"I don't say," she went on, "that he is not just as the other young men of his age and class; he is no Galahad, as no one can be with truth who is human and lives in the world.
— from Red Hair by Elinor Glyn

In Yorkshire and Lancashire wench is a term of endearment; in Cheshire it is simply the feminine of lad ; in Oxfordshire they summon cows with the cry: Come, wench, come, wench; in Gloucestershire the well-known rhyme runs: A wickering [giggling] wench and a crowing hen, Is neither good to God nor men.
— from Rustic Speech and Folk-Lore by Elizabeth Mary Wright

And the servants of the King brought Joseph forth from his dungeon, and shaved him and clothed him in new garments, and carried him before the King.
— from The Storehouses of the King; Or, the Pyramids of Egypt What They Are and Who Built Them by Jane (Trill) van Gelder

“I wouldn’t bet a crown he is not going to try Wheal Carnac.”
— from The Vicar's People by George Manville Fenn

We see relived in poignant memory that last day of Mullá Ḥusayn’s earthly life, when, soon after midnight, having performed his ablutions, clothed himself in new garments, and attired his head with the Báb’s turban, he mounted his charger, ordered the gate of the Fort to be opened, rode out at the head of three hundred and thirteen of his companions, shouting aloud “Yá Sáhibu’z-Zamán!”, charged successively the seven barricades erected by the enemy, captured every one of them, notwithstanding the bullets that were raining upon him, swiftly dispatched their defenders, and had scattered their forces when, in the ensuing tumult, his steed became suddenly entangled in the rope of a tent, and before he could extricate himself he was struck in the breast by a bullet which the cowardly Abbás-Qulí Kh án-i-Laríjání had discharged, while lying in ambush in the branches of a neighboring tree.
— from God Passes By by Effendi Shoghi

“I don’t say,” she went on, “that he is not just as the other young men of his age and class; he is no Galahad, as no one can be with truth who is human and lives in the world.
— from The Vicissitudes of Evangeline by Elinor Glyn

Then she came forth from the water, and clad herself in no great haste, and did on her hauberk and sallet and sword, and so went back to her place, and sat down and began to do on her foot-gear.
— from The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris