" He rose then in the gathering darkness and guided me to an inner room.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

The batteries, whatever may be their general distribution along the defensive line, should give their attention particularly to those points where the enemy would be most likely to approach, either on account of the facility or the advantage of so doing.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

The feet ran faster and faster—they were nearing the garden door—there was quick strong young breathing and a wild outbreak of laughing shouts which could not be contained—and the door in the wall was flung wide open, the sheet of ivy swinging back, and a boy burst through it at full speed and, without seeing the outsider, dashed almost into his arms.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

For though neither the rude produce, nor even the coarse manufacture, could, without the greatest difficulty, support the expense of a considerable land-carriage, the refined and improved manufacture easily may.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

7. Nor are the reasons unobvious that might occasion this great diversity: Domitian was one of Josephus's patrons, and when he published these books of the Jewish war, was very young, and had hardly begun those wicked practices which rendered him so infamous afterward; while Suetonius seems to have been too young, and too low in life, to receive any remarkable favors from him; as Domitian was certainly very lewd and cruel, and generally hated, when Suetonius wrote about him.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

Built to be their safeguard, it proved their greatest danger, and they determined that no other tyrant should find shelter within its walls.
— from The Story of Assisi by Lina Duff Gordon

In fact, the faithless male Berry complained of being treated badly, and affected a superb jealousy of the baby; but the good dame told him that if he suffered at all he suffered his due.
— from The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete by George Meredith

of all the gold discovered so far has been on United States soil.
— from Klondyke Nuggets A Brief Description of the Great Gold Regions in the Northwest by Joseph Ladue

The torrent from all the Bagworthy forest, and all the valleys above it, and the great drifts in the glen itself, never could have outlet down my famous waterslide.
— from Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

At last he made a leap and went through it, but his right leg unfortunately caught in the hoop, and that caused him to fall to the ground doubled up in a heap on the other side.
— from Pinocchio: The Tale of a Puppet by Carlo Collodi

The great deed was done; the night was over; the morning had dawned.
— from Recollections of a Long Life: An Autobiography by Theodore L. (Theodore Ledyard) Cuyler

For sure and certain she's not one o' them as boasts of their good deeds.
— from A Charming Fellow, Volume II by Frances Eleanor Trollope

[361] The preparations of the Guises during the former year enabled the Triumvirate rapidly to lay its plans.
— from The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II by James Westfall Thompson

The boys all wear long trousers, and, at church or school, white linen coats, with military collars, which they call “ Americanas ,” The girls do not wear hats.
— from The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Paul T. (Paul Thomas) Gilbert

So we were compelled to go down the field and up it, striking in and out with care where the green blades hung together, so that each had space to move in and to spread its roots abroad.
— from Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore