And not only I, who have dedicated myself to the perpetual service of His Holiness, but all the gifted craftsmen of this age, must expect from him such honour and reward and opportunities for practising the arts so greatly, that already I rejoice to see these arts arriving in his time at the greatest height of their perfection, and Rome adorned by craftsmen so many and so noble that, counting them with those of Florence, whom your Excellency is calling every day into activity, I hope that someone after our time will have to write a fourth part to my book, enriching it with other masters and other masterpieces than those described by me; in which company I am striving with every effort not to be among the last.
— from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi by Giorgio Vasari

On Seeing Miss Fontenelle In A Favourite Character Sweet naivete of feature, Simple, wild, enchanting elf, Not to thee, but thanks to Nature, Thou art acting but thyself.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

She was evidently expecting news of him and that he would come or would write to her.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The minds of the hiding trio were much relieved at the departure of José Leirya and his villains, and particularly at José’s mention of his intention to return to the vessel; but the suspense of waiting for them to retire, while the sharks were edging ever nearer and nearer, was awful.
— from Across the Spanish Main: A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess by Harry Collingwood

Inquiring in Sheffield where Ebenezer Elliott now resided, I was told, by five different persons, five different places.
— from Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. 2 (of 2) by William Howitt

And the letter said: “O Glorious Stripling, whose equal existeth not in all the world, behold, the King laudeth thy valorous resolve to bring Iran unto thy feet, and he sendeth unto thee a mighty army that right speedily Turan, Iran and Samengan may be one land, and all the world at peace.”
— from The Story of Rustem, and other Persian hero tales from Firdusi by Elizabeth D. Renninger

Nay perhaps many of my readers have seen the place, and not known, in their touring expeditions; which are now blinder than ever, and done by steam, without even eyesight, not to say intelligence.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 07 by Thomas Carlyle

Madame d'Epinay, the amie of Grimm, and the patroness of Rousseau; the clever, selfish, witty, ever ennuyée , never ennuyeuse Madame du Deffand; the ardent, talented Mademoiselle de l'Espinasse, who would certainly have been a poetess, if she had not been a philosopheress and a Frenchwoman: Madame Neckar, the patroness of Marmontel and Thomas:— e tutte quante .
— from The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

She was evidently expecting no very civil reception, and she seemed to face the room with hostility and no very ready eagerness to please.
— from The Wooden Horse by Hugh Walpole

The situation was extremely embarrassing, not to say critical; on the one hand, the natural reluctance to abandon any one or anything to the enemy, on the other, the imminent risk of sacrificing the ship and all concerned by any delay,—for the leading Spaniard, by himself far superior in force, was nearly within gunshot.
— from The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

After awhile he looked up and said with evident emotion, "No, he was what people would call a bad son—a very bad 'un."
— from Her Benny: A Story of Street Life by Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking