The host furnished him with what he required, and Sancho brought it to Don Quixote, who, with his hand to his head, was bewailing the pain of the blow of the lamp, which had done him no more harm than raising a couple of rather large lumps, and what he fancied blood was only the sweat that flowed from him in his sufferings during the late storm.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Don't give the rush a chance of reaching you.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

Trotting in opposite directions along the base of a high bluff, they rounded a corner of rock and found themselves face to face.
— from White Fang by Jack London

(Gets out of her pocket handful after handful of silver, which she piles on the table, and proceeds to repile and count, occasionally ringing or biting a piece to try its quality.)
— from The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other Stories by Mark Twain

The universal use of the round arch, cylindrical or rectangular piers with semi-circular shafts attached to each face.
— from A Manual of Historic Ornament Treating upon the evolution, tradition, and development of architecture and other applied arts. Prepared for the use of students and craftsmen by Richard Glazier

In whatever sense of the word the Corporation of London has conserved the Thames, it has not made that river a conserve of roses.
— from Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

Faintly, from the distance, came the rattle and clatter of reindeer antlers as the herd moved about.
— from Lost in the Air by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

Leve hastily called Grim to see this wonder, and [Pg 79] together they released Havelok from the gag and bonds and examined his body, when they found on the right shoulder the token of true royalty, a cross of red gold.
— from Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race by M. I. (Maud Isabel) Ebbutt

Mr Hume, as might have been expected from his known opinions, treated the question merely as it related to the temporal happiness of mankind; and, perhaps, it may be doubted whether he took quite a just view of the manner in which even the temporal happiness of mankind is affected by the restraints and consolations of religion.
— from Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Anne strengthened with men and money Henry of Richmond , the rival and conqueror of Richard.
— from Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading by George Park Fisher

Nevertheless, he, the Pope, being unwilling to refuse any chance of reconciliation, the Cardinal was to exhort Napoleon upon the subject; to assure him of his glory in this world and in the next if he would but sincerely become reconciled to the Church; and, equally, to threaten him with condign punishment upon himself and his dynasty, if he should persist in his persecution of the Church.
— from Italian Yesterdays, vol. 2 by Fraser, Hugh, Mrs.