Fritters, that a king would have looked upon as a dainty dish, were placed on the table, and there was wine from the Skjagen vineyard—that is, the sea; for there the grapes come ashore ready pressed and prepared in barrels and in bottles.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Pecuaria. 60 Tillage of ground , and keeping Cattle , was in old time the care of Kings and Noble-men; at this Day only of the meanest sort of People, Cultus Agrorum , & res pecuaria , antiquissimis temporibus, erat cura Regum, Heroum; hodie tantum infirmæ Plebis, The Neat-heard , 1. calleth out the Heards , 2. out of the Beast-houses , 3.
— from The Orbis Pictus by Johann Amos Comenius

King Sigurd went to a feast east in Viken along with his court, and rode past a house belonging to a great bonde called Simon.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

When Father Ryan arrived, he put a stole about his neck and began praying [Pg 73] over my cousin and reading psalms and striking her with the stole; and in that way brought her back.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

But I had seen nearly every colonel who had been mustered in from the State of Illinois, and some from Indiana, and felt that if they could command a regiment properly, and with credit, I could also.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

Thoas came next, Andraemon's valiant son, From Pleuron's walls, and chalky Calydon, And rough Pylene, and the Olenian steep, And Chalcis, beaten by the rolling deep.
— from The Iliad by Homer

] I hate a froward and dismal spirit, that slips over all the pleasures of life and seizes and feeds upon misfortunes; like flies, that cannot stick to a smooth and polished body, but fix and repose themselves upon craggy and rough places, and like cupping-glasses, that only suck and attract bad blood.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

She consulted a Russian priest as to the possibility of divorce and remarriage during a husband’s lifetime, and the priest told her that it was impossible, and to her delight showed her a text in the Gospel which (as it seemed to him) plainly forbids remarriage while the husband is alive.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The path of social evolution was in the direction of the commingling of the city and rural population, and of the participation of the gauchos in public life, either by forming a large and worthy element in the army or by becoming the active nucleus of the popular civic movements.
— from The Social Evolution of the Argentine Republic by Ernesto Quesada

"For chasing: For the whole fleet to chase, a red pennant at the foretopmast head."
— from History of the National Flag of the United States of America by Schuyler Hamilton

His dress, ragged and tattered, was of three centuries ago—short breeches, a doublet of faded crimson velvet, and an old coat with puffed sleeves, while in his hand he carried a rusty poniard and seemed prepared to spring out upon us.
— from The Tickencote Treasure by William Le Queux

Already, competing companies at reduced prices are manifesting themselves, and I heard with perfect satisfaction to their patrons, but the Sheiks, they say, are bought up by the "Cook's."
— from My Trip Around the World: August, 1895-May, 1896 by Eleonora Hunt

Among the specialities made at Tourcoing were: fine thread , tablecloths and tapestry-work of mixed silk and mercerised cotton (well known for their fine colouring and reasonable price), and carpets of the Wilton and Oriental types.
— from Lille Before and During the War by Pneu Michelin (Firm)

[397] To the clerical and reactionary party at Madrid, it amounted to nothing less than a sentence of destruction, and the utmost pressure was brought to bear upon the weak and dying King with the object of inducing him to undo the alleged wrong which he had done to his brother.
— from A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 by Charles Alan Fyffe

Though not a great beauty, Hildegarde was certainly a remarkably pretty and even distinguished-looking girl; and "being neither blind nor a fool," she soliloquized, "where is the harm in acknowledging it?"
— from Queen Hildegarde by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

“You could if you’d keep your head on it; but a body can’t cook and read poetry at the same time; still you do mighty well,” said Aunt ‘Liza, inwardly pleased with the praise.
— from Wild Roses: A Tale of the Rockies by Howard R. (Howard Roscoe) Driggs

What, miss! replied Arabella, will you dare, by this insinuation, to cast any censures upon the virtue of the divine Mandana, the haughty Amalazontha, the fair Statira, the cold and rigid Parisatis, and many other illustrious ladies, who did not scruple to visit their lovers, when confined to their beds, either by the wounds they received in battle, or the more cruel and dangerous ones they suffered from their eyes?
— from The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella, v. 1-2 by Charlotte Lennox

Prior to this time he had been considered a respectable, pious and able preacher.
— from Gems for the Young Folks Fourth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-Day Saints. by Various