The apprehension of a civil war compelled Stilicho to retire, at the haughty mandate of his rivals, from the dominions of Arcadius; and he respected, in the enemy of Rome, the honorable character of the ally and servant of the emperor of the East.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

"Whoop!" said the Rum Alley tenement house.
— from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane

The old farmers gathered together their families in their wagons, and were heard for some time rattling along the hollow roads, and over the distant hills.
— from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

It is the kind of place one quickly recognizes,—tireless and with no restful green of verdure; hard and uneven of street; crude, cold, and even hateful of aspect; conventional, of course, in its business quarter, but quickly beyond one sees the ruts and the hollows, the stench of ill-tamed sewerage, unguarded railroad crossings, saloons outnumbering churches and churches catering to saloons; homes impudently strait and new, prostitutes free and happy, gamblers in paradise, the town "wide open," shameless and frank; great factories pouring out stench, filth, and flame—these and all other things so familiar in the world market places, where industry triumphs over thought and products overwhelm men.
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

Once only was I in this room before”; and after stopping to look about her, and seemingly to retrace all that had then passed, she added, “Once only before.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

This being done, she, too, rose, and throwing her arms round the doctor’s neck, drew his mouth to hers, and seemed to suck his slimy lips, and gain for herself as much as she could of the delicious spunk the doctor had been revelling in.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

he thought, stopping for a moment with a sinking heart, and then immediately starting to run along the hall and up the warped steps of the familiar staircase.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

A third gun crossed the river by a ford, and all three began to sweep the road and the heights.
— from The British Expedition to the Crimea by Russell, William Howard, Sir

But now, seeing that the necessity that then moved us doth yet remain, and moreover, that God in His mercy hath now put it into your hands so to regulate affairs that He may be glorified, this commonwealth quieted, and the policy thereof established, we cannot cease to crave at your hands the redress of such enormities as manifestly are, and of long time have been committed by the place-holders of the ministry and others of the clergy within this realm....
— from The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland With Which Are Included Knox's Confession and The Book of Discipline by John Knox

Yet Tik-tok was popular with the people of Oz because he was so trustworthy, reliable and true; he was sure to do exactly what he was wound up to do, at all times and in all circumstances.
— from The Road to Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

[72] “Come with me and my papa,” invited the little lad, and he started to run across the heaving deck, but his parent caught him up in his arms and hugged him close.
— from Tom Fairfield at Sea; or, The Wreck of the Silver Star by Allen Chapman

If you have seen the old roofed bridge that spans the river at the head of the Lake of Lucerne, you will have an impression of the famous Rialto of Venice.
— from Old Continental Towns by Walter M. (Walter Matthew) Gallichan

They took up their places by the church, whence they could see the river; and they had not been there two minutes, ere they heard a sound of cheering from the watermen below; and presently the royal barge of England glided into sight.
— from Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt

He helped the young lady and her maid into the sledge, placed the box and the bundles in the vehicle, seized the reins, and the horses dashed off.
— from The Prose Tales of Alexander Pushkin by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

I have been to see the rector and told him that I refuse you, and I will never sign the register.”
— from In the Roar of the Sea by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

Not long after nine o’clock in the morning, therefore, Mr. Dalken was asked to see the reporter and tell him such items of personal news as would interest the readers of the New York daily.
— from Polly's Southern Cruise by Lillian Elizabeth Roy