In many parts of Russia (as well as of Germany) it is supposed that these bolts sink deep into the soil, but that at the end of three or seven years they return to the surface in the shape of longish stones of a black or dark grey colour—probably belemnites, or masses of fused sand—which are called thunderbolts, and considered as excellent preservations against lightning and conflagrations.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

‘Sir Thomas may be a better man than I suppose; but, from all I have heard and seen, it seems a pity that one so young and gay, and—and interesting, to express many things by one word—whose greatest, if not her only fault, appears to be thoughtlessness—no trifling fault to be sure, since it renders the possessor liable to almost every other, and exposes him to so many temptations—but it seems a pity that she should be thrown away on such a man.
— from Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

You are sure, therefore, of seeing your friend either to-morrow or Sunday.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

They were nothing like the lofty, imposing, massive and luxurious style of architecture on the other side, yet the avenues and rockeries, in the various places in the court, were all in perfect taste.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

He plucks flowers and weeds, and weaves chaplets of them, or sails yellow leaves and bits of bark on the stream, rejoicing in their safety, or weeping at their wreck.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The one says: “You must philosophize upon nature,” as if there existed a necessary primal basis of all existing things, solely for the purpose of introducing systematic unity into your knowledge, by pursuing an idea of this character—a foundation which is arbitrarily admitted to be ultimate; while the other warns you to consider no individual determination, concerning the existence of things, as such an ultimate foundation, that is, as absolutely necessary, but to keep the way always open for further progress in the deduction, and to treat every determination as determined by some other.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Not a whit more really in love than this husband is the one, who, not for gain but merely for the sexual appetite, puts up with a peevish and unsympathetic wife, as Philippides, the comic poet, ridiculed the orator, Stratocles, 'You scarce can kiss her if she turns her back on you.'
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

You know, my dear Candide, I was very pretty; but I grew much prettier, and the reverend Father Didrie, [16] Superior of that House, conceived the tenderest friendship for me; he gave me the habit of the order, some years after I was sent to Rome.
— from Candide by Voltaire

It was a stupendous undertaking to transport these to the other shore, yet the feat was accomplished.
— from Famous Discoverers and Explores of America Their Voyages, Battles, and Hardships in Traversing and Conquering the Unknown Territories of a New World by Charles H. L. (Charles Haven Ladd) Johnston

Who’d have thought of seeing you here at this time of day!
— from Just a Girl by Charles Garvice

Here, on the top of Schneekoppe , you find the appliances of luxury and elegance as well as of comfort.
— from A July Holiday in Saxony, Bohemia, and Silesia by Walter White

" Then—repentant of rudeness to one so young and so desolate—he added, in mild expostulatory accents: "Come, come, ma belle enfant , be reasonable: Gustave is no loss.
— from The Parisians — Volume 11 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Does this oath satisfy you?”
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

Now, on the opposite side, you can actually read the material that was being opaqued from the negative because the opaquing material is a dull red color and it actually reflects a considerable amount of light.
— from Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

Good luck!" He could hardly trust himself to say even that; for Joe was but seventeen years of age, and changes are apt to prove trying to one so youthful.
— from A Boy of the Dominion: A Tale of Canadian Immigration by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

When the musical talent of the town united, on a Fourth-of-July occasion in 1840, to supply the music, Colonel Mason stood at the head of the basses, although then over seventy years of age.
— from Memories of a Musical Life by William Mason

The credentials of Stephen R. Bradley , appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Vermont, for the term of six years, from and after the third day of March next, were presented and read; also, the credentials of John Milledge , appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Georgia, for the term of six years, from and after the third day of March next.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress

"We'll euchre the old skate yet."
— from Love Stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart