They moved;—I said Fitz-James was brave As ever knight that belted glaive, Yet dare not say that now his blood Kept on its wont and tempered flood, As, following Roderick's stride, he drew That seeming lonesome pathway through, Which yet by fearful proof was rife With lances, that, to take his life, Waited but signal from a guide, So late dishonored and defied.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

I compared her in my mind with Dora, with considerable inward satisfaction; but I candidly admitted to myself that she seemed to be an excellent kind of girl for Traddles, too.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

There were five kings that managed the affairs of this county: Ballas, Barsas, Senabar, and Sumobor, with the king of Bela; and each king led on his own troops: and the Assyrians made war upon them; and, dividing their army into four parts, fought against them.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

He had been at a fast supper-party, given the night before by Captain the Honourable George Cinqbars, at his house in Brompton Square, to several young men of the regiment, and a number of ladies of the corps de ballet, and old Mac, who was at home with people of all ages and ranks, and consorted with generals, dog-fanciers, opera-dancers, bruisers, and every kind of person, in a word, was resting himself after the night's labours, and, not being on duty, was in bed.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

In Louis Philippe's reign he entertained in this mansion with one of the most brilliant affairs ever known, according to the account of the guests present, among whom were Blondet, Rastignac, Valentin, Cardot, Aquilina de la Garde, and Euphrasie.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

Ug mahalun ang ímung kuhaun, dakù sab ug instulmin, If you buy an expensive kind, you’ll have to pay large installments, too.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

He spake; and all at fiery speed the two Shocked on the central bridge, and either spear Bent but not brake, and either knight at once, Hurled as a stone from out of a catapult Beyond his horse's crupper and the bridge, Fell, as if dead; but quickly rose and drew, And Gareth lashed so fiercely with his brand He drave his enemy backward down the bridge, The damsel crying, 'Well-stricken, kitchen-knave!'
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

The Lord has been again exceedingly kind, and has again helped in His faithful love.
— from A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. Part 4 by George Müller

Yet, we must confess, that the common people, guided by the bonzes, are equally knavish with our own; that everything is sold enormously dear to foreigners, as among ourselves; that, with respect to the sciences, the Chinese are just where we were two hundred years ago; that, like us, they labor under a thousand ridiculous prejudices; and that they believe in talismans and judicial astrology, as we long did ourselves.
— from A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 03 by Voltaire

To me the Emperor, but an earthly king, hath delegated his imperial powers.
— from The Minister of Evil: The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia by William Le Queux

From EMANUEL WEILL, Rabbi of the Portuguese Congregation, Paris, France: I do not know the secret of God, but I believe that Jesus and Christianity were providential means, useful to the Deity in guiding all men gradually, and by an effort, keeping pace with the mental state of the majority of men from paganism up to the pure and true idea of the divinity.
— from Tarry thou till I come; or, Salathiel, the wandering Jew. by George Croly

By A. E. Knight.
— from S. W. Partridge & Co. Catalogue of Popular Illustrated Books, 1904 by England) S. W. Partridge & Co. (London

Sophia smiled; young Dietrich looked at her with a blush, and Eulenböck kept drinking with great satisfaction, while the stranger gravely listened to the old man, who, sure of his point, went on with so much the more zeal: "No; happy the man who, a total stranger to this preposterous passion, conceives the rational resolution of entering into the wedded state; and blest the maid who decorously finds a husband without having ever acted with him those scenes of frenzy; for then results that content, that quiet, and blessedness, which was not unknown to our forefathers, but which the modern world thinks beneath its notice.
— from The Pictures; The Betrothing: Novels by Ludwig Tieck

It always could be shaded; but few clients knew that; and the majority, much flattered at their own business acumen, entertained kind feelings toward Sharrow & Co. and sentiments almost cordial toward young Shotwell when the “shading” process had proved to be successful.
— from The Crimson Tide: A Novel by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

M. le Chevalier de Broval, as everyone knows, had been one of the faithful followers of M. le Duc d'Orléans.
— from My Memoirs, Vol. II, 1822 to 1825 by Alexandre Dumas

He had scarcely cast anchor before the ship was surrounded by a crowd of pirogues, filled with bananas and every kind of fruit, which were exchanged for nails and old pieces of stuff.
— from Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Jules Verne

The princes of Punt after arrival in this country, bringing with them costly things of the Arabian [2] land, such as never had yet been brought by any Egyptian king, for the Supreme Majesty of the god Amon-Ra, Lord of the terrestrial thrones."
— from The World's Progress, Vol. 01 (of 10) With Illustrative texts from Masterpieces of Egyptian, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Modern European and American Literature by Delphian Society