e of each division was left on the hill, one of General Morgan L. Smith's closed the gap to Chickamauga Creek, two of General John E. Smith's were drawn back to the base in reserve, and General Ewing's right was extended down into the plain, thus crossing the ridge in a general line, facing southeast.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

While, with these thoughts, standing with eye directed forward towards that handful of sailors, suddenly he thought that one or two of them returned the glance and with a sort of meaning.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

But as he left, either by his wives or concubines, a very numerous posterity, the wealthy inheritance was eagerly disputed; and Zamma, one of his sons, was slain in a domestic quarrel by his brother Firmus.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

He was the author of a work entitled, "Derek Emunah" (Way of Faith), Rome, 1683.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

A few young men, wearing bright blue badges in their coats, stood idle in the vestibule; none of them wore evening dress.
— from Dubliners by James Joyce

“Excuse me, sir,” said Luzhin, affronted, and speaking with excessive dignity.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

According to this system the idea or vibration a from the external object A becomes associable with the idea or vibration m from the external object M, because the oscillation a propagated itself so as to re-produce the oscillation m. But the original impression from M was essentially different from the impression A: unless therefore different causes may produce the same effect, the vibration a could never produce the vibration m: and this therefore could never be the means, by which a and m are associated.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The water-drops spurted up among the green twigs, and the clerk thought of the millions of animalculae which were thrown into the air with every drop of water, at a height which must be the same to them as it would be to us if we were hurled beyond the clouds.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Thus, sir, with every disposition to furnish you with any information in my possession, I can only express my regrets at the entire want of them.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 5 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

He had admired in this way Eileen Deering whom he had seen with Milton a few times during the year.
— from A Spoil of Office: A Story of the Modern West by Hamlin Garland

For Aasa, his only child, was like another being in the presence of this stranger; all that weird, forest-like intensity, that wild, half supernatural tinge in her character which in a measure excluded her from the blissful feeling of fellowship with other men, and made her the strange, lonely creature she was,—all this seemed to vanish as dew in the morning sun when Vigfusson’s eyes rested upon her; and with every day that passed, her human and womanly nature gained a stronger hold upon her.
— from Tales from Two Hemispheres by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

Some years hence when resumption by government of its functions now granted to private persons has dispossessed all the monopolists, and when every dwelling-house is kept perfectly ventilated and free from infected air, there will be other wise ones to believe that hindsight is just the same as foresight, and to inveigh against the monopolists and parents just mentioned for their unwonted stupidity and improvidence.
— from The Brothers' War by John C. (John Calvin) Reed

In my opinion, the people who lived in the neighborhood of Munich must have known of all these things, because the prisoners went every day to various factories in Munich and the neighborhood; and at work they frequently came into contact with the civilian workers.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 5 by Various

The merchant navy, although numerous, was equally deficient in vessels of any size.
— from By England's Aid; Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604 by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

These are terrible times, corporal, and they are getting worse every day.
— from True To His Colors by Harry Castlemon

But for the apprehensions belonging to a state of warfare—apprehensions which embitter life in all its hours to women—and, possibly, more than is generally acknowledged, to men—but for the speculations as to who was destined to die, who to fall into the most cruel hands that ever abused their power over a helpless foe (for the French of former wars were not forgotten), and what was to be the lot of those who escaped death and capture—but for these speculations, which were stirring in every woman’s heart in all that household, the way of life at Le Zéphyr was pleasant enough.
— from The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Harriet Martineau