‘Sleep! Exhausted as I am, and standing in no common need of rest, I cannot hope to close my eyes all night, unless you tell me everything.’
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

And this more we discern in Him, full as He is of compassionate liberality towards us, that, whereas it chanceth whiles (the keenness of mortal eyes availing not in any wise to penetrate the secrets of the Divine intent), that we peradventure, beguiled by report, make such an one our advocate unto His majesty, who is outcast from His presence with an eternal banishment,—nevertheless He, from whom nothing is hidden, having regard rather to the purity of the suppliant's intent than to his ignorance or to the reprobate estate of him whose intercession be invoketh, giveth ear unto those who pray unto the latter, as if he were in very deed blessed in His aspect.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

That part of me which I had the power of projecting, had lately been much exercised and nourished; it had seemed to me of late as though the body of Edward Hyde had grown in stature, as though (when I wore that form)
— from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

He is going to give them a sort of treat to-day, to make up for what passed at the last, I suppose; the people are all very busy in the kitchen.' Emily now enquired, if Montoni expected any new guests?
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

1633 7 That's much; emboldens, A18 , N , TC: That's much, emboldens, 1633-54:
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

Side and at 3 miles entered a nitch of about 6 miles wide and 5 miles deep with Several Creeks makeing into the Stard Hills, this nitch we found verry Shallow water and Call it the Shallow nitch we came too at the remains of an old village at the bottom of this nitch and dined, here we Saw great numbers of fowl, Sent out 2 men
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

{26} The whole present system of the officering and personnel of the army and navy of these States, and the spirit and letter of their trebly-aristocratic rules and regulations, is a monstrous exotic, a nuisance and revolt, and belong here just as much as orders of nobility, or the Pope's council of cardinals.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

Beets, ℞ 70 , 97 , 98 , 183 —— named for Varro, ℞ 70 , 97 , 98 Bernardinus, of Venice, printer, p. 258 Bernhold, J. M., editor, Apiciana, Nos.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

Some one has well said that the languages of modern Europe are nothing more than Christianity expressed with differing pronunciation and vocabulary.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

the expansion of the sensual faculties,—a nation of whose social organization frequent intercourse in all the affairs of life between the two sexes is one of the most essential and necessary elements?
— from Roman Catholicism in Spain by Anonymous

As far as Fère Champènoise, the chase ran fast along the four roads, from Bannes, Morains, Ecury, and Normée.
— from The Battle of the Marne by G. H. (George Herbert) Perris

Neither do we like to admit that the pleasures of knowledge, though more elevating, are not more lasting than other pleasures, and are almost equally dependent on the accidents of our bodily state (Introduction to Philebus).
— from The Republic by Plato

He walked into the family room, and found nobody there but Miss Silence, who was sitting, grim as an Egyptian sphinx, stitching very vigorously on a meal bag, in which interesting employment she thought proper to be so much engaged as not to remark the entrance of our hero.
— from The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Harriet Beecher Stowe

You have been very insolent to me as I rode behind you on the coach, and have encouraged two or three trumpery fellows, who rode along with you, to cut scurvy jokes at my expense, and now you come to me for money; I am not so poor
— from The Romany Rye A sequel to "Lavengro" by George Borrow

First, you will take no more engagements, and now—what is it?
— from The Splendid Folly by Margaret Pedler

Girl babies growing up every day—and boy babies to match 'em, and none of 'em knowing what's in store for 'em.
— from Jimmy Quixote: A Novel by Tom Gallon

I had given a quick, convulsive start as the first tones fell upon my ear, and now sat bending over my sewing like a chidden child, almost afraid to look up.
— from A Grandmother's Recollections by Ella Rodman Church

"David and Matilda are busy contriving how to make a big hole in the bottom of their two purses that will let out the money easy; and Norton's hair is bristling already with fear.
— from Trading by Susan Warner

‘Six,’ said that gentleman; ‘pa and ma eight, aunt nine, governess ten, grandfather and grandmother twelve.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens