The chief attendant of the three dynamos that buzzed and rattled at Camberwell, and kept the electric railway going, came out of Yorkshire, and his name was James Holroyd.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Himself too he knew joining battle with the foremost Achaeans, knew the Eastern ranks and swart Memnon's armour.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

The nurse, after much experience, finds that there is a key to every resistance, to every lack of co-operation, to abnormal attitudes and actions.
— from Applied Psychology for Nurses by Mary F. Porter

They did not attempt any response, or rebuke, and Elizabeth, after a moment, went over and kissed them each remorsefully.
— from The Ordeal of Elizabeth by Anonymous

The benevolent uses of this most generous institution are known to every reader, more especially as they respected personal freedom and the restoration of lands and houses.
— from Palestine, or, the Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Michael Russell

Thou hast not been made a king to enjoy repose, to become proud, and to glory in the dignity of a king; but to govern thy kingdom, to maintain it in peace and justice, to defend and protect it against its enemies.'
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes

He was a native of these parts, and knew the evil repute of the stronghold they were about to attack.
— from The Deserter, and Other Stories: A Book of Two Wars by Harold Frederic

The Envoy then commenced a written speech to the King in English, which at first startled his Majesty, but seemed to please him much, as soon as Jaffer Ali Khan , the English Resident at Shiraz , came forward and read it in Persian.
— from A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the Years 1808 and 1809 In Which is Included, Some Account of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart. K. C. to the Court of Persia by James Justinian Morier