Then there is a sunny first-aid hospital on top of the Pearl Street warehouse where a physician is ever ready to relieve sudden illness and accidental injuries.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Harker was silent for awhile and then said in a hollow voice:— “Let us talk of that part of it in the morning.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

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— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Nay, the good ladies would sit and be delighted with the music of the Miss Lambs, who would condescend to strum an Irish melody for them on the piano; and they would listen with wonderful interest to Mrs. Lamb’s anecdotes of Alderman Plunket’s family, of Portsoken Ward, and the Miss Timberlakes, the rich heiresses of Crutched Friars
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

Myself subject more than ordinary to pain by winde, which makes me very sad, together with the trouble which at present lies upon me in my father’s behalf, rising from the death of my brother, which are many and great.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The bailiffs and brokers seized upon poor Raggles in Curzon Street, and the late fair tenant of that poor little mansion was in the meanwhile—where?
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

I left the translation of this part of the treatise, which, by the way, was far longer than all that I have given here, for a later opportunity.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

On these occasions the priest always made three circuits, from east to west, by the right hand, around the altar or cairn, accompanied by all the worshippers.
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

At the summons of the emperor, the vassals and allies armed in her defence; broke through every obstacle that opposed their passage; and, in the succeeding year, obtained a second victory over the same enemies.
— 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

The white embroidery in the earlier trimmings of this period, of which I give examples in Plate XXIV (see p. 231 ), was remarkable for its wealth of fancy; the chief beauty of these dresses was the delightful treatment of gathered effects, and with the [238] reign of George IV we note the gradual return of the longer pointed bodice, with the growth of very full sleeves, also the increase in the size and fuller set-out of the skirts over the stiff flounced drill petticoats.
— from Dress Design: An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers by Talbot Hughes

Indeed, the very reverse is true; for the modern hunter tribes avail themselves of the proximity of military posts, and out-settlements, to guard themselves from the approaches of hostile bands.
— from The Iowa by Foster, Thomas, of Washington, D.C.

He was the great-grandson, as was said above, of the stern rugged censor who hated Greek, preferred the teaching of the plough-tail and the Twelve Tables to the philosophy of Aristotle, disbelieved in progress, and held by the maxims of his father--the last, he of the Romans of the old type.
— from Caesar: A Sketch by James Anthony Froude

The more she thought of the plan the better she liked it, and falling on her knees in the dark she thanked God long and fervently for the solution he had shown her of the difficulty.
— from The Man with a Secret: A Novel by Fergus Hume

“What a daring mind you have, Charley,” said Harry, “to speak of cramming a satisfactory talk of the past, the present, and the future all into one day!”
— from The Young Fur Traders by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Marshall Islands: After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association.
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Surely this is a curious thing, that from the time of the prince to now, two thousand four hundred years, no one has arisen to be worthy of mention of record beside him.
— from The Soul of a People by H. (Harold) Fielding

But how was he to proceed when she refused to obey the plainest and most necessary command which he laid upon her?
— from He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope

Only by Rachel saying, "He is my friend; will you not listen?" did he unbend at all; and the girl left them on the porch alone, and a little later Stuart went upstairs, where she heard him walking up and down the room.
— from Told in the Hills: A Novel by Marah Ellis Ryan