Of a scurvy rogue soldier: a hundred of lice go with him!
— from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson

So Robin sat by the door, looking up the road and down the road to see who might come, till, after a time, he saw six horsemen come riding sedately and slowly, as became them, for they were churchmen in high orders.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

But whoever shall represent to his fancy, as in a picture, that great image of our mother nature, in her full majesty and lustre, whoever in her face shall read so general
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

“I shall glance into the case for you,” said Holmes, rising, “and I have no doubt that we shall reach some definite result.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

“Remember at a later period and at a certain moment, if any mischance should happen to you,” said Richelieu, significantly, “that it was I who came to seek you, and that I did all in my power to prevent this misfortune befalling you.”
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

In the mean time, that power, which all these changes aimed at securing, remains still as tottering and as uncertain as ever.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

As for the unhappy Charles, by the evidence of Sir Robert Strange, who was with him, he had “ridden along the line to the right animating the soldiers,” and “endeavoured to rally the soldiers, who, annoyed by the enemy’s fire, were beginning to quit the field.”
— from A Short History of Scotland by Andrew Lang

"I have seen no unusual stir," Rufino said.
— from The Lion of Saint Mark: A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Slavery Can Only Be Maintained by Force—by Violence Slavery Was Recognized, by South and North Alike, as an Evil Squatter or Popular Sovereignty Stand with Anybody That Stands Right Sumner Superior Race Suspicion Third-parties Those Who Deny Freedom to Others Victory of Buchanan We Cannot Then Make Them Equals We Do Not Want to Dissolve the Union; You Shall Not.
— from Widger's Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Works of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln

The interior, with the exception of a few extensive savannas, is one vast expanse of rounded hills, covered with such rich soil that they may be cultivated to their summits.
— from A New History of the United States The greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year by Charles Morris

“Granted,” said Rosamond slyly though sleepily, “that it always is an inferior power of man, which it does not seem to have been in the actual case.”
— from The Three Brides by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

“Yes,” she replied simply.
— from Juana by Honoré de Balzac

She requires something to rouse her in a gentle way, without excitement."
— from Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma by Maude Alma

Accordingly, he had pretended to go and hunt in a contrary direction, but had soon slipped round, so soon indeed as almost to reach Slaang Kloof first.
— from Harley Greenoak's Charge by Bertram Mitford