After thinking a little Kashtanka scratched on it with both paws, opened it, and went into the adjoining room.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

That dangerous thing, a little knowledge, sometimes leads its imbiber beyond the reach of all fear of the guardian fairy or demon of the stone, yet leaves him still so superstitious regarding it that he believes its influence to be baleful, and its destruction a sort of duty.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

But affairs were not in so quiet a situation in the bosom of the other conspirator; his mind was tost in all the distracting anxiety so nobly described by Shakespear— “Between the acting of a dreadful thing, And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream; The genius and the mortal instruments Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

If you're into reading/writing the African language Kiswahili (Swahili), write kuntz@macc.wisc.edu to get onto the SWAHILI-L mailing list.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream: The genius and the mortal instruments Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

[36] or a hideous dream: 47 The Genius [37] and the mortal instruments Are then in council; and the state of a man, [38] Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
— from The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar by William Shakespeare

"In my opinion," sharply concluded Jack, "this Adolph Lilienthal knows something.
— from The Midnight Passenger : A Novel by Richard Savage

There must have been a few old dresses—perhaps some bits of furniture, a Bible, and the spectacles the good old souls read it through, and little keepsakes, such as make us cry to look at, when we find them in old drawers;—such relics there must have been.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

The ancient Liu Ko stone bridge over the Hun River north of Peking is famous for its lion-pier terminals, its carved stone balustrade 253 which is in the ornate style.
— from China Revolutionized by John Stuart Thomson

Once there, a last kiss sealed their separation and pledged their vows.
— from The Prussian Terror by Alexandre Dumas