For my own part, my occupation in my solitary pilgrimages was to recall every yard of the old road as I went along it, and to haunt the old spots, of which I never tired.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

As I came to myself (with the aid of a heavy thump between the shoulders, and the restorative exclamation “Yah! Was there ever such a boy as this!” from my sister,) I found Joe telling them about the convict's confession, and all the visitors suggesting different ways by which he had got into the pantry.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

That was after they had been there nearly four years, and this woman had had twins regularly every year—and there had been more than you could count when they moved in.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

The intellect has no answer for these questions; hence the rishis evolved yoga as the technique of spiritual inquiry.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

In case of relationship, or long intimate friendship, an unexpected visit may be pardoned and give pleasure, but it is better to avoid it, as the pleasure will surely be increased if your relative or friend has time to prepare for your reception as her love will prompt, and arrange her duties and engagements to really enjoy your company.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

On the returned exiles you lavished such magnificent presents and rewards that they could not even resent the good fortune of their bitterest enemies, nor begrudge their being duly honoured.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

From this room, ere yet the door was opened, proceeded a low and melancholy strain of vocal music.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

to renounce everything you love.
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

Hither also the brothers of the church of Hagustald, 291 which is not far distant, long ago made it their custom to resort every year, on the day before that on which King Oswald was afterwards slain, to keep vigils there for the health of his soul, and having sung many psalms of praise, to offer for him in the morning the sacrifice of the Holy Oblation.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

Just as the wrist makes play backward and forward, so this separation of the reins enables you to make play sideways or across the horse's mouth.
— from Riding and Driving by Edward L. (Edward Lowell) Anderson

But the growth of those relatively early years was great.
— from Abraham Lincoln by Charnwood, Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron

Of late, however, the salmon crop has begun to fail, and millions of young fry are now sown like wheat in the river every year, from hatching establishments belonging to the Government.
— from Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon by John Muir

Who possessed the book one does not know; some travelling scholar may have perused it during the long voyage from Europe; and one fancies him, as the ship bumped upon the rocks, exclaiming "Yes, Isidore was right, there ARE antipodes!"
— from The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Scott, Ernest, Sir

It is to be hoped that the good captain received his order; but it must have been a very large cloak to require eight yards of "Broad-Cloath."
— from The Little Book of the Flag by Eva March Tappan

The Japanese are improving their roads every year, and therefore a description for one season does not exactly indicate the character of another.
— from Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Japan and China by Thomas Wallace Knox

The pupils should learn to recognize each year a few species of wild flowers by name as well as by sight.
— from Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Department of Education