Two or three more of the chosen only were to be admitted to join them, and it was to be done in a quiet, unpretending, elegant way, infinitely superior to the bustle and preparation, the regular eating and drinking, and picnic parade of the Eltons and the Sucklings.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

He has not the pluck to rob even a drunken man.
— from How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

The next morning very early we again moved forward, and, towards noon we reached the summit of the mountain, where we found the two roads exactly as described by the inhabitants of Huexotzinco.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

It is accordingly supposed that they really exist as desires for ends, but in a subconscious part of the mind, which the patient refuses to admit into consciousness for fear of having to think ill of himself.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

To the east side of Petersburg, from the Appomattox back, there were thirteen of these redans extending a distance of several miles, probably three.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

Burnell and Beryl sat at the table in the middle of the room eating a dish of fried chops and drinking tea out of a brown china teapot.
— from Bliss, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

2. Seth Payson, Proofs of the Real Existence and Dangerous Tendency of Illuminism (Charleston, 1802), pp.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

These allies the Romans engaged and defeated in various battles, with different consuls on different occasions, but the Tarentini, although they had themselves been the authors of the war, nevertheless did not yet openly present an imposing array in battle.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

Such an official, if possessed of the requisite energy and deep interest in the work, would be a most efficient factor in bringing into closer relationship and a more direct union of effort the Bureau in Washington and its agents in the field; and with the co-operation of its branches thus secured the Indian Bureau would, in measure fuller than ever before, lift up the savage toward that self-help and self-reliance which constitute the man.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

But poor little lily's words were not noticed and a tall hollyhock was asked to find old Wind Witch and request her to help them keep the Rain Elves all day.
— from Sandman's Goodnight Stories by Abbie Phillips Walker

371 Padlocks as amulets, iii. 307 Padmavati, an Indian goddess, gardens of Adonis in her temple, v. 243 Padstow, in Cornwall, celebration of May Day, May-pole and Hobby Horse at, ii. 68 Padua, story of a were-wolf in, x. 309 Paestum, the ruins of, i. 236 n. 1 Pagae, in ancient Greece, annual kingship at, i. 46 Pagan origin of the Midsummer festival (festival of St. John), v. 249 sq. Paganism and Christianity, their resemblances explained as diabolic counterfeits, v. 302,
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

The souls of the savages burned with fiery indignation as they contemplated the possibility of the adoption of this revolutionary, enervating and demoralizing practice of the pale faces by the noble red man.
— from Out of the Hurly-Burly; Or, Life in an Odd Corner by Charles Heber Clark

Night and day she had gone the rounds of the ramparts, encouraging and directing the efforts of the garrison.
— from History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) by John Lothrop Motley

Motherwell points out that the verses of which Edward consists generally form the conclusion of the ballad of The Twa Brothers , and also of certain versions of Lizie Wan ; and is inclined to regard Edward as detached from one of those ballads.
— from Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Frank Sidgwick

how they rode—the horses plunging madly forward at every bound, their red eyes and distended nostrils bearing evidence of the wild run that had well-nigh exhausted their strength.
— from The Fate of a Crown by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

It was one o'clock when they reached Exeter and drove, dazed and numbed, to a hotel.
— from Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

No remains have been preserved of these -incunabula- of the Roman epos and drama.
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen