When the bear has partaken of his last meal amid the general emotion of the spectators, the old women weeping afresh and the men uttering stifled cries, he is strapped, not without difficulty and danger, and being let out of the cage is led on leash or dragged, according to the state of his temper, thrice round his cage, then round his master’s house, and lastly round the house of the orator.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

I used to picture the way that I would act under such circumstances; how I would begin at the bottom and keep rising until I reached the highest round of success.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

Should a Mason neglect to avail himself of his privilege, he forfeits it (unless, upon sufficient cause, he is excused by the lodge), and must submit to a ballot.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

When Sítá looked upon her lord, His foemen slain, the saints restored, In pride and rapture uncontrolled She clasped him in her loving hold.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

What I failed to do, through implicit belief that my petition would be presumptuous and unwelcome, I do now, Dejah Thoris; I ask you to be my wife, and by all the Virginian fighting blood that flows in my veins you shall be." "No, John Carter, it is useless," she cried, hopelessly, "I may never be yours while Sab Than lives.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

‘No, my dear,’ replied the elder, quietly, ‘but I must confess that for some reason or another I have been a little upset since coming here; I don’t like being alone.’
— from Madame Midas by Fergus Hume

Masculine coyness under such conditions has its risks.
— from Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry T. Finck

A young man without a sou may inspire a passion, form a liaison, have a mistress who really loves him; and under such circumstances he is entitled to flatter himself that he is loved on his own account; but he cannot change mistresses very often—in short, he can hardly be what we call a man à bonnes fortunes .
— from Sans-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Paul de Kock

Pouring the candy into the buttered pan, Betsey let it stand until she could handle it easily, then with well-greased fingers she pulled the candy white and cut it in pieces.
— from A Little Candy Book for a Little Girl by Waterman, Amy Harlow (Lane), Mrs.

Should the place be in the open, he doffs his hat, which under such circumstances he is obliged to wear.
— from The Complete Bachelor: Manners for Men by Walter Germain

“Well, if not, then Ursula shall certainly have it,” Mevrouw said, cheerfully.
— from My Lady Nobody: A Novel by Maarten Maartens

He first resided in New York state, where he secured employment in a brickyard at Haverstraw, and subsequently went to Baltimore, Maryland, but finding it too hot to suit him there, he went to Chicago, where he was employed by the Armour Packing Company, during the winters for several years, but in summer followed his work of brick burning and helped to manufacture the brick used in the construction of the United States customs house in Chicago.
— from Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 Embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties by William Denison Lyman

The beautiful yellow beast was not at all disconcerted, but with the serenest dignity lifted her yellow folds, coiled and uncoiled slowly, curved high in the air, arched her glittering neck of gold, widened her body till broad as your two hands, and so slid away over the water to the other side through the wild white rain.
— from True Bear Stories by Joaquin Miller