Slowly and carefully each man shot his shafts, and so deep was the silence that you could hear every arrow rap against the target as it struck it.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

I will permit you to go, on condition that you come home early.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

Is it enough that you come here every year, to weep like a woman over a grave?”
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

As for the young Count, his exteriors were so much improved by the company to which he had access, since his departure from his father's house, that his parents were equally surprised and overjoyed at the alteration.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

He had three young children, he explained, and a baby had just come.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

but I greatly fear you will find me, now that I am out of the reach of your assisting prudence, more weak and imperfect than you could have expected.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

"There were a number of captains and colonels of the different quarters," replied Sainctyon, well pleased to see that the Duke now felt the importance of his intelligence, "and the Prévôt and Le Comte began to speak what seemed to me at first simple nonsense, in a confused way, saying, that it was necessary to keep guard in a very different manner in Paris from that which we were accustomed to use, for that your coming had excited the minds of the people, and that there was hourly danger of a revolt, and that it would be better for all the captains to meet with their companies together in some particular place, in order to see to the matter.
— from Henry of Guise; or, The States of Blois (Vol. 2 of 3) by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Very truly yours, C. Hindley, Esq. , Rose Hill Terrace, Brighton.
— from A History of the Cries of London, Ancient and Modern by Charles Hindley

“Do not remain away from me a moment longer than you can help, Eustace, my life!”
— from 'Tween Snow and Fire: A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Bertram Mitford

‘I think you can hardly expect so much as a thousand pounds.
— from The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy by John Galt

Though you could hardly expect to keep it from him long, at this rate.”
— from In Red and Gold by Samuel Merwin

Thus armed, the youth conquered his enemies.
— from A Man's Value to Society: Studies in Self Culture and Character by Newell Dwight Hillis

And then, upon our hero's continued silence, she added: "I could not have believed it possible that you could have exhibited so much impatience and anger at so slight a cause.
— from The Price of Blood: An Extravaganza of New York Life in 1807 by Howard Pyle

With smirks and grimaces they would often tell how at the outbreak of the war the young chief had exhorted all about him to be filled with valor and courage, to march forth valiantly towards the enemy, for he, himself, would be there in the thickest of the fighting.
— from Famous Indian Chiefs Their Battles, Treaties, Sieges, and Struggles with the Whites for the Possession of America by Charles H. L. (Charles Haven Ladd) Johnston

Harry wants to be friendly; he said only yesterday that he liked you, but that you cut him every time you met him."
— from An Annapolis First Classman by Edward L. (Edward Latimer) Beach