Scanderbeg, Prince of Epirus, pursuing one of his soldiers with purpose to kill him, the soldier, having in vain tried by all the ways of humility and supplication to appease him, resolved, as his last refuge, to face about and await him sword in hand: which behaviour of his gave a sudden stop to his captain’s fury, who, for seeing him assume so notable a resolution, received him into grace; an example, however, that might suffer another interpretation with such as have not read of the prodigious force and valour of that prince.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

But—the endless racket is not, as I soon notice, a real rattling, but really a ringing and with this ringing, as the awakened subject now realizes, the alarm has performed its duty."
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

Secure of my protection, and relying on my tenderness, let no apprehensions of Madame Duval disturb your peace: conduct yourself towards her with all the respect and deference due to so near a relation, remembering always, that the failure of duty on her part, can by no means justify any neglect on your’s.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

He wrote some excellent articles in 'Silliman' against 'Origin' views; but he says now, after repeated reading of the book, he is a convert!")
— from Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin

As they rode on through a wood, they heard strange noises, and Rinaldo, reassuring the damsel, pressed forward towards the quarter from which they proceeded.
— from Legends of Charlemagne by Thomas Bulfinch

He was agent for one of the squires near, and received rents for him on stated days, which of course were well known.
— from The Grey Woman and other Tales by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

It was, finally, to differ from the American federal commonwealth in the great feature that it was to be merely a confederacy of sovereignties, not a representative Republic.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 29: 1578, part III by John Lothrop Motley

But late upon the previous Saturday night, a rumour reached Mary of the contemplated plot.
— from Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 1 (of 2) by Henry Glassford Bell

"You do so need a real rest, and now we will not have to plan every day what we may spend to-morrow.
— from Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School by Margaret Penrose

He went out but seldom now, and rarely remained away for more than an hour or two.
— from Linda Condon by Joseph Hergesheimer