In the space between, sat a turnkey reading a newspaper, and outside the further railing, Kit saw, with a palpitating heart, his mother with the baby in her arms; Barbara’s mother with her never-failing umbrella; and poor little Jacob, staring in with all his might, as though he were looking for the bird, or the wild beast, and thought the men were mere accidents with whom the bars could have no possible concern.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

271 Scarcely any incident in ancient history savours more of the (164) marvellous than the account above delivered respecting the first Roman king; and amidst all the solemnity with which it is related, we may perceive that the historian was not the dupe of credulity.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

I had also gone once with a two-horse carriage to Chilicothe, about seventy miles, with a neighbor's family, who were removing to Toledo, Ohio, and returned alone; and had gone once, in like manner, to Flat Rock, Kentucky, about seventy miles away.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

At the beginning of the French Revolution Klopstock wrote odes of congratulation.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The first rank knelt and received the cuirassiers on their bayonets, the second ranks shot them down; behind the second rank the cannoneers charged their guns, the front of the square parted, permitted the passage of an eruption of grape-shot, and closed again.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

[568] of males so bare Was grown the very cradles scarce held one, An augur; [569] he with Calchas gave the sign 110 In Aulis through the first rope knife to run.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

I now subjoin the best report of casualties I am able to compile from the records thus far received: Killed; Wounded; and Missing............... 1949
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Now he that from rage kills himself, voluntarily, does this in contravention of Right Reason, which the law does not permit.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

After stabbing poor Tom Johnson's little pamphlet of rhymes to the heart, Magruder is placed upon his pedestal as the first real Kentucky poet; and that his work was superior to either Johnson's or George Beck's is obvious, continues the caustic correspondent.
— from Kentucky in American Letters, 1784-1912. Vol. 1 of 2 by John Wilson Townsend

This floating roof keeps the water clean, and prevents evaporation.”
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson

"You see, the pore lad was remanded for a week, an' Mr. Judd, a man 'oo lives in the Farringdon Road, kem 'ere an' arranged for 'is week's board.
— from The King of Diamonds: A Tale of Mystery and Adventure by Louis Tracy

Since the establishment of the first reservation, known officially as Rocky Mountains Park, and popularly as the Banff Park, several other similar districts have been set apart.
— from Among the Canadian Alps by Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone) Burpee

At about two o’clock p.m. the word was given ‘she comes, she comes,’ and in about half an hour she struck the first rapid, keeled very much, and lost her masts and spars, which caused her again to right.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

Thackeray said that they had been the first real, kindly, agreeable, and infinitely amusing and charming illustrations for a child's book in England, and that they united beauty, fun, and fancy.
— from Literature for Children by Orton Lowe

The interview was in the familiar room known as his office, and also used for cabinet meetings.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 20 (of 20) by Charles Sumner