It is also possible, that the same necessity which has originally given them their circular movement, may have compelled some to follow their orbit regularly, and have subjected others to an irregular progress; we may also suppose that the uniform character of the centre which certain stars traverse favour their regular march, and their return to a certain; and that in the case of others, on the contrary, the differences of the centre produce the changes which we observe.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

“Won’t you come into the other room and have some tea?”
— from Daisy Miller: A Study by Henry James

John, the son of Watkin Elias Jones, of the parish of Mynyddyslwyn, was one day ploughing in the field, when the oxen rested, and he sent the lad who drove the oxen, to fetch something which he [ Pg 230] wanted; and while thus alone in the field, he saw a cloud coming across the field to him.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

You must know, she yesterday wanted to steal a march of poor Liddy, and went to breakfast in the Room without any other companion than her dog, in expectation of meeting with the Baronet, who had agreed to dance with her in the evening—Chowder no sooner made his appearance in the Room, than the Master of the Ceremonies, incensed at his presumption, ran up to drive him away, and threatened him with his foot; but the other seemed to despise his authority, and displaying a formidable case of long, white, sharp teeth, kept the puny monarch at bay—While he stood under some trepidation, fronting his antagonist, and bawling to the waiter, Sir Ulic Mackilligut came to his assistance; and seeming ignorant of the connexion between this intruder and his mistress, gave the former such a kick in the jaws, as sent him howling to the door—Mrs Tabitha, incensed at this outrage, ran after him, squalling in a tone equally disagreeable; while the Baronet followed her on one side, making apologies for his mistake; and Derrick on the other, making remonstrances upon the rules and regulations of the place.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Immediately to the North of the outcrop runs a high sand-ridge, covered sparsely with acacia and spinifex.
— from Spinifex and Sand A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Ausralia by David Wynford Carnegie

"Be not dismayed at our poverty; there is no worse foeman within," said Osla, with a touch of raillery, as he stood for a moment irresolute.
— from Vandrad the Viking; Or, The Feud and the Spell by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston

Therefore we will take our revenge, and he shall lie outside the church door like a dog."
— from Rudy and Babette; Or, The Capture of the Eagle's Nest by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Then she confesses the falsehood and proclaims her own passion and purpose to crush her rival, who shall appear at the triumph of Radames as her slave.
— from A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel

And now, and now only, can be explained the very frequent use of the ornament representing a Horned Sheep, inside and outside "Baconian" books, under whatever name they may be known.
— from Bacon is Shake-Speare Together with a Reprint of Bacon's Promus of Formularies and Elegancies by Durning-Lawrence, Edwin, Sir

The blind man was very weak and must stay quite still; and he recognized it; but he knew too that his strength was more than equal to the task of recovery, and he showed that he knew it.
— from The Blind Man's Eyes by William MacHarg

‘The news soon reached her lover, who flew to the arms of so faithful a girl, whom he embraced with the most ardent zeal, vowing an eternal constancy to her; and, in order to reward such faithful love, the officers raised a handsome subscription for them, 193 after which they were married by the chaplain of the regiment, to their great joy....
— from Eighteenth Century Waifs by John Ashton

The tyranny with which he contended strove to be as universal as that of Rome, and had stretched its wings of conquest into worlds of which the Caesars had never dreamed.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1566-74) by John Lothrop Motley