The costume was similar to that which we had seen on all the women, though some of them, those working in the fields, glimpsed by our glasses when we first flew over, wore only the first two.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

So they fell upon them as they were asleep, and slew about twenty of them, and thereby filled them with disorder and surprise, insomuch that some of them threw away their entire armor and fled; but the greatest part, not knowing one another, because they were of different nations, suspected one another to be enemies, [for they did not imagine there were only two of the Hebrews that came up,]
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

She turn'd to him, and smiled, but in that sort Which makes not others smile; then turn'd aside: Whatever feeling shook her, it seem'd short, And master'd by her wisdom or her pride; When Juan spoke, too—it might be in sport— Of this their mutual feeling, she replied— 'If it should be so,—but—it cannot be—
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

To these Mr. Benbridge made so many objections, that Dr. Seaton ordered them to set fire again to the pile.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

For unseen are the woes that the gods mete out to mortals; be strong to endure thy share of them though with grief in thy heart; take courage from the promises of Athena, and from the answers of the gods (for very favourable oracles has Phoebus given), and then from the help of the chieftains.
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius

COLORS Olive, Tan and Black Tell your pa that "Boy Scouts" outwear two to three pairs of ordinary shoes.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

‘Miss So-and-so, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane?’
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

As long as it was dark they remained silent; in spite of themselves they submitted to the influence of the obscurity, and apprehended ambushes on every side.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

"You stupid dear, why do you say such odious things to me?
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

I presume you've heard of me—most of the good people in the town have—and maybe some of the things you've heard ain't true.
— from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

As he passed the door he remembered with a vague fear the warm turfcoloured bogwater, the warm moist air, the noise of plunges, the smell of the towels, like medicine.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

In a few moments Rick saw that the two streets of the town formed a huge T, with the stem starting under the mountain and running toward the west.
— from The Pirates of Shan: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

But Shefford, owing to the hurry and excitement of his mind, could not translate.
— from The Rainbow Trail by Zane Grey

Some of the Texas celestite has been mined, but most of the strontium minerals now used in the United States are imported from England and Mexico.
— from Texas Rocks and Minerals: An Amateur's Guide by Roselle M. Girard

Virtue, whate'er the dazzled Vulgar dream, Denies Phraätes, seated on thy throne, Immortal Cyrus, Joy's internal gleam,
— from Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace by Anna Seward

I verily think that the cross of Christ would blush and think shame of these thin-skinned worldings, who are so married to their credit that they are ashamed of the sufferings of Christ.
— from Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Third Edition) by Samuel Rutherford

With every sough of the trade-wind that blows across the sea I wake and wait and listen for the call of your hearts to me.
— from Masters of the Guild by Louise Lamprey

There was nothing to show that Wandle had noticed them—he stood some distance off on the opposite side of the table—but Prescott was too eager in gathering them up.
— from Prescott of Saskatchewan by Harold Bindloss