“Madame Bonacieux is not at liberty this evening,” replied the husband, seriously; “she is detained at the Louvre this evening by her duties.”
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

After these, But on the hether side a different sort 570 From the high neighbouring Hills, which was thir Seat, Down to the Plain descended: by thir guise Just men they seemd, and all thir study bent To worship God aright, and know his works Not hid, nor those things lost which might preserve Freedom and Peace to men: they on the Plain Long had not walkt, when from the Tents behold A Beavie of fair Women, richly gay In Gems and wanton dress; to the Harp they sung Soft amorous Ditties, and in dance came on: 580 The Men though grave, ey'd them, and let thir eyes Rove without rein, till in the amorous Net Fast caught, they lik'd, and each his liking chose; And now of love they treat till th' Eevning Star Loves Harbinger appeerd; then all in heat They light the Nuptial Torch, and bid invoke Hymen, then first to marriage Rites invok't; With Feast and Musick all the Tents resound.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

A bevy of fair women, richly gay In gems and wanton dress; to the harp they sung Soft amorous ditties, and in dance came on: The men, though grave, eyed them; and let their eyes Rove without rein; till, in the amorous net Fast caught, they liked; and each his liking chose; And now of love they treat, till the evening-star, Love's harbinger, appeared; then, all in heat They light the nuptial torch, and bid invoke Hymen, then first to marriage rites invoked: With feast and musick all the tents resound.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

He requires humility, disregard of wordly wealth, patience and resignation in adversity, love to enemies, religious tolerance, horror at falsehood, avoidance of frivolous conversation, consideration and esteem for women, sanctity of the marriage relation, non-resistance to evil, confession of sins, and conversion.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

He was introduced to Wagner by the latter's sister, Frau Professor Brockhaus, and his description of their first meeting, contained in a letter to Erwin Rohde, is really most affecting.
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

As Jones had the vices of a warm disposition, he was entirely free from those of a cold one; and if his friends must have confest his temper to have been a little too easily ruffled, his enemies must at the same time have confest, that it as soon subsided; nor did it at all resemble the sea, whose swelling is more violent and dangerous after a storm is over than while the storm itself subsists.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

'Nothing that I well remember, but some talk in the bazars, which is doubtless a lie, that even Rajahs—small Hill Rajahs—' 'But none the less of good Rajput blood.' 'Assuredly of good blood.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

Ships are sent with the first opportunity; the natives driven out or destroyed; their princes tortured to discover their gold; a free license given to all acts of inhumanity and lust, the earth reeking with the blood of its inhabitants: and this execrable crew of butchers, employed in so pious an expedition, is a modern colony, sent to convert and civilize an idolatrous and barbarous people!
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

At last the evil reached such a pitch that the people rose, and with indiscriminate fury destroyed good and bad alike.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

«Aquí le traigo este recuerdito», [10] le dijo.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

And together husband and wife solved the puzzles that will fall to the share of, if not every reader, at least to every reader’s neighbor.
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various

Furthermore, Christie, British envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary in Brazil during the period of the American Civil War, in a letter to Earl Russell in June, 1861, declares that no such law actually exists on the statute books of Brazil, as that the slave has the right to appear before a magistrate, have his price fixed and to purchase his freedom.
— from The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various

At length the Emperor Rudolph was obliged to cede to the sturdy Bohemians the right of enjoying their own religious faith, and it was stipulated that they should be at liberty to erect churches on the Crown lands.
— from Cassell's History of England, Vol. 2 (of 8) From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion by Anonymous

Inspired himself by Lagrange, Laplace, Ampère, and Fourier, and led to experimental research by the necessity for answers to the questions which his mathematical expression of the discoveries of the twenty-five years which preceded the establishment of his laboratory had suggested—the theories of electricity and magnetism, of heat, of elasticity, his discoveries in general dynamics and in fluid motion, the publication of "Thomson and Tait," all made him the inspirer of others; and there was no one, however eminent, who was not proud to acknowledge his obligations to his genius.
— from Lord Kelvin: An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray

The following eminent Authors, Critics and Players are writing for the paper : Basil Althaus, Esq. , Arthur Broadley, Esq. , Lancastrian , Andre la Tarche, Esq. , Robin H. Legge, Esq. , J. Matthews, Esq. , Walter H. Mayson, Esq. , Rev. Meredith Morris , Horace Petherick, Esq. , Dr. T. L. Phipson , E. van der Straeten, Esq. , &c., &c. THE STRAD contains technical articles by the leading artists.
— from Antonio Stradivari by Horace Petherick

I am possessed by an ampler mood than men commonly know, and feel that I can fashion the world about me to my changing whims; my spirit overflows, and seems to fill the quiet drooping countryside with sudden light and laughter; the empty road and vacant fields, the golden atmosphere and blue spaces are my kingdoms, and I can people them at will with my fancies.
— from Papers from Lilliput by J. B. (John Boynton) Priestley

At length, the enemy reached the prescribed distance, when the anticipated words, "Make ready!
— from Great Events in the History of North and South America by Charles A. (Charles Augustus) Goodrich

At last the Ethiopian raids changed into permanent conquest, and a negro dynasty—the Twenty-fifth—sat on the throne of Menes.
— from Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

When that officer so unexpectedly had entered, Schehl, although the youngest—he was only 15 years of age—but relatively the strongest, because he was the last of them who had had a little to eat, rose with difficulty from his straw bed and made the offer, saying that they were at present very weak and sick from hunger, but that they would soon regain their strength if they were given something to eat.
— from Napoleon's Campaign in Russia, Anno 1812; Medico-Historical by Achilles Rose