The wish was in my heart, and hence The sweet illusion mocked my sense.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

You were never here before, Jack, were you? —No, Ned. —He rode down through Dame walk, the refined accent said, if my memory serves me.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

For many reasons Mr. Gregory hoped that one of his boys would be chosen, and lately everything had seemed like it; therefore, the sudden interest Mr. Murray seemed to take in Bertie caused Mr. and Mrs. Gregory some uneasiness, especially as the gentleman said at dinner that evening that the yachting excursion would have to be put off for some days, as he wished to make the acquaintance of his old friend's sons, and learn a little more of their history, and meant to call at their address the next morning.
— from Little Folks (September 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

Terrific as the sea in might: My steps are like the Storm-Gods' flight; But Ráma knows not this, or he Had never sought to war with me.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

'If Brunehildt had not been shut up with her puppies,' she added regretfully; 'she is much more savage than Clovis.'
— from Othmar by Ouida

They have some imperfect, maimed ( mancum ) sound, e.g. b , c , d , g , which without e cannot be sounded.
— from Tudor school-boy life: the dialogues of Juan Luis Vives by Juan Luis Vives

She is my mother's sister, and lost her reason some years ago, by an accidental injury to the head."
— from Elsie's children by Martha Finley

While not able to hit so hard left-handed, because the muscles are not yet so strong, I make more single hits, reach first base oftener, and score more runs.
— from Base-Ball How to Become a Player, With the Origin, History and Explanation of the Game by John Montgomery Ward

When I had proceeded so far in my little sketch of a “Confession of Faith,” my dear brother said, “You prove to me, that the subjects on which my mind has been long and anxiously revolving, are familiar to you; and from the little that you have said respecting these obscure points, I anticipate much comfort in entering more at large with you into the field of inquiry, but remember, that my chief difficulties remain untouched, and before I let you entirely behind the scenes of my own incertitude, I must know how you get over a barrier which seems in my mind so insurmountable.
— from Blue-Stocking Hall, (Vol. 3 of 3) by William Pitt Scargill

Love & Hope are so strong in me, my soul’s high aspirations are of such tenacious, passionate intensity, are so conscious of their own deathless reality, that what would starve them out of any other woman only makes them strike out deeper roots, grow more resolute & sturdy, in me.
— from The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman

He brought the sword into mild Music's sphere, And in the clangour of the hurtling spear, The clashing mail, and the loud battle-thunder, Missed, sometime, of the finer harmony The still small voice, known of the subtler ear, Which outlives all War's clarions?
— from Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 3 (of 4).—1874-1892 by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves