She rattled on: "My present business is to enjoy youth, and not to think of fettering myself, by promise or vow, to this man or that.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

5 But in the evening You made us come out of it.
— from The First Book of Adam and Eve by Rutherford Hayes Platt

For seven years after he had killed Agamemnon he ruled in Mycene, and the people were obedient under him, but in the eighth year Orestes came back from Athens to be his bane, and killed the murderer of his father.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

Had you been in the earlier years of your life a citizen of the village of Winesburg, Ohio, there would have been for you no mystery in regard to the beast in his cage.
— from Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson

Let me therefore mention once more what I said some time ago, that to your father you were dutiful and affectionate, and that you constantly maintained friendly relations with your brothers, for your father you were ever willing to obey, and as the colleague of your brothers in the empire you always displayed moderation.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

At first he alleged his tender years as an excuse, but in the end yielded to the persistent requests of his people.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

"But if I grant, thou might'st defend The thesis which thy words intend ­ That to begin implies to end; "Yet how should I for certain hold, 10
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

But in the ensuing year they recalled the hasty decree, restored the liberty of the schools, and were convinced by the experience of ages, that the moral character of philosophers is not affected by the diversity of their theological speculations.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

But I told 'em ye'd hold out.
— from The Heritage of the Hills by Arthur Preston Hankins

But, in the ensuing year, the affairs of the Jacobites brightened; France, which had suspended her favours, once more encouraged and flattered the party.
— from Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume III. by Thomson, A. T., Mrs.

The fact is recognized, that the education of a violinist must begin in the early years, when the will and hand are flexible, and not merely the training, but the occupation, is almost exclusive, for the specialist is made only by a special and relatively exclusive devotion to the particular faculties which are desired to be trained.
— from The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I by William James Stillman

'Marry, and amen,' said the temporal magistrate; 'but I think even your merciful logic will hardly deny the conclusion.'
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott

You used to say that you wouldn’t mind being poor, but in the end you’d have hated it as much as I should.”
— from The Phantom Lover by Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred) Ayres

It is walled, and has a citadel built in the early years of the 19th century.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

This church was built in the earliest years of the 11th century, and was dedicated in 1045, the Emperor Henry IV.
— from A History of Architecture in All Countries, Volume 2, 3rd ed. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Fergusson

The girl leaned forward in her chair and said in a solemn way: “There are more divorces begun in the Eighth Year than in any other period.”
— from The Eighth Year: A Vital Problem of Married Life by Philip Gibbs

"You fought and lost," said I sadly, "but in the end you won.
— from Madame Gilbert's Cannibal by Bennet Copplestone

Then he added imperturbably, looking her boldly in the eyes: "You are very beautiful.
— from The Salamander by Owen Johnson