Hogan told me you had ... tasted the joys of connubial bliss.
— from Dubliners by James Joyce

* Note: Compare the seventh book of Von Hammer, Geschichte des Osmanischen Reiches.—M.] I. For every war, a motive of safety or revenge, of honor or zeal, of right or convenience, may be readily found in the jurisprudence of conquerors.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

His nomination had been ratified by the consent of Licinius; and that artful prince, by the means of his emissaries, soon contrived to enter into a secret and dangerous correspondence with the new Cæsar, to irritate his discontents, and to urge him to the rash enterprise of extorting by violence what he might in vain solicit from the justice of Constantine.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

And if you know where he's sneaking—I daresay you do—you may tell him to spare himself the journey o' coming back home.
— from Silas Marner by George Eliot

No gift bestowed that day was so precious to Christie as the joy of carrying this loving message from daughter to mother.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

And you, my friend, would be far more amused with the journal of Clerval, who observed the scenery with an eye of feeling and delight, than in listening to my reflections.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

But this activity was a national, rather than a personal, virtue; the vagrant life of a Frank was spent in the chase, in pilgrimage, in military adventures; and the journeys of Charlemagne were distinguished only by a more numerous train and a more important purpose.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Seneca displayed the talents of an eloquent speaker; but dreading the jealousy of Caligula, who aspired to the same excellence, he thought proper to abandon that pursuit, and apply himself towards suing for the honours and offices of the state.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

This arrangement, as a modification to suit circumstances, may remind the reader of the Jews’ “Old clo’!
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

The Judith of Cigoli.
— from Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince. by Pückler-Muskau, Hermann, Fürst von

The final disposition of pending questions with Venezuela has not as yet been reached, but I have good reason to expect an early settlement which will provide the means of reexamining the Caracas awards in conformity with the expressed desire of Congress, and which will recognize the justice of certain claims preferred against Venezuela.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

On its left shoulder are seen three concentric circles arranged like those that form the eyes of the jaguars of Calcara.
— from Picture-Writing of the American Indians Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-89, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1893, pages 3-822 by Garrick Mallery

The non-collegiates have their own gown, their boat on the river, and their own clubs and societies; and, although some of their most promising members in time join other colleges, they have a distinct corporate life and status of their own.
— from Cambridge and Its Colleges by A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) Thompson

Part IV: In the Jungles of Cannibal Papua.
— from Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines by H. Wilfrid Walker

Among favorite stanzas was this one: Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
— from Homes of American Statesmen; With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches by Various

The choir of Bordeaux, built by the first of the Avignon popes, is a classic of Rayonnant Gothic, and so is that jewel of Carcassonne Cité, the whilom cathedral of St. Nazaire.
— from How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

The joy of communion is quickly followed by the jostling of the crowd.
— from Quiet Talks on John's Gospel by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

The trait persists in the judgment of cultured people on national qualities, art and literature.
— from August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt: Studies and Impressions by L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-Hageby

Possibly there was a plot, in which the part played by the jealousy of Carlotta Deschamps was only a minor one.
— from The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy by Arnold Bennett