This having come to the knowledge of Æsop, he drove the rascal from his house, and the latter, in order to be revenged upon him, forged letters by which it was made to appear that Æsop was in the pay of kings who were at enmity with Lycerus.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

She now began to weep, but revived upon hearing of what had just occurred, and entreated Emily to take her with her.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

But Rogojin understood how things were tending, at last.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

There was nothing else in the world but that face, and he would never know rest, blessed rest, until he had beaten that face into a pulp with his bleeding knuckles, or until the bleeding knuckles that somehow belonged to that face had beaten him into a pulp.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

But in his choice of the Ruy Blas Overture he appears to have been prompted by a desire to place himself on this occasion so close to the operatic style that its effectiveness might be reflected upon his own work.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

The only chair in the place is occupied by Emily; and John Edward, if the language of clothes can be relied upon, has evidently been sitting on the floor.
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

The lower half of this cone is clothed with trees of good size, but the upper region is barren rock, usually hidden among the clouds, and covered with snow during the greater part of the year.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

So he set a trap for him and caught him; and in order to be revenged upon him, he tied a bunch of tow to his tail and set fire to it and let him go.
— from Aesop's Fables; a new translation by Aesop

From the height above Wilfred could have sworn to every item of his costume and appearance, down to the Bohun rings upon his fingers; but the skull was only a hideous splash, like a star of blackness and blood.
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

And when he had looked, a sharp shock thrilled him, for she herself was looking at him; her eyes were fixed upon him with a strange steadiness, as if perhaps they had been resting upon him for some minutes and she had forgotten herself.
— from The Pretty Sister Of José 1889 by Frances Hodgson Burnett

And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Leviticus by Samuel H. (Samuel Henry) Kellogg

It seemed he arrived at a crisis in which the king’s only daughter had given her father some terrible offence, and in order to be revenged upon her, the father issued his commands that she should be compelled to take for her husband the first stranger who arrived in the town after sunset.
— from Henry Martyn, Saint and Scholar First Modern Missionary to the Mohammedans, 1781-1812 by George Smith

In the latter case the name has been bestowed recently upon his house by the landlord, because he knew it to be a very common custom to call a house the “ Three Somethings,” although of the origin of that custom he probably knew absolutely nothing.
— from The Trade Signs of Essex A popular account of the origin and meanings of the public houses & other signs by Miller Christy

Mrs. Plowden said, whose attention had been riveted upon her own children, and who, in sincerity, had scarcely noticed Mab until she danced with Jim.
— from Lady William by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

"Chiefs ought to be respected, they ought to be looked up to by their people; they ought to have good Councillors; the Chiefs and Councillors should consult for the good of the people; the Queen expects Indians and whites to obey her laws; she expects them to live at peace with other Indians and with the white men; the Chiefs and Councillors should teach their people so, and once the Queen approves a Chief or Councillor he cannot be removed unless he behaves badly.
— from The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto by Alexander Morris

When all the operations involved in the production of acetic acid from wood, from the felling of the tree to the final separation of the glacial substance, are taken into consideration, it will be readily understood how it is that this acid has never been cheap when compared with other acids used on an equally large scale.
— from Acids, Alkalis and Salts by George Henry Joseph Adlam

Anne and her ministers did not approve of his scheme, and the Virginians becoming restive under his administration, he was recalled.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

She nodded brightly, rolled up her knitting, looked around at the ladder in the garden behind her, glanced down at him, which was the shorter way.
— from The Girl Philippa by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

No man's religion can be right until his heart become right, nor can his heart become right until his tongue is right.
— from Arabian Wisdom: Selections and Translations from the Arabic by John Wortabet