Or did you say you had done more than one?" asked his companion as he spilled into his plate a little crimson pyramid of seeded strawberries and, through a perforated, shell-shaped spoon, snowed white sugar upon them.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Among the Nandi of British East Africa, when the eleusine grain is ripening in autumn, every woman who owns a corn-field goes out into it with her daughters, and they all pluck some of the ripe grain.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

The gentle lady motioned me to a pillow seat by her side.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

Thus Sitalces, son of Teres, King of the Thracians, and Perdiccas, son of Alexander, King of the Macedonians, became allies of Athens.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

“I will not fight with thee at present,” said the Templar, in a changed and hollow voice.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

“Is that a paper?” said Carrie.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

They to his friends the immortal charge shall bear; His friends a tomb and pyramid shall rear:
— from The Iliad by Homer

Below waiting his commands, and no one can give him better intelligence—This, Sir Oliver, is a friendly Jew, who to do him justice, has done everything in his power to bring your nephew to a proper sense of his extravagance.
— from The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Wherever one goes in Syria, he is reminded of an ancient glory and power, in close and vivid contrast to a present state of decay and weakness.
— from Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences by William S. Nelson

Our project, my dear friend, is brought to a point so long desired.
— from A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by William Henry Venable

For example, the Apostle Paul says, "No man taketh this honor unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron."
— from The Mormon Doctrine of Deity: The Roberts-Van Der Donckt Discussion To which is added a discourse, Jesus Christ, the revelation of God; also a collection of authoritative Mormon utterances on the being and nature of God by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

[Exit SERGEANT] Thus are poor servitors, When others sleep upon their quiet beds, Constrain'd to watch in darkness, rain, and cold.
— from The First Part of Henry the Sixth by William Shakespeare

This measure will, if adopted, be productive, I think, of the desired results, and I therefore recommend it to your consideration, with the further suggestion that all payments should be suspended 'til the necessary reports are received.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Andrew Jackson

I think it is like one of those squat, heathen, Satsuma vases, inlaid with distorted figures and symbols and toned in all luridness of color, into which has been tossed a poor sort of flower plucked from any bush the owner happened to pass, which has been salted down Page 218 in frivolity—or perhaps something stronger.
— from Rose of Old Harpeth by Maria Thompson Daviess

From these two examples, I am naturally led to think that the circle round your grandaunt is one adjusted to that amiable poise so agreeable to the feelings of a lady."
— from Anne: A Novel by Constance Fenimore Woolson

They are purely social, may be only superficial, and will neither one way nor the other affect the views of foreign critics or of posterity; but they are decisive as far as England is concerned.
— from Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy