Am I to hear of it from everybody but Fanny herself?” Fanny, at once agitated and dejected, replied, “If you hear of it from everybody, cousin, there can be nothing for me to tell.”
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

I was at a strange loss to understand this, and resolved to spend some time in the observing it, to see if nothing from the sets of the tide had occasioned it; but I was presently convinced how it was—viz.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

And going to his bed he threw himself on it without undressing and immediately fell asleep.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

They hurried out into the street, each more pleased than the other.
— from White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Daturi told me that Nicolini was expecting to see me at dinner, and I was not astonished to hear of it, for I had not taken leave of anyone.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

I mean the business is not ended, as fearing to hear of it hereafter.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

For he was ever saying to himself, 'O I that wasted time to tend upon her, To compass her with sweet observances, To dress her beautifully and keep her true'—
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

And without doubt, by this vision, many that heard of it were wonderfully excited [pg 251] to implore the Divine mercy in adversity, and to submit to the wholesome remedy of fasting.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

There is a large Trappist monastery two hours from Durban, over the country roads, and in company with Mr. Milligan and Mr. Hunter, general manager of the Natal government railways, who knew the heads of it, we went out to see it.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

, 651-u. Hod and Netsach, the thighs of Adam Kadmon, 758-u. Hod, one of the Sephiroth; Glory, 753-m. Hod, with Netsach, is the Perfection of Deity manifested in his Idea of the Universe, 767-m. Holland, Masonry in 1735 prescribed by the states of, 50-m. "Holy Doctrine," the absolute Doctrine of the Hermetics, 840-l. Holy Empire, Holy Realm, Sanctum Regnum, names for Magism, 842-u. Holy Empire is the victory of the spiritual over the human in man, 855-u. Holy Empire of Masonic Brotherhood made possible by the Royal Secret, 861-l. Holy Empire spoken of in the clavicules of Solomon and symbolized, 727-m. Holy Ghost of the Christians corresponds to the Wisdom of the Kabalah, 267-l. Holy House of the Temple, Haikal Kadosh, 816-m. Holy of Holies formed a cube; symbolic meaning, 209-u. Holy Spirit composed of the universal agent, 734-m. Holy Spirit enveloped in silence from the awe of the Mysteries, 849-l. Holy Spirit, the companion of Christ, produced by the Intelligence, 560-m. H, O, M, the three-lettered Persian name of Deity, 632-l. H, O, M, the framer of a new Persian religion; his name was Ineffable, 621-l. Homer makes Zeus resent the accusation that evil comes from the Gods, 690-l. Homer's Zeus an array of antitheses, like that of Hesiod, 689-l. Honor and Duty, a Force; the Polestars of a Mason, 89-l. Honor given to those who stand up for truth and right, 836-m. Honor of a Mason's country identified with his own, 156-m. Hope, a great moral Force, is Strength which ensures success, 91-m. Hope, enemy of avarice, represented by the Moon, 727-l. Hope, for the exceptions to the law that attaches happiness to virtue, 725-l. Hope for the triumph of Good over evil a part of the Masonic creed, 531-u. Hope, no man can struggle and conquer without, 196-l. Hope of a Mason, that all men shall form one family, 233-u. Hope of immortality the aim of ancient wisdom, Mysteries, Masonry, 517-m. Hope of man overcame the terrors of the grave, 653-u. Hope of success, not hope of reward, our stimulus, 229-l. Horace and others declare Zeus ordained evil for beneficent purposes, 691-u. Horus, buried three days, regenerated, 81-l. Horus, Master of Life, 13-u. Horus, one of the Egyptian Triad, was the Son, the Light, 548-l. Horus, son of Isis, died and was restored to life, 406-m. Horus, son of Isis, slew Typhon, aided by Isis, 376-u. Horus, the God of Time, pours ambrosia on the hair of Isis, 379-m. Horus, the younger, the point in a circle, the hieroglyphic of, 79-u. Hospitallers and Templars vowed obedience, poverty, chastity, 802-u. Hospitallers' Houses despoiled by Elizabeth, Queen of England, 802-m. Hospitallers' Houses were Almshouses, Dispensaries, Inns, 802-m. House of all things the name for the Principle of all things, 793-u. House of God may be found everywhere, 241-m. Houses of the Planets, mythological emblems and fables, 470-u. Hu, in Druidical mysteries was represented the death of, 429-l. Hu, the British God, called the Dragon; his car drawn by serpents, 502-u. Hua and Hia, the personal pronoun
— from Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

And I must add (concluded the fair lady who was telling the story to Rinaldo), that although Tisbina took his departure greatly to heart, and sometimes felt as if she should die at the thoughts of it, yet since he persisted in staying away, and there appeared no chance of his ever doing otherwise, she did, as in that case we should all do, we at least that are young and kind, and took the handsome Prasildo for second spouse.[3] PART THE SECOND The conclusion of this part of the history of Iroldo and Prasildo was scarcely out of the lady's mouth, when a tremendous voice was heard among the trees, and Rinaldo found himself confronting a giant of a frightful aspect, who with a griffin on each side of him was guarding a cavern that contained the enchanted horse which had belonged to the brother of Angelica.
— from Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Leigh Hunt

This has occurred in the two hemispheres—at Etna, Popocatepetl, at Orizaba—and on the eve of an eruption there is everything to be feared.
— from The Secret of the Island by Jules Verne

Now tranquilly beneath the autumnal sun, Whose beams the mountain breezes tempered bland, Salustian, Isabel from sorrow won Full many an hour by wings angelic fanned; And oft within their lawn doth Nial stand, And pluck the golden apple from the bough, Or cull grapes purple-clustering for the hand Of Isabel—now plum or almond—now The green and luscious fig, the peach with blushing brow.
— from Iberia Won; A poem descriptive of the Peninsular War With impressions from recent visits to the battle-grounds, and copious historical and illustrative notes by T. M. (Terence McMahon) Hughes

The hero of it I never saw again.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 01, Issue 02, February 1891 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

Then, with a very youthful sense of challenging this world that had so grossly insulted him by admitting Thurston into the heart of it, he joined the tea-party.
— from The Captives by Hugh Walpole

Yet, being raised to habits of industry, he did not despair, feeling assured that, "where there is a will there is a way " to act in earnest, and battle against the adverse fortunes of life.
— from Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties, Accompanied with Miscellaneous Information, Much of It Never before Published by C. L. Hunter

She looked out of the window, across the road, upon the trees just budding into loveliness on the lawn of her dearest home, and wondered that she should have thought it mattered so very much whether she lived in this house or in that, considering it was not going to be forever, either here or there.
— from Missy: A Novel by Miriam Coles Harris

I know the sweet Fatima would Have put their heads on if she could; And made them live—she was so good; And washed their faces at the sink; But Blue Beard was not sane, I think: I wonder if he did not drink!
— from Bitter-Sweet: A Poem by J. G. (Josiah Gilbert) Holland

To come back to my ride along the banks of the Danube—it was on that same rather sultry evening that I had all kinds of good ideas, and I hope soon to be able to tell you a lot of startling news about Ägidius, for that's the name that the murderous melancholy youth has got at last, about the deep-thinking impenetrable prince, about the humorous Duke Heliodorus, the name by which I have the honour of introducing to you the Princess's betrothed, and especially about the princess herself, who seems to be a far more remarkable person than I originally supposed."
— from The Road to the Open by Arthur Schnitzler