The captain went out, and soon I saw that at his orders, the Nautilus had halted its upward movement.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

"As for me," she said, "I should take a higher flight; and if we are to wish for husbands, nothing less than the Sultan himself will do for me.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

I am quite grieved for him, and very much frightened, and so is Sir Thomas; and how glad I should be if you were here to comfort me.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Never, so it seemed to Anne, had there been so many squeaky pencils as there were that morning; and when Barbara Shaw came up to the desk with a sum she tripped over the coal scuttle with disastrous results.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

The best positions for defence had been selected all the way from Dalton back to Atlanta, and very strongly intrenched; so that, as he might be forced to fall back from one position, he would have another to fall into in his rear.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

The herd, or flock of Proteus, seems to be no other than the several kinds of animals, plants, and minerals, in which matter appears to diffuse and spend itself; so that after having formed these several species, and as it were finished its task, it seems to sleep and repose, without otherwise attempting to produce any new ones.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

They can square circles, but understand not the state of their own souls, describe right lines and crooked, &c. but know not what is right in this life, quid in vita rectum sit, ignorant ; so that as he said, Nescio an Anticyram ratio illis destinet omnem.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

“Yes, yes,” cried he, looking earnestly in my face, “I see, I see thou art her child!
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

But about this he would be particular to an instant, as the cadgers knew; and so, on up the Kymin, Jinkum caught stick, in showers thick as had ever rained upon his hips, even when climbing the sharper and more familiar pitches of Cat’s Hill.
— from No Quarter! by Mayne Reid

We sat in school together and hunted birds' nests in the woods side by side.
— from The Hindered Hand; or, The Reign of the Repressionist by Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert) Griggs

You can receive, too, and have at your house the lions of literature, fashion and finance, whether male or female, for Adolphe spoke in such terms about his illustrious friendships and his intimacy with the favorites of the hour, that I imagine you giving and receiving honors.
— from Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete by Honoré de Balzac

The famine was so severe in Samaria that Ahab had called Obadiah, the overseer of the palace.
— from The Children's Bible by Henry A. Sherman

The ignorance of Man has endured so long, he has taken such slow, such irresolute steps to ameliorate his condition, only because he has neglected to study Nature, to scrutinize her laws, to search out her expedients, to discover her properties, that his sluggishness finds its account, in permitting himself to be guided by example, rather than to follow experience, which demands activity; to be led by routine, rather than by his reason, which enjoins reflection; to take that for truth upon the authority of others, which would require a diligent and patient investigation.
— from The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World. Volume 1 by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

“And you did not know enough of my character to know that the first step I should take after hearing from your lips that the fact of our engagement being kept from him was causing you pain, would be to go to your father?”
— from According to Plato by Frank Frankfort Moore

Longcluse for a moment thought of making his escape by the door, which was close to him; but he reflected, “He is about the most innocent and good-natured soul on earth, and why should I seem to avoid him?
— from Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu