In pursuance of this change of plan, he hastily and somewhat clumsily divided what he had written into chapters on the model of "Amadis," invented the fable of a mysterious Arabic manuscript, and set up Cide Hamete Benengeli in imitation of the almost invariable practice of the chivalry-romance authors, who were fond of tracing their books to some recondite source.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Accordingly considerations of this kind, including those which are once more directed to the concept of freedom in the practical use of the pure reason, must not be regarded as an interpolation serving only to fill up the gaps in the critical system of speculative reason (for this is for its own purpose complete), or like the props and buttresses which in a hastily constructed building are often added afterwards; but as true members which make the connexion of the system plain, and show us concepts, here presented as real, which there could only be presented problematically.
— from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant

Suddenly there shot along the path a wild light, and I turned to see whence a gleam so unusual could have issued; for the vast house and its shadows were alone behind me.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Your own opinion is, then, that some unforeseen catastrophe has occurred to him?”
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

You know how delighted every one would be to see Ulysses come home—more particularly myself, and the son who has been born to both of us; but what you tell me cannot be really true.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

she cried exultantly, as they stood up, catching her mother’s hands and standing erect, facing her in the twilight, conscious of a strangely sweet equality between them.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

And though it be most troublesome and grievous for the time, yet know this, it comes by God's permission and providence; He is a spectator of thy groans and tears, still present with thee, the very hairs of thy head are numbered, not one of them can fall to the ground without the express will of God: he will not suffer thee to be tempted above measure, he corrects us all, [6809] numero, pondere, et mensura , the Lord will not quench the smoking flax, or break the bruised reed, Tentat (saith Austin) non ut obruat, sed ut coronet he suffers thee to be tempted for thy good.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

“One doesn't often stumble upon champagne,” he said, licking his lips.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Mysteriously, from some unknown cause, his servant suddenly died, and the man, in fear and distress, drew the body to the side of the hill, where he left it and went on his way weeping.
— from Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Faries by Yuk Yi

In the face of such unanimous contempt, his dream became fantastic, fatuous.
— from The Man Who Could Not Lose by Richard Harding Davis

And yet these same unimaginative censors have often contradicted their protests by their actions, and squandered great opportunities by futile strokes of the theatre.
— from Disraeli: A Study in Personality and Ideas by Walter Sichel

Whereas, if we wait, if we pretend to suspect nothing, we shall undoubtedly catch him red-handed in an attempt on your nephew's invention."
— from Piccadilly Jim by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

It permitted them to sit up comfortably, however, and only their feet were in the water.
— from Diego Pinzon and the Fearful Voyage He Took Into the Unknown Ocean A.D. 1492 by John Russell Coryell

Then Milli, running swiftly up, caught him as he fell, and laid his head upon her knees.
— from Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 by Louis Becke

For original materials pertaining to the colonial period and the Revolution, admirably edited for school use, consult Hart's "Source-Readers in American History": No. 1, Colonial Children; No. 2, Camps and Firesides of the Revolution; No. 3, How our Grandfathers Lived .
— from Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools by Francis Kingsley Ball

The two officers, both wounded, but able more or less to stand up, conferred hastily, and surrendered.
— from Front Lines by Boyd Cable

Surely they had met with some urgent call here.
— from The Brighton Boys at Chateau-Thierry by James R. Driscoll

When he had slaked a seemingly unquenchable craving, he dashed the running water, first with one hand and then the other, over his face.
— from Nan of Music Mountain by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman