G. Drewyer inform that he Saw PueCanns Trees on S. S. yesterday great quantities of raspburies an Grapes, (2) pass a Creek on the L. S. called remore (Tree Frog) Creek, an Isd above in the Mid. and 2 Willow Isds on the S. S. all of the Same name; The two Willow Isds. has been made within 3 years & the Main Chant.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

I know not what to make of that "Sergius, the Nestorian Monk," whom Abu Thaleb and he are said to have lodged with; or how much any monk could have taught one still so young.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

“Well, then, lend him the twenty francs,” said the keeper, leaning on the other shoulder; “surely you will not refuse a comrade!”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

If you'd only set about another task of some sort, you'd soon be your hearty, happy self again, and forget your trouble."
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

If you'd only set about another task of some sort, you'd soon be your hearty, happy self again, and forget your trouble.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

How they had laughed at the Perpendicular People, the people who went by on the other side (since you couldn’t be a good Samaritan without stooping over and poking into heaps of you didn’t know what)!
— from The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton

Sensitive to literal truths only, Schmoll said: "Your husband is not yet a Minister?
— from The Red Lily — Volume 03 by Anatole France

The old sage said, "You're as sound as a nut.
— from Pike County Ballads and Other Poems by John Hay

Cut your finger nails on Monday, you cut them for news; Cut them on Tuesday, get a new pair of shoes; Cut them on Wednesday, you cut them for wealth; Cut them on Thursday, you cut them for health; Cut them on Friday, you cut them for sorrow; Cut them on Saturday, see your sweetheart tomorrow; Cut them on Sunday, its safety to seek; But the devil will have you the rest of the week.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration

“Is this one so strong you want to shift our course for the island?”
— from The Radio Detectives in the Jungle by A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) Verrill

“Yes,” said the rector, slowly, and with a touch of sadness, “since you have mentioned him, Mr. Parr.
— from The Inside of the Cup — Complete by Winston Churchill