Then the sparrow cried, "Thou hast run over my brother dog and killed him, it shall cost thee thy cart and horses."
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

In that prayer, the soul, which would willingly neither stir nor move, is delighting in the holy repose of Mary; but in this prayer it can be like Martha also.
— from The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of the Order of Our Lady of Carmel by Teresa, of Avila, Saint

"Give the child her fan and don't tease her," rasped out Miss Bird, who saw through the deliberate malice of H. R.'s question.
— from Jim Mortimer by R. S. Warren (Robert Stanley Warren) Bell

He had lived, like his father and grandfather before him, some miles away on the other side of the high range of mountains behind us; and there he had considered himself as safe from man as we on our side had supposed ourselves to be.
— from Bear Brownie: The Life of a Bear by Harry Perry Robinson

Perdita and her mother exchanged not a word until they reached the high road once more; but when their faces were again turned towards London, the latter exclaimed in a tone of chuckling triumph, “’Twas a lucky chance which threw us in with that gipsy!”
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

It was the site of a palace of Viracocha, who added it to his realm once more by a victory (won by Pachacutec) over the Chanca.
— from An Account of the Conquest of Peru by Pedro Sancho

And yet, if he who made them had read our minutes before he railed at them, he would have seen that his predictions are contradictory; that they cannot both be fulfilled; that, if individuals do not exert themselves, the country will have to pay nothing; and that, if the country has to pay two millions, it will be because individuals have exerted themselves with such wonderful, such incredible vigour, as to raise four millions by voluntary contributions.
— from Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

The heart required of me by the lady is already disposed of—irrecoverably disposed of; and I can only repay her goodness by sincerely wishing a return of hers, and with it all those felicities she would so lavishly bestow on her most obliged, and most humble servant, C. Trueworth.
— from The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless by Eliza Fowler Haywood

I thought it very hard for a coloured woman to have rule over me because I was a slave and she was free.
— from The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave by Mary Prince

I left this hospitable retreat on Monday, by the train which passes at 8 a.m., and continued to find a series of wonderful curves and tunnels until we reached the station of Barra, where a good comfortable breakfast was waiting for such passengers as chose to avail of it.
— from Brazil and the River Plate in 1868 by William Hadfield

Forests of dark pines were once numerous upon the higher ranges of mountains, but these have also fallen victims to the recklessness of the islanders.
— from Cyprus: Historical and Descriptive by Franz von Löher