In another paper of this series I may perhaps give the reader a closer glimpse of his portrait.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

This, however, was the brother, for when the fish saw the cook take the lamb away, it followed them and swam along the pond to the house; then the lamb cried down to it, "Ah, brother, in the pond so deep, How sad is my poor heart!
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

‘And I beg you never to express yourself like that about our superiors in my presence; you ought to be respectful to the authorities.’
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

On a Saturday night, which was my grand treat,—partly because it was a great thing to walk home with six or seven shillings in my pocket, looking into the shops and thinking what such a sum would buy, and partly because I went home early,—Mrs.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

The train from out the castle drew, But Marmion stopped to bid adieu:— “Though something I might plain,” he said, “Of cold respect to stranger guest, Sent hither by your king’s behest, While in Tantallon’s towers I stayed; Part we in friendship from your land,
— from Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field by Walter Scott

In aristocratic ages, science is more particularly called upon to furnish gratification to the mind; in democracies, to the body.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Then he suddenly stopped, really not knowing what to say; but as he had plenty of assurance, he sat down on the middle seat, and said: “Well, I see I must pay my court to you; so much the better.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

18 See, steamers steaming through my poems, See, in my poems immigrants continually coming and landing, See, in arriere, the wigwam, the trail, the hunter's hut, the flat-boat, the maize-leaf, the claim, the rude fence, and the backwoods village, See, on the one side the Western Sea and on the other the Eastern Sea, how they advance and retreat upon my poems as upon their own shores, See, pastures and forests in my poems—see, animals wild and tame—see, beyond the Kaw, countless herds of buffalo feeding on short curly grass, See, in my poems, cities, solid, vast, inland, with paved streets, with iron and stone edifices, ceaseless vehicles, and commerce, See, the many-cylinder'd steam printing-press—see, the electric telegraph stretching across the continent, See, through Atlantica's depths pulses American Europe reaching, pulses of Europe duly return'd, See, the strong and quick locomotive as it departs, panting, blowing the steam-whistle, See, ploughmen ploughing farms—see, miners digging mines—see, the numberless factories, See, mechanics busy at their benches with tools—see from among them superior judges, philosophs, Presidents, emerge, drest in working dresses, See, lounging through the shops and fields of the States, me well-belov'd, close-held by day and night, Hear the loud echoes of my songs there—read the hints come at last.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

As she said these words, she slipped in my pocket five rolls containing each one hundred louis d’or—a slight consolation for my heart, which was almost broken by our cruel separation!
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

This system is much preferred by servants for two reasons.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

To the contrary, I find the KINGDOME OF GOD, to signifie in most places of Scripture, a Kingdome Properly So Named, constituted by the Votes of the People of Israel in peculiar manner; wherein they chose God for their King by Covenant made with him, upon Gods promising them the possession of the land of Canaan; and but seldom metaphorically; and then it is taken for Dominion Over Sinne; (and only in the New Testament;) because such a Dominion as that, every Subject shall have in the Kingdome of God, and without prejudice to the Soveraign.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

No matter how powerful a swimmer I might prove I would wear out my strength in time, and they were prepared to wait patiently to witness my antics and my final conquest.
— from The Boy Fortune Hunters in the South Seas by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

Search , v. n. Seek, inquire, mouse, peer, search, make search, make inquiry.
— from A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology by Richard Soule

[Pg 78] "She is my promised wife, you will remember."
— from The Transfiguration of Miss Philura by Florence Morse Kingsley

A surgeon in my position learns to read character, learns to know an honest man when he sees one.
— from Georgina of the Rainbows by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

[310] Slavery in Mass., p. 61.
— from History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams

Again tears swam in Mrs. Price's eyes, but she would not unbend herself.
— from The Narrow House by Evelyn Scott

[FN] Their object was, to take these off to a place where they would have them under their control, and prevent them from governing the nation while the war lasted; it being a custom with the Indians, that as soon as the peace-chief has gave his consent to war measures, his office ceases, and the power is vested in the head captains of the nation, until his services, in making peace are again wanted. "Friends!—Listen to what I say to you!
— from Indian Biography; Vol. 2 (of 2) Or, An Historical Account of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished among the North American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable Characters by B. B. (Benjamin Bussey) Thatcher