Tossed between the horns of successive dilemmas, he reached his twenty-sixth birthday without the power of earning five dollars in any occupation.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

With the help of such documents and such study of actualities the clear outline of the framework of the natives’ culture in the widest sense of the word, and the constitution of their society, can be presented.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

The condition, however, was that he or she did not contract a second marriage with any one who did not belong to the craft.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

This expedition was equally glorious and interesting; for my thoughts upon the road were engrossed by the hope of seeing Don Orgullo's daughter and heiress Antonia, who was reported to be a young lady of great beauty, and the most amiable accomplishments.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Then came the hours of suspense, during which she vibrated from parlor to porch, while public opinion varied like the weathercock.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

I confess, too, that I was irritated by the egotism which seemed to demand that every line of my pamphlet should be devoted to his own special doings.
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

At one o’clock, the boys, having previously had their appetites thoroughly taken away by stir-about and potatoes, sat down in the kitchen to some hard salt beef, of which Nicholas was graciously permitted to take his portion to his own solitary desk, to eat it there in peace.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

The letter dispatched, Columbus again set sail, and on August 15 his ship entered the harbor of Santo Domingo.
— from Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery by Justin Winsor

But, as we have seen, one of the battle-cruisers had to haul out severely damaged, and certain others showed unmistakable evidence of having suffered severely.
— from The British Navy in Battle by Arthur Joseph Hungerford Pollen

Holiness was the great attribute respected by Christ in his dying, and manifested in his death; and for his love to this, God would bestow an honor upon his person, in that nature wherein he did vindicate the honor of so dear a perfection.
— from The Existence and Attributes of God, Volumes 1 and 2 by Stephen Charnock

He never gave up the hope of some day meeting the vivacious Miss Wood.
— from The Sherrods by George Barr McCutcheon

THE HORRORS OF SAN DOMINGO.[A]
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Dear countess; I have decided to finish the seventh volume of La Comédie Humaine with "Le Lys dans la Vallée" which can certainly go under the head of "Scènes de la Vie de province."
— from Letters to Madame Hanska, born Countess Rzewuska, afterwards Madame Honoré de Balzac, 1833-1846 by Honoré de Balzac

If ever he should be granted the happiness of seeing Dora return to the nest, he wanted to have there no witnesses of the Belgravian scenes to recall her painful memories.
— from Woman and Artist by Max O'Rell

The heats of summer drove away foreigners as well as natives; but they never went far.
— from The Roman Question by Edmond About