Now this was the affair which Mrs Western was preparing to introduce to Sophia, by some prefatory discourse on the folly of love, and on the wisdom of legal prostitution for hire, when her brother and Blifil broke abruptly in upon her; and hence arose all that coldness in her behaviour to Blifil, which, though the squire, as was usual with him, imputed to a wrong cause, infused into Blifil himself (he being a much more cunning man) a suspicion of the real truth.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

It is a conventional and arbitrary view which assumes that discovery of the work to be chosen for adult life is made once for all at some particular date.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

A youngster who, but a few years ago, believed in Cornelius Agrippa as firmly as in the gospel, has now set himself at the head of the university; and if he is not soon pulled down, we shall all be out of countenance.—Ay, ay,” continued he, observing my face expressive of suffering, “M. Frankenstein is modest; an excellent quality in a young man.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Twice saying 'pardon' doth not pardon twain, But makes one pardon strong. BOLINGBROKE.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

They threw up forts on the site of the Parian and in Dilao, but the power of their wild fury was gone and the Spaniards were able to dislodge and drive them into the country about San Pablo de Monte.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

This speech of yours hath mov’d me, And shall perchance do good, but speak you on; You look as you had something more to say.
— from The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare

The other lady passenger, with the gentleman-companion, was quite a girl, pretty and fair: her simple print dress, untrimmed straw-bonnet and large shawl, gracefully worn, formed a costume plain to quakerism: yet, for her, becoming enough.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Now had the Greeks eternal fame acquired, And the gall'd Ilians to their walls retired; But sage Polydamas, discreetly brave, Address'd great Hector, and this counsel gave: "Though great in all, thou seem'st averse to lend Impartial audience to a faithful friend; To gods and men thy matchless worth is known, And every art of glorious war thy own; But in cool thought and counsel to excel, How widely differs this from warring well!
— from The Iliad by Homer

The boy sings pretty, don't he, Master Marner?" "Yes," said Silas, absently, "very pretty.
— from Silas Marner by George Eliot

The traffickers, too, seemed to be enjoying themselves, as some of the stalls had benches before them, on which sat people drinking coffee, and eating rice, hot sweet potatoes, fruit, and sweet-meats.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various

Most decisive of all, perhaps, is the fact this was the form in which the Churches of the East preserved the Angelic Hymn in their private, as well as their solemn public Devotions.
— from The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by John William Burgon

It proved especially interesting to give one series per day with the round trip as punishment and another series with confinement as punishment.
— from The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes: A Study of Ideational Behavior by Robert Mearns Yerkes

Terrified and shaken by the threats of punishment, and conscience-stricken for having hitherto permitted trespasses so plainly depicted in the newly-discovered book, the king in his grief tore his garments.
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz

And then she went on saying "poor dear," saying it presently because there was nothing more had come into her mind.
— from Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

GRETCHEN, Kellnerin H2 anchor ACT I. SCENE I. Scene of the play, the parlour of a small private dwelling in a village. (MARGARET discovered crocheting—has a pamphlet.)
— from The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other Stories by Mark Twain

The garments turned out by the factories have to be made up on some particular design or designs.
— from Equality by Edward Bellamy

d’un seul permis de port d’armes, sans avoir à tenir compte ni de l’usage qui sera fait des armes importées, ni de leur lieu de destination.
— from Correspondence and Report from His Majesty's Consul at Boma Respecting the Administration of the Independent State of the Congo [and Further Correspondence] by Roger Casement

Sometimes people do jump when they almost fall asleep, and I was just as sleepy as a fireside cat when you began to tell me the story.
— from A Pilgrim Maid: A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Marion Ames Taggart