But Caesar, who knew perfectly well the lineaments of Alexander's face, because he had been accused by Herod before him, discerned the fallacy in his countenance, even before he saw the man.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

f. , S. Phr. : by him one , by himself, MD; be it ane , by itself, H (Ps. 101. 7); all himm ane , all by himself, S; hire ane , by herself, S; ower ones , of you alone, S.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

I mean to get into North Inlet and beach her quietly there.”
— from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

But when his queen saw that he was ready to die, and had no longer any hopes of surviving, she came to him weeping and lamenting, and bewailed herself and her sons on the desolate condition they should be left in; and said to him, "To whom dost thou thus leave me and my children, who are destitute of all other supports, and this when thou knowest how much ill-will thy nation bears thee?"
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

But before that happened, who knew if we might not hit the underbelly of the Ice Bank and be hideously squeezed between two frozen surfaces?
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

Of the divine he himself was the author, but he committed to his offspring the creation of the mortal.
— from Timaeus by Plato

“Of old hoards and minerals in the earth, the king is entitled to half by reason of his general protection, and because he is the lord paramount of the soil.”
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Driven away by her folly, would you be removing from the city to live in the country?
— from The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes by Terence

He refrained again from appealing to Varvara Petrovna, and struggled along as best he could, doing various jobs for tradespeople.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The uniform failure, as has been stated, of the assaults upon our lines had caused the conclusion that they could only succeed after a breach had been made in the works.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 by Jefferson Davis

But can you imagine, Glaucon, that if Homer had really been able to educate and improve mankind—if he had possessed knowledge and not been a mere imitator—can you imagine, I say, that he would not have had many followers, and been honoured and loved by them?
— from The Republic by Plato

His arm (excusably, again, for the hand was seeking a hold to steady him), crept around behind her.
— from Mary Wollaston by Henry Kitchell Webster

Weary of life, now that he is left alone, he devotes himself to God; he directs all his thought to heaven, where Laura awaits and beckons him: "The chosen angels, and the spirits blest, Celestial tenants, on that glorious day
— from Studies in the Poetry of Italy, Part II. Italian by Oscar Kuhns

One evening she took them off and he found ... that she actually bit her nails !" "And that finished it?" Fantine nodded as the waiter handed McTaggart's bill.
— from The Man with the Double Heart by Muriel Hine

If it’s a broken heart, Zam-buk’s what you want.
— from Mike by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse