An air of haste and excitement pervades the party, and as the tall hat (surmounting Mr. Smallweed the younger) alights, Mr. Smallweed the elder pokes his head out of window and bawls to Mr. Guppy, "How de do, sir!
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

and of Charles X.; formerly book-keeper at the Treasury, where he is believed to have succeeded the elder Poiret;[*] he was afterwards appointed chief cashier, and held that position a long while.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

To secure their ends, priests have made partnerships with other sects; in order to hold Shint[=o] shrines, they have married to secure heirs and make office hereditary; and finally in the Purification of 1870, when the Riy[=o]bu system was blown to the winds by the Japanese Government, not a few priests of this sect became laymen, in order to keep both office and emolument in the purified Shint[=o] shrines.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

Now in the case of philosophy, as forming the apex of the scientific pyramid, this question of the utility of knowledge is necessarily brought very conspicuously forward, so that every philosophy has, unconsciously, the air of ascribing the highest utility to itself.
— from Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The king alternate a dire tale relates, Of wars, of triumphs, and disastrous fates; All he unfolds; his listening spouse turns pale With pleasing horror at the dreadful tale; Sleepless devours each word; and hears how slain Cicons on Cicons swell the ensanguined plain; How to the land of Lote unbless'd he sails; And images the rills and flowery vales!
— from The Odyssey by Homer

Only, that it is necessary with such a desire to be clear WHAT spectacle one will see in any case—merely a satyric play, merely an epilogue farce, merely the continued proof that the long, real tragedy IS AT AN END, supposing that every philosophy has been a long tragedy in its origin.
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

In the Allen Street public school the experienced principal has embodied among the elementary lessons, to keep constantly before the children the duty that clearly lies next to their hands, a characteristic exercise.
— from How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

God entitle them,” President Wilson has also said that “every people have a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live”; that “national aspirations must be respected, and that ‘self determination’ is not a mere phrase; it is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.”
— from The Political Future of India by Lala Lajpat Rai

The planes tried dodging, and several tricks were brought to bear on either side; for it seems that every pilot has his pet theories as to how best to catch an opponent napping.
— from Air Service Boys Over the Enemy's Lines; Or, The German Spy's Secret by Charles Amory Beach

The author shows that each period has contributed something definite to the literature of England.
— from The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers by Steele, Richard, Sir

Seizing the evening paper he scanned its front page.
— from The Galloping Ghost A Mystery Story for Boys by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

If he is allowed to see the earth perhaps he will begin again to long for heaven.”
— from The Miracles of Antichrist: A Novel by Selma Lagerlöf

The Persian king could not resist the temptation of seizing this easy prey; he entered the undefended town, enslaved all whom he found in it, and then razed the place to the ground.
— from The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 7: The Sassanian or New Persian Empire The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by George Rawlinson

“Why not turn them over to the consul, sir?” suggested the ensign, “perhaps he could devise a way of their reaching a desirable destination without Mr. Stark and the men figuring in the thing.”
— from The Dreadnought Boys Aboard a Destroyer by John Henry Goldfrap

In speaking of the Trent affair, Mr. Motley says: “The English premier has been foiled by our much maligned Secretary of State, of whom, on this occasion at least, one has the right to say, with Sir Henry Wotton,— 'His armor was his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill.'” “He says at the close of this long letter:
— from John Lothrop Motley, A Memoir — Complete by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Thus the humblest may guide the highest; and I love to recall, in this connection, that the lamented Lincoln, some years before signing the Emancipation Proclamation, heard me lecture on slavery, in Peoria.
— from Five Hundred Dollars First published in the "Century Magazine" by Heman White Chaplin