When, therefore, the Hebrews made an attack upon the city, the Ammonites were afraid that the enemy might prevent them, and get up into the city, and this at the very place whither Uriah was ordered; so they exposed their best soldiers to be in the forefront, and opened their gates suddenly, and fell upon the enemy with great vehemence, and ran violently upon them.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Miss Jessie bore with her at these times, even more patiently than she did with the bitter self-upbraidings by which they p. 18 were invariably succeeded.
— from Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

He seemed to think of nothing but how to find out new means of plaguing her: Sometimes He affected to pity her misfortune, then laughed at, abused, and mimicked her; He played her a thousand tricks, each more provoking than the other, and amused himself by telling her that her elopement must have occasioned much surprise at the Baron's.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

It is justice that I say, that the guard who executed this order, and the interpreter to the Committee of General Surety, who accompanied them to examine my papers, treated me not only with civility, but with respect.
— from The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine

It has been estimated that a portion of the blood will make the tour of the body in about twenty-three seconds (FLINT), and that the entire mass passes through the heart in from one to two minutes.
— from Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Joel Dorman Steele

At last their leader ordered them to lay down their arms, and he came, saying that the river was theirs, and that the English must pay toll for leave to pass.
— from Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by William Henry Giles Kingston

After that, the examining magistrate put to me endless questions about my jewels....
— from My Memoirs by Marguerite Steinheil

I did not want to take up any time then explaining my presence there.
— from The Rustlers of Pecos County by Zane Grey

The dreamer inquired about the details of this unusual occurrence, and learned that the servant-girl went with her lover to the home of her parents, where there was no opportunity for sexual relations, and that the excited man performed the act on the stairs.
— from Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Sigmund Freud

I was all this time exerting my power to keep the log up, and off him.
— from A Claim on Klondyke: A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Edward Roper