Mr. Wilcox turned to Margaret with the air of humorous strength that he could so well command.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

Then she took her clumsy shoe off her left foot, and put on the golden slipper; and it fitted her as if it had been made for her.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

How have I then with whom to hold converse Save with the Creatures which I made, and those To me inferiour, infinite descents Beneath what other Creatures are to thee?
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

Ivan the Harper was a noted character in his day, who desired that his coffa should be thus: ‘I should like,’ said he, on his death-bed, ‘to have my coffa; but not in the old style.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

“You would naturally think so and the thought has cost several their lives before now.
— from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

Our specialist trades in their highly civilized state cannot (it says) be run without the whole brutal business of bossing and sacking, “too old at forty” and all the rest of the filth.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

"What dost thou here, Christian?" said he; at which words Christian knew not what to answer; wherefore at present he stood speechless before him.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

When he needs men to perform some task, he can send to his subject villages, and they will supply him with workers.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

Drawing across her bow, he perceived that in accordance with the fanciful French taste, the upper part of her stem-piece was carved in the likeness of a huge drooping stalk, was painted green, and for thorns had copper spikes projecting from it here and there; the whole terminating in a symmetrical folded bulb of a bright red colour.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Thy mercies have followed me through all the hours and moments of my life; and now I lift up my heart in awe and thankfulness for the preservation of my life through the past day, for the alleviation of my bodily sufferings and languors, for the manifold comforts which thou hast reserved for me, yea, in thy fatherly compassion hast rescued from the wreck of my own sins or sinful infirmities;—for the kind and affectionate friends thou hast raised up for me, especially for those of this household, for the mother and mistress of this family, whose love to me hath been great and faithful, and for the dear friend, the supporter and sharer of my studies and researches; but, above all, for the heavenly Friend, the crucified Saviour, the glorified Mediator, Christ Jesus, and for the heavenly Comforter, source of all abiding comforts, thy Holy Spirit!
— from Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit and Some Miscellaneous Pieces by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

We may be quite sure that, if we are willing to hear, He is more than willing to speak; and anything is possible rather than that His children shall be left, like ill-commanded soldiers on a battlefield, waiting for orders which never come.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Alexander Maclaren

To the north, at the foot of the hill, lay the dark surface of the great river, its waters one amber, homogeneous flood, yet drawn from a thousand tributaries: hidden creeks seeping through mossy jungles far beyond the Spanish border, brown cascades filtering through gravel which gleamed with yellow gold and sparkled with the light from uncut diamonds.
— from Jungle Peace by William Beebe

He opened his eyes and saw that the other Mr. Perrin was sitting by his bed, watching him, and although the room was quite dark, the gray figure was in some way luminous, so that he could see that he wore a long, gray cloak and that his features were exactly the same as his own.
— from The Gods and Mr. Perrin: A Tragi-Comedy by Hugh Walpole

Some people might think he was going mad, but I am convinced that his case should be diagnosed as Mr. Bumble diagnosed that of Oliver Twist.
— from In Pastures Green by Peter McArthur

At early dawn he rises, slings his knapsack, fills his canteen from the brook, and, with a scant ration in his haversack, marches a long Texan summer's day, recounting to his comrade some adventure in the old country, or the last news from the white settlements.
— from The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various

The Hague conventions stand by themselves.
— from America and the World War by Theodore Roosevelt

Now, then, since he concludeth any coming HIM; it must be concluded, that he can save to the uttermost sin, any coming HIM.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan