XXVII An up-hill and down-hill ride of twenty-odd miles through a garish mid-day atmosphere brought him in the afternoon to a detached knoll a mile or two west of Talbothays, whence he again looked into that green trough of sappiness and humidity, the valley of the Var or Froom.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

So the virtuous elephant who had waited temperately and done kind acts was relieved, at the appointed time, by the very calf whom he had turned aside to cherish—let all listen to the Tataka!
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

Here, side by side with the ascetic Jesus, brought by Gatien and Augustin, was a Northern Christ, son of an Arch-incubus, born of a Virgin, baptized in the shrunken Jordan of a font, performing miracles, summoning dragons to his aid, overcoming Death and Hell in his way, brought before his Pilate but confounding him, throning and dethroning kings, and leading forth, on the Day of Pentecost, an army whose knights are inspired by Guenever’s kisses in place of flaming tongues.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

Here they have designed a fan, there a bouquet of flowers, a bird, a rose, a palm leaf, or a chain, all wrought from a single piece of wood, the artisan being a forced laborer, the tool a dull knife, and the taskmaster’s voice the inspiration.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

The story of a stone slab at Rāyalcheruvu in the Anantapur district, known as the yantram rāyi or magic stone, is narrated by Mr Francis.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

Kalau tidak, angkau derhaka kapada Allah, d.s.b.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

She looked in vain to Valancourt, confined by his profession to a distant kingdom, as her protector; but it gave her comfort to know, that there was, at least, one person in the world, who would sympathize in her afflictions, and whose wishes would fly eagerly to release her.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

But these were not the two cats which I brought on shore at first, for they were both of them dead, and had been interred near my habitation by my own hand; but one of them having multiplied by I know not what kind of creature, these were two which I had preserved tame; whereas the rest ran wild in the woods, and became indeed troublesome to me at last, for they would often come into my house, and plunder me too, till at last I was obliged to shoot them, and did kill a great many; at length they left me.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

THE WORKS OF EBERS By Georg Ebers LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Novels Of Georg Ebers Portrait Of Georg Ebers Uarda Cleopatra Margery Homo Sum—The Recluse In The Fire Of The Forge Bookcover A noble mind can never swim with the stream A first impression is often a final one A small joy makes us to forget our heavy griefs A live dog is better than a dead king A well-to-do man always gets a higher price than a poor one A subdued tone generally provokes an equally subdued answer A dirty road serves when it makes for the goal A knot can often be untied by daylight A school where people learned modesty A word at the right time and place A mere nothing in one man's life, to another may be great A debtor, says the proverb, is half a prisoner A kind word hath far more power than an angry one A blustering word often does good service Abandon to the young the things we ourselves used most to enjoy Abandoned women (required by law to help put out the fires)
— from Quotes and Images From The Novels of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers

Near the Straits of Gibraltar their African descendants, known as the Moors, crossed to Spain, where in the year 711 they vanquished a powerful army that opposed them.
— from Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modern by W. A. (Walter Augustus) Hawley

The soldiers wear a different uniform, the people speak a different language, pay homage to a different king, and handle a different money.
— from A Baptist Abroad: Travels and Adventures of Europe and all Bible Lands by Walter Andrew Whittle

But he was opposed to metaphysical researches into the relation of God to the world, and first principles, speculations with which his countrymen, and especially Ibn-Gebirol, concerned themselves, because he considered that such matters did not lead to any definite knowledge, and that they undermine belief.
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 3 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz

It may be all well enough for married people, who, from the mere fact of being married, are always entitled to certain consideration, put—par exemple—into a bed-room, a little larger than a dog kennel, and accommodated with a looking-glass, that does not distort one’s features like a paralytic stroke.
— from Pelham — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

That though a living king might be complimented with the attributes of divinity, everybody knew how little respect was paid to a dead king; and then, laughing at De Grey, he said, “If in these times of no Cabal, no ambition , (the Solicitor’s words,) we could settle no provision, would it be more possible in future?
— from Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, Volume 2 (of 4) by Horace Walpole

By the time Tess and Dot Kenway arrived at the rambling old farmhouse at Ipswitch Curve, where Mr. Buckham lived, they were as chatty and chummy with the man who had shot the eagle as though he were a life-long friend.
— from The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in by Grace Brooks Hill

It was getting late, and the tide had turned, as Dexter knew at once by the way in which the boat had swung round with its bows now pointing up-stream.
— from Quicksilver: The Boy With No Skid to His Wheel by George Manville Fenn

He turned to the angry De Kalb and laid his hand restrainingly on the latter’s arm.
— from Lafayette, We Come! The Story of How a Young Frenchman Fought for Liberty in America and How America Now Fights for Liberty in France by Rupert Sargent Holland