One day Kay and Gerda sat looking at a book full of pictures of animals and birds, and then just as the clock in the church tower struck twelve, Kay said, "Oh, something has struck my heart!" and soon after, "There is something in my eye.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

I have learned from philosophy, how much the soul is more excellent than the body; and that the separation of the nobler substance should be the subject of joy, rather than of affliction.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

As I spoke, rage sparkled in my eyes; the magistrate was intimidated.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

And as Ayre doth fullfill the hollownes 10 Of rotten walls; so it myne emptines, Where tost and mov'd it did beget this sound Which as a lame Eccho of thyne doth rebound.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

He doesn’t understand, so I must explain it, and he must hear me out,” thought the old prince.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Methinks my suffering country's voice I hear, But most her worthless sons insult my ear, On my rash courage charge the chance of war, And blame those virtues which they cannot share.
— from The Iliad by Homer

At last I resolved to confide in a renegade, a native of Murcia, who professed a very great friendship for me, and had given pledges that bound him to keep any secret I might entrust to him; for it is the custom with some renegades, when they intend to return to Christian territory, to carry about them certificates from captives of mark testifying, in whatever form they can, that such and such a renegade is a worthy man who has always shown kindness to Christians, and is anxious to escape on the first opportunity that may present itself.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

kay sa imúha, My expenses are three times greater than yours.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Her tense, murmured voice sounded in my ears: "Hold off; I'll take us low."
— from Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings

Compared with these visions, was she (in Mrs. Ellsworth's cast-off clothes, made over in odd moments by the wearer)
— from The Second Latchkey by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

We shall not have it for the seeking; it may exist in the midst of what men may call privations and sorrows; but it will exist in a very large sense and it will be ours.
— from The Untroubled Mind by Herbert J. (Herbert James) Hall

"I ought to know, for I sent it myself," Every man straightened himself in his easy-chair.
— from A Prince of Sinners by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

The personality of the anonymous adept who took the name of Eirenaeus Philalethes was shrouded in mystery even to his contemporaries.
— from Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by Henry Vaughan

This heading-in process, with these young shoots, is most easily performed with pruning shears, with wooden handles, of a length suited to the height of the tree.
— from Soil Culture Containing a Comprehensive View of Agriculture, Horticulture, Pomology, Domestic Animals, Rural Economy, and Agricultural Literature by J. H. Walden

Terebratula Sanguinea : testa rubrâ ventricosa, suborbiculata, longitudinaliter costata: valva superiore in medio excavato: inferiore dorso elevato, apice incurvato perforato .
— from The Naturalist's Repository, Volume 1 (of 5) or Monthly Miscellany of Exotic Natural History: etc. etc. by E. (Edward) Donovan

"And so,"— "And so, I must earn my name," said Christopher Kirkbright, simply.
— from The Other Girls by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

For the benefit of the Senator I might explain that the idea was this, Senator: That the office will hereafter furnish the certificate in all cases as a matter of course, which heretofore has been furnished only when requested; and that in furnishing it it should charge for it as heretofore, making the charge therefor $1.
— from Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, conjointly with the Senate Committee on Patents, on H.R. 19853, to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright June 6, 7, 8, and 9, 1906. by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents