Th' ambassador, LUCIUS the Roman, comes to Milford Haven To-morrow.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

From the early morning the old widow of sixty-five had been sitting on the bank of the sacred river by her dead, waiting through the long hours for the permission; and at last the refusal came instead.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

It flew on and on until at last the Rabbit could not hold on any longer, but had to let go and drop.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Also they are outwardly applied to hot swellings, due consideration being had, that if the inflammation be not great, use those that are less; if the inflammation be vehement, make use of medicines cold in the second or third degree, always let the remedy correspond to the just proportion of the affliction.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

The last visitor was gone at last; the red circle on the road quivered, moved aside, contracted and went out, as Vassily carried away the lamp from the entrance.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

At last the rain ceased, the earth dried.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

reprehend, chide, admonish; berate, betongue[obs3]; bring to account, call to account, call over the coals, rake over the coals, call to order; take to task, reprove, lecture, bring to book; read a lesson, read a lecture to; rebuke, correct.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

He ran back wildly for half a mile, and at last settled himself atop a heap of stones to wait for the Serpent to go on his way and leave the road clear for him.
— from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Aleksyeyev for a long time resisted Christian teaching, and the officials considered him a most stubborn subject.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

It was said, that "the consuls, after having ruined the Sicilians and Campanians, had undertaken to destroy and lacerate the Roman commons; that, drained as they had been for so many years by taxes, they had nothing left but wasted and naked lands.
— from The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Livy

Far, far away, the roar of passion dieth, And loving thoughts rise calm and peacefully, And no rude storm, how fierce soe'er it flieth, Disturbs that soul that dwells, O Lord, in Thee.
— from Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Benj. N. (Benjamin Nicholas) Martin

Enough, at least, to repeat certain violent threats of the “Lord.”
— from The Emancipation of Massachusetts by Brooks Adams

When at last the retreat came to an end, the British army had been reinforced by the 4th Division, which, with the 19th Infantry Brigade—and subsequently the 6th Division—became the Third Army Corps under General Pulteney, who arrived in France to take command of it on 30th Aug.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Estremoz to Felspar Volume 4, Part 3 by Various

Of these our leader made nothing, and we went on, up and up, until at last the road carried us right round the highest peak, on whose very walls we walked like chamois on a mountain crag.
— from The House Under the Sea: A Romance by Max Pemberton

At last the real Colooney was found, maybe eating his dinner of potatoes, maybe discussing his poteen with a friend—sometimes engaged in the domestic duties of washing his shirt or his small-clothes, fitting a new crown to his hat, or a sole to his brogues—whatever his occupation, he was urged forward by his friends, and the public, with many a push, drive, and even a kick, into our presence, where, from the turmoil, uproar, and confusion, he appeared to have fought his way by main force, and very often, indeed, this was literally the fact, as his bleeding nose, torn coat, and bare head attested.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.—February, 1851.—Vol. II. by Various

Virginia Good Roads Convention, Programme (Richmond: Stone Printing Co., 1894), p. 24. 18 [40] The act incorporating the Fairfax and Loudoun Turnpike Road Company authorized construction and operation of an “artificial road from Alexandria to the Little River.”
— from Green Spring Farm, Fairfax County, Virginia by Nan Netherton

It is impossible to sit still and let that rascal come down on one.
— from An Interloper by Frances Mary Peard

But from the fact that God knows and loves the rational creature He is said to sit within it.
— from Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

A law to erect light-houses is no more a law to regulate commerce, than a law creating a bank is a law to collect taxes, imposts and duties.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 4 (of 16) by United States. Congress