Sir Mulberry, however, who was not quite sober, and who was in a sullen and dogged state of obstinacy, soon silenced the representations of his weak young friend, and further seemed—as if to save himself from a repetition of them—to insist on being left alone.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

He subdued the rebels of Hyrcania, reduced the provinces of Cabul and Zablestan on the banks of the Indus, broke the power of the Euthalites, terminated by an honorable treaty the Turkish war, and admitted the daughter of the great khan into the number of his lawful wives.
— 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

In suffering the remains of his wife to lie thus long unburied, there appeared a degree of brutality more shocking than she had suspected even Montoni could practise.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

944 Afterwards, coming to Bishop Wilfrid in the hope of a better plan of life, he spent the rest of his days in attendance on him till that bishop's death, and going with him to Rome, learned there many profitable things concerning the ordinances of the Holy Church, which he could not have learned in his own country.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

The usually grave and solemn judges and councillors joined in cards and other diversions, leading for several weeks a life of the most extravagant pleasure, for no other purpose than to shew the regent of how little consequence they deemed their banishment, and that, when they willed it, they could make Pontoise a pleasanter residence than Paris.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

The principal rules and establishments in present use in these offices are well known to have been of his introducing, and most of the officers serving therein since the Restoration, of his bringing- up.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

And as for Owen Warland, he looked placidly at what seemed the ruin of his life's labor, and which was yet no ruin.
— from Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

On arriving at Hreidmar’s house, Loki found the mighty treasure none too great, for the skin became larger with every object placed upon it, and he was forced to throw in the ring Andvaranaut (Andvari’s loom), which he had intended to retain, in order to secure the release of himself and his companions.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

He is a dreaded enemy of poor Molly Cottontail, and more than once I have seen the records of his relentless pursuit.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Owen is going to spend the rest of his life in Swaziland; he is taking enough things to last him for the next hundred years!"
— from Adventures in Swaziland: The Story of a South African Boer by Owen Rowe O'Neil

When, the next moment, Pemberton found himself alone with Mrs. Moreen it was to hear her say “I see, I see”—stroking the roundness of her chin and looking as if she were only hesitating between a dozen easy remedies.
— from The Pupil by Henry James

Hence his despair of breaking out of a prison where he had spent over a year without trial or prospect of a trial, and where he seemed likely to spend the remainder of his days.
— from The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series by Rafael Sabatini

To find in his daughter, whose nature he had never till now known, such a wealth of affection, such a splendour of spiritual insight, such a scholarly imagination, such... The rest of his feeling was of hope!
— from The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker

But since the renunciation of his work at Westmore he had no active concern with the financial world, and by twelve o'clock he had exhausted his imaginary affairs and was journeying up town again.
— from The Fruit of the Tree by Edith Wharton

Those making the trials were called "demonstrators" and their neighbors who came to follow their example in testing the new methods were called "coöperators" and were called together at the "demonstrator's" farm to see the results of his work and to receive instruction from the "demonstration agent" who supervised the work for the government.
— from The Farmer and His Community by Dwight Sanderson

A few bathers wandering sadly through the little park in silence turned round as she passed by, and Petrus Martel, who was smoking his pipe in his shirt-sleeves at the window of the billiard-room, called to his chum, Lapalme, sitting in a corner before a glass of white wine, and said, smacking the roof of his mouth with his tongue: "Deuce take it, there's something sweet!"
— from Mont Oriol; or, A Romance of Auvergne: A Novel by Guy de Maupassant

He had a carefully-waxed and pointed moustache, but shaved the rest of his face as religiously as he did that of Lord Barmouth, every morning, passing his hand over the skin and seeming to be always hunting for one particular bristle, which evaded him.
— from Lady Maude's Mania by George Manville Fenn

He sets to work, modifying the details of his plan to suit the resources of his material.
— from The Gate of Appreciation: Studies in the Relation of Art to Life by Carleton Eldredge Noyes

In his reply in March, 1682, to the above mémoire, he states that [Pg 263] he has made little trade since, the result of his business transactions reaching only 13,325 livres .
— from Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 1. Under the French Régime, 1535-1760 by William H. (William Henry) Atherton