“Do not be uneasy,” said Abdallah; “go into the yard and take some out of one of those jars.”
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

He worked himself up slowly and gradually into a sort of frenzy, and got to thrashing around with his arms like the sails of a windmill.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

The rest picks up stones, and gives it us right away till we gets out of shot, the young gents holding out werry manful with the pea-shooters and such stones as lodged on us, and a pretty many there was too.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

He was both of unusual size and generous in mettle.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

Touching the first, I do give you my hearty thanks for your godly speeches, assuring you that though, by reason I have always followed the wars, I cannot be ignorant of the calamities by you alleged, yet you have so truly represented the same before mine eyes as to effectuate in me at this instant, not only the confirmation of mine own disposition to have peace, but also an assurance that this treaty shall take good and speedy end, seeing that it hath pleased God to raise up such a good instrument as you are."
— 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

They wanted a plain, unvarnished story, and got it.
— from The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Louis Tracy

She was unusually soft and gentle in her manner to him.
— from Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Its foundations were not laid upon skill and genius in human character, but upon the weaker and commonplace traits, which universal mankind possesses.
— from The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology by Warren H. (Warren Hugh) Wilson

It will be seen, that, when information reached the "Goose Nest Prairie" that Abe was actually chosen President of the United States, a general itching for public employment broke out among the Hankses, and that an equally general disappointment was the result.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

but I don't believe in a man waisting their time on a childs play like writeing up articles for a newspaper but just to stall him I said I would try and think up something and give it to him when I had it wrote up.
— from The Real Dope by Ring Lardner

The forces landed at Baton Rouge after a brief bombardment of the city and the Twenty-fifth (five companies), went into camp first on the United States Arsenal ground in the city and later near the cemetery, back of the city, where after some delay the left wing joined the colonel's command and the regiment was once more united and in fighting trim.
— from The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster by George P. Bissell

[Pale with uncompleted statement, and gravitating insensibly in the direction indicated.]
— from The Works of John Galsworthy An Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Galsworthy by John Galsworthy

Customs, which furnish the principal source of revenue in the United States and Germany, in India only yield about less than 7½ millions.
— from Young India An interpretation and a history of the nationalist movement from within by Lala Lajpat Rai