By these speeches he brought matters so far that the Jamtaland people of their own accord offered to be subject to him, which they said was useful and necessary for them; and thus, on both sides, it was agreed that the Jamtalanders should put their whole country under King Eystein.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

created his younger son Thomas Duke of Clarence , who being slain without issue 9th of Henry V., the honour remained in the Crown, until King Edward IV.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

It seemed he was a small chief under King Ethelwalch, and I fancy the King was somewhat afraid of him.
— from Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling

“We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up,” Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded.
— from Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

This substitution of ken for kin (A.S. cyn ) seems to have been due to the exigencies of rime, as Chaucer uses kin elsewhere.
— from Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) — Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer

"He tell dem say, w'en he die, aftah dey bin hebe (throw) um nah wattah, he meet de pusson wey crown um king, en dis pusson tell um, say: 'W'en yo' go back, make dey mus' crown de same way dis messenger.'
— from Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales by Henry W. Ward

Banishment then signified religious excommunication, and practically expulsion from all civilized society,—since there yet existed no idea of human brotherhood, no conception of any claim upon kindness except the claim of kinship.
— from Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation by Lafcadio Hearn

he said: then, leaning well out of the window, he whispered to a man who was standing close underneath, “Keep ’em together, ca’n’t you?
— from Sylvie and Bruno (Illustrated) by Lewis Carroll

It is like turning to a lovely landscape of Regnier after looking at one of Gudin’s tempests; but, if the representation of the conflict causes us keen emotions, the sight of a pure sky and fields bright with blossoms brings sweet repose to our souls and often arouses pleasanter sensations within us.
— from The Milkmaid of Montfermeil (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XX) by Paul de Kock

They went through the flower and kitchen gardens; they saw the once fallen wall rebuilt now with the old brick; they visited the greenhouses and came upon Kedgers entranced with business, but enraptured at being called upon to show his treasures.
— from The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett

“Stand on the hatchway, Porter,” cries Rex again; “and if those fellows come up, knock 'em down with a handspoke.
— from For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke