“By my faith,” said Sir Galahad, “I would draw it forth, but dare not try.”
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

The main texture of disposition is formed, independently of schooling, by such influences.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

And would also have the means to do it; for the government required the employer to put money in its hands for this purpose before the recruit was delivered to him.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

“You mustna mind that, my wench—she does it for your good.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

I trust that by these considerations I have demonstrated that neither did I found a society for revolutionary purposes, nor have I taken part since in others, nor have I been concerned in the rebellion, but that on the contrary I have been opposed to it, as the making public of a private conversation has proven.
— from The Philippines a Century Hence by José Rizal

4. Dūcite, iaciam, fugiēbant.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Accordingly, he determined to make sure of his share beforehand; wherefore, as soon as he came to the bottom, calling to mind the precious ring whereof he had heard them speak, he drew it from the archbishop's finger and set it on his own.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

Thy fierceness finds no leisure; dalliance is far from thee, and savagery fostered.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

The very thing the wizard did Its falsity exposes-- If that indeed were ever hid.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

The organ of this superintendence would concentrate, as in a focus, the variety of information and experience derived from the conduct of that branch of public business in all the localities, from everything analogous which is done in foreign countries, and from the general principles of political science.
— from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

oh! how much do I feel in obeying thee!
— from The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire

"We did indeed fight some of Chief Gray Wolf's Apache scouts," said Ana.
— from The Story of Geronimo by Jim Kjelgaard

The front is divided into four rooms.
— from The cremation of the dead considered from an aesthetic, sanitary, religious, historical, medico-legal, and economical standpoint by Hugo Erichsen

Darkness is falling quickly, and we grow indistinct to each other.
— from Under Fire: The Story of a Squad by Henri Barbusse

"I'll question the girl;" and, turning to Betsy Jane, she said, taking up the book which had before attracted her attention, "Is this 'Jenny Douglas' intended for you?"
— from Maggie Miller: The Story of Old Hagar's Secret by Mary Jane Holmes

One day I found myself eating broth that someone was feeding to me.
— from The Great Quest A romance of 1826, wherein are recorded the experiences of Josiah Woods of Topham, and of those others with whom he sailed for Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea by Charles Boardman Hawes

After a few minutes more the column halted, and Cædwalla directed the band to divide into four equal companies.
— from Cædwalla; or, The Saxons in the Isle of Wight: A Tale by Frank Cadogan Cowper

These picked troops sold their lives dearly, but the perfection of the Macedonian arms, and, above all, the superiority of the tactics employed by their generals, carried the day; the evening of the 30th of September found Darius in flight, and the Achæmenian empire crushed by the furious charges of Alexander’s squadrons.
— from History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 9 (of 12) by G. (Gaston) Maspero

These words of the inspired apostle, though directly referring to the actings of Israel in the wilderness, may nevertheless apply to the entire history of that people—a history fraught with the deepest instruction from first to last.
— from The All-Sufficiency of Christ. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. I by Charles Henry Mackintosh