One day, Ignacio, the bailiff of the dreaded tribunal of the State inquisitors, presented himself as I was sitting at table with my friends, De la Haye, and two other guests.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

You pay five and six dollars apiece for fine linen shirts in Paris; here and in Leghorn you pay two and a half.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

this plan was readily adopted and one of the young men offered his services; I promised him a knife and some beads as a reward for his confidence in us.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

[Pg 158] of heart, pride, arrogance, etc.; while to spitefulness might be ascribed disaffection, envy, ill-will, malice, pleasure in seeing others suffer, prying curiosity, slander, insolence, petulance, hatred, anger, treachery, fraud, thirst for revenge, cruelty, etc.
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

By the side of the soldier and statesman Governor, also on horseback, would be his gifted consort, small in person, "handsome and amiable," as the French Duke again speaks, "fulfilling," as he continues to say, "all the duties of the mother and wife with the most scrupulous exactness; carrying the latter so far," DeLiancourt observes, "as to be of great assistance to her husband by her talent for drawing, the practice of which, in relation to maps and plans, enabled her to be extremely useful to the Governor," while her skill and facility and taste in a wider application of that talent were attested,
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

On the easel was a half-finished picture of a smiling Italian peasant, holding a bunch of grapes over the head of a dark-eyed girl.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

So I pumped him as to what sort of woman his mamma was.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

“My father!—my father!” said Ivanhoe, prostrating himself at Cedric's feet, “grant me thy forgiveness!”
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

“You stupid fool!” said I, pushing him away, “they will know everything.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

"No, madam," said I, promptly; horrified, as what young lady would not have been, at such a query.
— from Two Ghostly Mysteries A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family; and the Murdered Cousin by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

"Come along," he said impulsively, putting his arm through Katharine's.
— from Katharine Frensham: A Novel by Beatrice Harraden

Mistress Affery, sensible of the danger in which her identity stood, relinquished the tea-pot as her husband seized it, put her apron over her head, and in a twinkling vanished.
— from Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

Some Israelites played him an ungrateful trick.
— from Miss Eden's Letters by Emily Eden

The chief results obtained were:— 1st, the detection of the physical characteristics of the planet Mars to a degree of completeness sufficient to permit of the forming of a general theory of its condition, revealing beyond reasonable doubt first its general habitability, and second its particular habitation at the present moment by some form of local intelligence; 2d, corroboration and extension by Professor Pickering of his discoveries at Arequipa with regard to the forms of Jupiter’s Satellites; [10] 3d, the discovery and study by Mr. Douglass of the atmospheric causes upon which good seeing depends.
— from Biography of Percival Lowell by A. Lawrence (Abbott Lawrence) Lowell

To dine with the Emperor was rather an honor than a pleasure to those who were admitted; for it was necessary, to use the common expression, to swallow in post haste, as his Majesty never remained at table more than fifteen or eighteen minutes.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various

"Each person in a dwelling should, if possible, have a room as sacred from intrusion as the house is to the family.
— from How to Behave: A Pocket Manual of Republican Etiquette, and Guide to Correct Personal Habits Embracing an Exposition of the Principles of Good Manners; Useful Hints on the Care of the Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-culture, and Behavior at Home; the Etiquette of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, the Street, the Church, Places of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., with Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies by Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts) Wells

Witness 70” that says in part: “However, and as Ernesto Jiménez Caballero states, this process of integration, the Liberator’s dream, would have been forged even without Spain.
— from The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty by Víctor José Fernández Bolívar

While in this situation I passed him, and was almost petrified at seeing a large rattlesnake moving from his side to his 312 left breast.
— from Trails of the Pathfinders by George Bird Grinnell

She is proud, haughty and reserved.
— from George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings by René Doumic