"You forget, Mamma," said Isabelle with a laugh, "that Evadne revels in horrors.
— from A Beautiful Possibility by Edith Ferguson Black

Yet no one concerts measures, or takes thought, for our defence, but we lie still, as if we were at liberty to enjoy repose.
— from The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis by Xenophon

The President of the Society said that, owing to the nefarious practices against emigrants, the Germans first, then the Irish, after that the Welsh, and lastly the English residents of the city had taken the matter in hand by the formation of Protective Societies.
— from Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1 by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry, Sir

Unfortunately, as soon as we attack this question we are liable to enter regions where for the ignorant there are many pitfalls.
— from Rustic Sounds, and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Darwin, Francis, Sir

The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader: to peruse them, needs not the aid of many counsellors.
— from A Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, and of Washington and Patrick Henry With an appendix, containing the Constitution of the United States, and other documents by L. Carroll (Levi Carroll) Judson

When at last the employment Ralegh desired came, the opening was made by Gilbert.
— from Sir Walter Ralegh: A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing

"Why, yes," said Marco, "we might put it on the bottom of the wagon, and let the end run out behind.
— from Forests of Maine Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge by Jacob Abbott

In the discussion of mysteries which to detail would only weary while it perplexed the reader, the enthusiasts passed the greater portion of the night; and when at length the Englishman rose to depart, it cannot be denied that a solemn and boding emotion agitated his breast.
— from Godolphin, Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Then he went away leisurely to enjoy refreshment after victory.
— from Much Ado About Something by C. E. (Charles Edward) Lawrence