It seems as if God has preserved them for [ 154 ] vengeance on the Spaniards that they have not been able to subject them in two hundred years, in spite of the expeditions sent against them, the armaments sent almost very year to pursue them.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

But there are some things in that house you shall not steal, for they are mine despite you."
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

As for de Costa, he stood there, impotent to help, yet willing to do so, his hands clasped before him, and shivering from head to foot.
— from The Fire-Gods: A Tale of the Congo by Charles Gilson

Though Mrs. Marion had been only a short time in the house, yet she had already deeply interested the feelings of Mrs. Darlington and her two eldest daughters, who suffered with her in the affliction almost as severely as if they had themselves experienced a bereavement; and this added to the weight, already painfully oppressive, that rested upon them.
— from Woman's Trials; Or, Tales and Sketches from the Life around Us by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

Though his near-sighted eyes did not yet show the intruders to him, yet scent and sound made it ridiculously easy for him to trace them.
— from Further Adventures of Lad by Albert Payson Terhune

"I'm not sure that I told him you——" "Don't shuffle now.
— from Revenge! by Robert Barr

“Here, Dmitri Konstantinovitch,” he said, thrusting it toward him, “your health!”
— from Red Dusk and the Morrow: Adventures and Investigations in Red Russia by Paul Dukes

Thus speaketh Dionysus, Son confessed Of no man but of Zeus!—Ah, had ye seen Truth in the hour ye would not, all had been Well with ye, and the Child of God your friend! Agave.
— from The Bacchae of Euripides by Euripides

He burst into a derisive laugh, and turning to his uncle, said: "So this is the help you were talking about.
— from Brave and Bold; Or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton by Alger, Horatio, Jr.