" He answered, "I was at Hlader and Olaf Trygvason was laying a gold ring about my neck.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

So also God, Redeemer, and Mediator.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

A minister, intelligent, esteemed, and greatly respected; a merchant of high character and known probity; a mining superintendent of intelligence and unblemished reputation; a quartz mill owner of excellent standing, were all questioned in the same way, and all set aside.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

He was a great reader, and must have had access to large libraries.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

With rage recruited the bold Trojans glow, And turn the tide of conflict on the foe: Fierce in the front he shakes two dazzling spears; All Greece recedes, and 'midst her triumphs fears; Some god, they thought, who ruled the fate of wars, Shot down avenging from the vault of stars.
— from The Iliad by Homer

I had no reason to repent of my politeness in going, as the Electress gave me a good reception, and made me talk to any extent.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The grasp on his arm gradually relaxed, and Mr. Irwine threw himself back in his chair, saying, “Go on—I must know it.”
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

The next year old tenor ceased to be lawful money amid general rejoicing and much doggerel verse.
— from Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony by George Francis Dow

The dry cackle of the apprentice as he looked after Guida roused a mockery of indignation in the Master.
— from The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Complete by Gilbert Parker

Adam grew red and moved uneasily.
— from The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker

The gentlemen of Virginia were celebrated as good riders; and Major Wingfield, himself a cavalry man, had been anxious that Vincent should maintain the credit of his English blood, and had placed him on a pony as soon as he was able to sit on one.
— from With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

"I dreamed that I was at Hlade and that Olaf Tryggvesson put a golden ring around my neck."
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 09 (of 15), Scandinavian by Charles Morris

The old Duchy of Prussia, which now forms the provinces of East and West Prussia at the extreme North-East of the present German Empire, consisted of heathen lands colonised or conquered, between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries, by a great religious and military organisation known as the "Knights of the Teutonic Order."
— from The War and Democracy by John Dover Wilson

The rich men who inhabit them are growing richer and more numerous, and are always ready to pay the poulterer a good round price for a first-class article.
— from Natural and Artificial Duck Culture by James Rankin

Then he came rapidly down the room, and Gwynne rose and met him as if lifted to his feet by the hospitality beaming from the large bright shrewd capable face of the Californian.
— from Ancestors: A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

If he had known what was in the mind of Vandreuil, the Governor of Canada, he would have been more content at the change, as the French commander-in-chief, having been apprised of the preparations the English were making all too deliberately for the assault and destruction of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, resolved to anticipate their action by striking an unexpected blow, and accordingly set about getting ready at Montreal a strong force for the attack of Fort William Henry.
— from With Rogers on the Frontier: A Story of 1756 by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley