That it may be thoroughly well done, and that every man may go happy to bed, I have ordered to be brought here some bottles of brandy and kettles of hot water.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

But he by Merlin’s counsel had sent over sea to King Ban of Benwick and King Bors of Gaul, praying them to come and help him in his wars, and promising to help in return against King Claudas, their foe.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

And to discover and destroy him I have slain a hundred knights, and crippled utterly as many more, and many have died in my prisons; and now, as I have told thee, I have many more therein, who all shall be delivered, if thou tell me thy name, and it be not Sir Lancelot.” “Well,” said Lancelot, “I am that knight, son of King Ban of Benwick, and Knight of the Round Table; so now I defy thee to do thy best!” “Aha!” said Turquine, with a shout, “is it then so at last!
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

What interested him much more than the final departure of his father from things mundane was a tri-cornered conversation between Beatrice, Mr. Barton, of Barton and Krogman, their lawyers, and himself, that took place several days after the funeral.
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald

King Ban of Benwick, and King Bors of Gaul had ordained them, and so passed the sea and came to Benwick.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

At three o'clock the whole diplomatic body assembled at [pg 304] the castle in the o-shiro-jô-in , all the other apartments being occupied by Aidzu, Kuwana and Kishiû.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

Blowing of bellows, and knocking of hammers, if they apply their ear to the cliff.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Leisurely the Chancellor took snuff, leisurely he opened a folded handkerchief, dusted his nostrils, and then, in his soft voice, said— "Ishmael Ameer is a Koranist—that is to say, one who takes the Koran as the basis of belief and keeps an open mind about tradition."
— from The White Prophet, Volume 1 (of 2) by Caine, Hall, Sir

Sprinkle the plants with water as soon as removed from the bed, place in a shallow box or basket and keep them shaded from the sun.
— from The Vegetable Garden: What, When, and How to Plant by Anonymous

A man such as Roger was not likely therefore to be overlooked by a King such as Béla; and his advancement was certain to come in time, notwithstanding the fact that he was an Italian.
— from 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar; Or, The Scourge of God by Jósika, Miklós, báró

This day, Mr Banks crossed to the other side of the harbour, where, as he walked along a sandy beach, he found innumerable fruits, and many of them such as no plants which he had discovered in this country produced: Among others were some cocoa-nuts, which Tupia said had been opened by a kind of crab, which from his description we judged to be the same that the Dutch call Beurs Krabbe , and which we had not seen in these seas.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 by Robert Kerr

Then he looked at the ball of brass, and knew there was no man in all England able to so much as carry it, much less play at hand-ball with it as was proposed.
— from A Book of Giants: Tales of Very Tall Men of Myth, Legend, History, and Science. by Henry Wysham Lanier

CHAPTER VI THE BATTLE OF BUSACO Army kindly received in Portugal—Much fighting with French army under Massena—Lord Wellington’s retreat on the lines of Torres Vedras—Battle of Busaco WE were now in Portugal, and by the kindness and hospitality of the inhabitants were made truly comfortable.
— from Recollections of a Peninsular Veteran by Joseph Jocelyn Anderson

This was the year of the appearance of Lady Randolph Churchill's Anglo-Saxon Review , a sumptuous publication which for a brief period revived the glories of the Books of Beauty and Keepsakes , edited in the 'thirties and 'forties of the last century by that "most gorgeous" lady, the Countess of Blessington.
— from Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 4 (of 4).—1892-1914 by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves