That she was not immediately ready, Emma did suspect to arise from the state of her nerves; she had not yet possessed the instrument long enough to touch it without emotion; she must reason herself into the power of performance; and Emma could not but pity such feelings, whatever their origin, and could not but resolve never to expose them to her neighbour again.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

Where the deep trench in length extended lay, Compacted troops stand wedged in firm array, A dreadful front!
— from The Iliad by Homer

So was Chrishna likewise called "the True Light," also "the Giver of Light," "the Inward Light," etc.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

20 See Life of Tiruvalluvar, in Lazarus’ edition of the Kural.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

In a few minutes more, the whole western shore of the island lay extended before the eyes of the settlers.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

I was in hopes that we should have entered together into life everlasting; but know that your prayer is granted.”
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

‘I love ‘em,’ said Mr. Snevellicci, looking round the table, ‘I love ‘em, every one.’
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

I connected the title by which the boy had addressed the elder brother, with the initial letter embroidered on the scarf, and had no difficulty in arriving at the conclusion that I had seen that nobleman very lately.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Dome and roof have both been entirely shot away; shattered fragments of the pillars in front of the church and the shapeless remains of the four walls are all that is left, except for one thing—a statue of Joan of Arc, with one arm broken off short at the shoulder, standing erect and serene on its pedestal, surrounded by the piles of stone and mortar and timber and glass that litter the floor of the roofless nave.
— from Verdun to the Vosges: Impressions of the War on the Fortress Frontier of France by Gerald Campbell

He was generally accompanied by a couple of bluejackets, and always took a native guide to prevent the risk of being lost in the jungle, and also because the man was able to take him to places where villages had stood, and it was in these clearings that insect life, especially among the lepidoptera, was most abundant.
— from Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

[Pg 352] Any one who could see the engagement book of the Prince of Wales during a season would think there is little exaggeration when it is said he is one of the most busy and hard-working of public men.
— from Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 by King of Great Britain Edward VII

He is English too; I like English.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 01, April to September, 1865 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Various

In either event the time can be figured out, and inevitably it will come if the time is long enough.
— from Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Clarence Darrow

“There is little else we can do now,” said Seth, “but set us down to watch.”
— from The Cruise of the Snowbird: A Story of Arctic Adventure by Gordon Stables

“Once I thought I lost everything in Mexico, Saadat, and I understand what you feel.
— from The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete by Gilbert Parker

In France, on the contrary, there is a multiplicity of parties and no one of them is likely ever to be in a position to dominate the Government alone.
— from The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg

In the more important towns it lasted eight days; in towns of minor note four days only, and its celebration differed in each town in some particulars.
— from A Migration Legend of the Creek Indians, vol. 1 With a Linguistic, Historic and Ethnographic Introduction by Albert S. (Albert Samuel) Gatschet