Hoping against despair, she rose up saying, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him;" and these words she repeated over and over with increasing fervour, as she neatly folded away her clothing and put her room in that exquisite order which was necessary to her sleep, or even rest.
— from The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time by Amelia E. Barr

Nevertheless he felt constrained to bow before the storm, and placed his resignation in the emperor's hands (8th of October 1879).
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Many's the time I've heard the story of Governor Willis, (his picture hangs in the hall) and of how he held out against the whole legislature and the public and proved himself right in the end.
— from Rosemary by Josephine Lawrence

At present his rôle is to entertain people who wish to hear either what the minstrel himself improvises, or the ballads of that region.
— from Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz

The Dutch minister, a few hours later, wrote to inform the States General that the Anglican priesthood had risen in the estimation of the public to an incredible degree.
— from The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron