He subscribed to a music publishing house in Paris, and they sent him the latest music, and from time to time he sent invitations after this fashion to the elite of the town: “You are invited to be present on Monday evening at the house of M. Saval, notary, Vernon, at the first rendering of 'Sais.'
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

It is for those who believe that Germany can make an annual payment amounting to hundreds of millions sterling to say in what specific commodities they intend this payment to be made and in what markets the goods are to be sold.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

But, it seems, finding that door double-locked and padlocked, and the heel of my shoe, and the broken bricks, they verily concluded I was got away by some means over the wall; and then, they say, Mrs. Jewkes seemed like a distracted woman: Till, at last, Nan had the thought to go towards the pond: and there seeing my coat, and cap, and handkerchief, in the water, cast almost to the banks by the agitation of the waves, she thought it was me; and, screaming out, ran to Mrs. Jewkes, and said, O, madam, madam!
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

It is impossible—utterly impossible—to form any adequate idea of the horror of my situation.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

But if thou knowest that it shall be hurtful unto me, and not profitable for the health of my soul, take the desire away from me'!
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

Lady St Julians was determined that the heiress of Mowbray should marry one of her sons.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

I had two hundred thousand francs placed in the hands of Morrel & Son; these two hundred thousand francs were the dowry of my daughter, who was to be married in a fortnight, and these two hundred thousand francs were payable, half on the 15th of this month, and the other half on the 15th of next month.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

The history of mankind stretches before his gaze into its dim futurity.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Ephesians by George G. (George Gillanders) Findlay

And she laughed; and he no less, and took her by the shoulders, and kissed her cheek frankly, and in such wise that she feared him nought, and said: Now that is to pay thee for thy gibe; what wouldst thou have of me? Said Birdalone: I would have thee tell me how it was that Viridis came by the smock with the green boughs aflame, which now I bear upon me.
— from The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris

Her brake shoes ground so sternly that the heavy oaken beams whined at the strain put on them; yet obedient to the hand of man, she did stop, though it was but to discharge a single passenger.
— from The Law of the Land Of Miss Lady, Whom It Involved in Mystery, and of John Eddring, Gentleman of the South, Who Read Its Deeper Meaning: A Novel by Emerson Hough

Miss Judy, never to be outdone in politeness, protested on her side that it was not the slightest trouble to herself or Miss Sophia, whose judgment was more reliable than her own, to test the six varieties, and, indeed, as many more as might be necessary.
— from Oldfield: A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Nancy Huston Banks

The Rev. Richard Knight, who spent seventeen years in the colony says, that he "organized Methodism, settled the mission property, and secured
— from William Black: The Apostle of Methodism in the Maritime Provinces of Canada by John MacLean

"Sorry to have given the household one more shock.
— from The Abandoned Room by Wadsworth Camp