He served also in Cilicia 12 , under Servilius Isauricus, but only for a short time; as upon receiving intelligence of Sylla’s death, he returned with all speed to Rome, in expectation of what might follow from a fresh agitation set on foot by Marcus Lepidus.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

“That is different,” replied Monte Cristo; “but if you intend to tell an untruth, reflect it were better not to speak at all.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

H2 anchor Chapter XLI The Eve of the Trial AN upper room in a dull Stoniton street, with two beds in it—one laid on the floor.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

I cannot but remember to leave this admonition upon record, if ever such another dreadful visitation should happen in this city, that all women that are with child or that give suck should be gone, if they have any possible means, out of the place, because their misery, if infected, will so much exceed all other people's.
— from A Journal of the Plague Year Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London by Daniel Defoe

Some of them are unmannered, rough, intractable, as well as ignorant; but others are docile, have a wish to learn, and evince a disposition that pleases me.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

Nor will I mention, for the reasons just alleged, that I thought her dress, though it was of the plainest black silk, inappropriately costly in texture and unnecessarily refined in trimming and finish, for a person in her position in life.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

This again usually results in the use of drinks of low alcohol content, in which the flavor is the main consideration.
— from Applied Eugenics by Roswell H. (Roswell Hill) Johnson

I called his attention to an unmentionable rent in a conspicuous place, but he seemed careless about it—said it was of no consequence—and that Uncle Sam was a good old soul, and always paid the tailor—he knew from experience.
— from The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth by Timothy Templeton

Now these examples must be regarded as being only extreme ones, and not such very extreme ones, of what is the almost universal rule in nature.
— from The Logic of Chance, 3rd edition An Essay on the Foundations and Province of the Theory of Probability, With Especial Reference to Its Logical Bearings and Its Application to Moral and Social Science and to Statistics by John Venn

Prepare in the same manner as either of the above, using raspberries in place of strawberries.
— from The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler

Restored to consciousness, Leland gave a brief account of the affair, refreshed himself with food and drink set before him by Elsie's fair hands, and then was conducted by Mr. Travilla to an upper room in a wing of the building, dating back to the old days of Indian warfare.
— from Elsie's Motherhood by Martha Finley

SOME OF THE ANCIENT UTENSILS represented in the above cuts, are copied from those found amid the ruins of Herculaneum and Pompeii.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

The vesicular vapours are not condensed, because the air, unceasingly renewed, is far from the point of saturation.
— from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt

In order, however, to avoid undue restraint, I will accept your words that you make no effort to escape."
— from The Crimson Conquest: A Romance of Pizarro and Peru by Charles B. (Charles Bradford) Hudson

How is it that the carrier-pigeon, when loosed from the bag in which it has been confined, mounts up into the air, makes one brief circuit, and then pursues his way, through an unknown region, in a straight 124 line homeward?
— from The Hope of the Katzekopfs; or, The Sorrows of Selfishness. A Fairy Tale. by Francis Edward Paget

A claim had been made to an unlimited right, in one branch of the legislature, to appropriate the whole revenue of the province according to its pleasure.
— from The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger