Wherefore, hereditary succession in the early ages of monarchy could not take place as a matter of claim, but as something casual or complimental; but as few or no records were extant in those days, and traditional history stuffed with fables, it was very easy, after the lapse of a few generations, to trump up some superstitious tale, conveniently timed, Mahomet like, to cram hereditary right down the throats of the vulgar.
— from Common Sense by Thomas Paine

I mean, if it was a case of riding to the doctor's to save the child with croup, or going off to the local pub to fetch supplies in the event of the cellar having run dry, no one would leap to the handlebars more readily than I. Young Lochinvar, absolutely.
— from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

After absenting himself from the country, he returned, during the last year of Charles X.'s reign, from the Orient, having become a multi-millionaire.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

On his arrival in that city he received despatches which again excited his displeasure against the Faubourg St. Germain.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

At first the captain had received Dantès on board with a certain degree of distrust.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Who life did limit by almightie doome (Quoth he) ° knowes best the termes established; And he, that points the Centonell his roome, Doth license him depart at sound of morning droome.
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

At first he thought this eerie, but soon concluded rightly that the clock had run down.
— from Peter Pan by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

And waving his hand to Comminges he rejoined D’Artagnan, who instantly put himself at the head of his troop, followed by the cardinal, Guitant and the rest of the escort.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

Don Torribio, clutching his rifle, dealt the animal a terrific blow with the butt on the skull, and the brute rolled howling from the top of the rock to the bottom.
— from Stoneheart: A Romance by Gustave Aimard

The “sword marks” of John B. Finch were everywhere; Mary A. Woodbridge, chieftain of Ohio’s gigantic battle, told how fields were won; Col. Chevis, a gallant Southron, “who served under Stonewall Jackson,” but whom the temperance cause has reconstructed, did admirable service.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 05, November 1884, No. 2 by Chautauqua Institution

"But both of us together don't seem to be able to catch him," replied Darrin dejectedly.
— from Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis Two Plebe Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

However, whilst he was advising them to go and take their seats in the carriage, he recognised Doctor Chassaigne hastily approaching.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Complete by Émile Zola

By these converts his rude doctrines were polished into a form somewhat less shocking to good sense and good taste.
— from The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

On the contrary, he rendered decisions in favor of state rights which would be notable were they not overshadowed by the greater fame of the decisions which went to the building of the nation.
— from Our Changing Constitution by Charles W. (Charles Wheeler) Pierson

The child had run down after me when I answered the door, and he asked her if she did not know her own father, and if she would come with him.
— from That Stick by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

How his Majesty nominated Don Pascual de Andagoya to be Governor and Adelantado of the river of San Juan, and how Robledo set out to form the settlement in Anzerma 7 CHAPTER IV How the Licentiate Santa Cruz sent certain captains and troops in pursuit of Vadillo, of the quarrels of these captains amongst themselves, and how they joined Robledo 10 CHAPTER V How the captain Jorge Robledo induced the Chiefs near the new city to remain at peace, and how he sent Suer de Nava to Caramanta 12 CHAPTER VI How the captain Jorge Robledo sent Gómez Hernández to explore the province of El Choco, and despatched Ruy Vanegas to the village of Pirsa [viii] 14 CHAPTER VII How the captain Jorge Robledo distributed the Chiefs among the citizens who were going to remain in the city of Santa Ana, and how he set out to make discoveries on the other side of the great river of Santa Marta 18 CHAPTER VIII How the captain Jorge Robledo arrived at the province of Pozo, how he was badly wounded, of the merciless punishment that was inflicted, and of the great quantity of human flesh that was eaten there 21 CHAPTER IX How the Comendador Hernán Rodríguez de Sosa came to the rock, of the great number of people he captured and killed, and of the very great cruelty with which those natives were treated 24 CHAPTER X How the captain Robledo discovered the province of Paucura, how the ensign Suer de Nava returned to Pozo, and how cruelties greater than before were inflicted; and how Robledo set out from Paucura to explore the large and very rich province of Arma 27 CHAPTER XI How the captain Robledo explored the province of Arma and pitched his camp in the village of the principal Chief, named Maytama, and of some notable things that happened 29 CHAPTER XII How captain Osorio, while going to the New Kingdom, was killed, with other Christians, and how the captain Pedro de Añasco was also killed by the Indians 34 CHAPTER
— from The War of Chupas by Pedro de Cieza de León