lands by Maturin Murray Ballou

A separate box should always be given to a large or rare species, but most of the smaller kinds will travel quite safely in company, especially if a wisp of grass or a leaf is put into the box to give them foothold.
— from An Elementary Manual of New Zealand Entomology Being an Introduction to the Study of Our Native Insects by G. V. (George Vernon) Hudson

I see inventors cunningly enslave the forces of the world.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll