"Speak up; none of your brimstone tricks.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up; kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

The insight afforded into Clare's character suggested to her that it was largely owing to her supposed untraditional newness that she had won interest in his eyes.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

Fear not, my Holly, I shall use no magic.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

Bellum autem ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud nisi pax quaesita videatur.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

"It is not Alfred's dwarfish sword, Nor Egbert's pigmy crown, Shall stay us now that descend in thunder, Rending the realms and the realms thereunder, Down through the world and down.
— from The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Also of sitting down here, on a sofa, and seeing Traddles’s hair start up, now his hat was removed, like one of those obtrusive little figures made of springs, that fly out of fictitious snuff-boxes when the lid is taken off.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

I shall use no arts that come of the devil, and no elements not created by the hand of God.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

She used never to make any return to my affection before, but now tribulation has opened her heart.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

The nature of the change introduced by the great industrial revolution may be realised, [232] for example, by thinking of the great cathedrals of England, and noting how insignificant the towns in which they are placed are at the present day when compared with the great centres which have sprung up near the coalfields.
— from Modern Geography by Marion I. (Marion Isabel) Newbigin

He did not stir until noon.
— from The Rock of the Lion by Molly Elliot Seawell

"Shut up, Neal!
— from Within The Enemy's Lines by Oliver Optic

One thing is certain, that, as they retreat in our direction, they will draw the enemy after them, and what is more, unless we are wise and prudent we may make enemies of the fugitives themselves; that is if we give them reason to suppose us not strong enough, or not trustworthy enough, to be their friends.
— from 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar; Or, The Scourge of God by Jósika, Miklós, báró

Suriname unicameral National Assembly or Nationale Assemblee (51 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 25 May 2005 (next to be held in 2010)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Mr. Seward's recovery was very slow and painful, and it is thought the shock given by the accident, and this murderous attack impaired his intellectual force, for [287] when he again resumed his duties under President Johnson, he supported the President's reconstruction policy, becoming at dissonance with the party he had so satisfactorily served, until now.
— from Hidden Treasures; Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail by Harry A. Lewis

During his absence Henry reflected upon the singularly unbusinesslike nature of the conversation, and decided that it would be well to import a little business into it.
— from A Great Man: A Frolic by Arnold Bennett

And they were thoroughly interested in all his adventures, from the time he left home late in the preceding summer until now.
— from The Adventures of a Boy Reporter by Harry Steele Morrison

For ages it had been considered vital in the interests both of England and Spain that a close alliance should exist between the two countries, in order to counterbalance the immemorial connection between Scotland and France; and that the Flemish dominions of the house of Burgundy should under no circumstances be allowed to fall under the sway { 178} of the French.
— from The Year after the Armada, and Other Historical Studies by Martin A. S. (Martin Andrew Sharp) Hume