'I fear he has already betrayed us!' replied Emily.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

"And if the suit SHOULD make us rich, Esther—which it may, you know!" said Richard to crown all.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

This uncertainty results either from circumstances prior to the battle, from ignorance of the enemy's position and plans, or from the fact that a portion of the army may be still expected to arrive on the field.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

Now men suppose that acting Unjustly rests entirely with themselves, and conclude that acting Justly is therefore also easy.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

In the course of little more than a century, however, stamp duties have, in Europe, become almost universal, and duties upon registration extremely common.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Majorum enim hæc erat consuetudo, ut Rex esset etiam Sacerdos, et Pontifex: unde hodieque Imperatores Pontifices dicamus.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

I say insufferable; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of that half-pleasurable, because poetic, sentiment, with which the mind usually receives even the sternest natural images of the desolate or terrible.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

"It's Bob's idea," Uncle Roddy explained, "and here's the schedule.
— from Polly's Senior Year at Boarding School by Dorothy Whitehill

But the music of the singer of the Poema does not depend upon reverberative effect alone.
— from Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

Yet a moment, there they are,—age and childhood,—poverty, wealth, station, vagabondage; the preacher’s sacred learning and august ambition; fancies of dawning reason; hopes of intellect matured; memories of existence wrecked; household sorrows; untold regrets; elegy and epic in low, close, human sighs, to which Poetry never yet gave voice: all for the moment personified there before you,—a glimpse for the guess, no more.
— from What Will He Do with It? — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

True to his whimsical saying, "I have slept during the last seven years," he insisted upon replacing everything in Hesse exactly on its former footing.
— from Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4 by Wolfgang Menzel

Under Royal encouragement a new town was founded, and in 1131 given, with the rights of market, to a priory that had been founded in the meanwhile.
— from Half-hours with the Highwaymen - Vol 1 Picturesque Biographies and Traditions of the "Knights of the Road" by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper

If he spent a large amount of the public treasure upon religious edifices and ornaments, and upon stately works for the city,—yet the sum which he left untouched, ready for use at the beginning of the Peloponnesian war, was such as to appear more than sufficient for all purposes of defence, or public safety, or military honor.
— from History of Greece, Volume 06 (of 12) by George Grote

As the founder, his will was to be absolute law; everybody must consult his wishes, and bow to his decision; and although he had, with advancing years, become less capable, and had always been wanting in the sustaining power which successfully carries on great work, he insisted upon regulating every matter of detail and discipline connected with the two institutions.
— from Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men by Eliezer Edwards

An unfinished railroad embankment is thrown up in the run,—the Gordonsville road,—which was in construction when the war broke out.
— from The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Charles Carleton Coffin