I’ll take it upon my death, I gave him this wound in the thigh: if the man were alive, and would deny it, zwounds, I would make him eat a piece of my sword.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
Now Mithridates, the king of Parthia, had Demetrius in great honor, till Demetrius ended his life by sickness.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus
I assert that it does immensely greater harm than obvious falsehood, because, indeed, the unvarnished lie is much more easily discoverable than the probable truth which is still untruth.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross
she said in a bewildered manner; "and how did I get here?" The Sultan was so delighted to hear these words that he not only embraced his daughter, but kissed the hand of the dervish.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang
With some difficulty, I got him to make the tour of the house.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë
[51] Like a good servant, Job counted the will of his Lord his great possession, by obedience to which his soul was enriched; nor did it grieve him to lose, while yet living, those goods which he must shortly leave at his death.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
In the dictation I gave him the Council of Trent happened to occur.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
He is perfectly willing to pro rate the special assessment and there will be no difficulty in getting him to pay for title insurance.
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Mr. Converse’s stories possess a charm of their own which is appreciated by lads who delight in good healthy tales that smack of salt water.
— from Tom Thatcher's Fortune by Alger, Horatio, Jr.
Wildney’s seat was near the door, so there was little difficulty in getting him to his place comparatively unobserved.
— from Eric, or Little by Little by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar
Dismounting, I drove the horse before me, but had great difficulty in getting him to keep the beaten track; sometimes he would turn to the right or left, and the long grass brushing against my legs would alone make me acquainted with the fact of having left the road.
— from Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Alfred W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson
For it was that last which hit Adrian hardest, in all this distracting imbroglio, giving him that "uncommon nasty blow below the belt" the effects of which Joseph Challoner had noted.
— from Adrian Savage: A Novel by Lucas Malet
After giving him a Vomit and two Doses of Tincture of Rhubarb, I gave him four Grains of the Powder of Ipecacuana with Opium three Times a Day; but that having no Effect, after using it for above a Fortnight, I ordered him the Electuary of Diascord and Cortex; from the Time he began to use this Medicine, he mended daily; and was dismissed in good Health the 26th of September .
— from An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Donald Monro
Ellen was greatly refreshed with her rest and her dinner; it grieved her that the Brownie had not fared as well.
— from The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner
Directly I got here this morning the Prince sent for me, and said he had been made somewhat uneasy by a conversation he had just had with the Queen.
— from The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 by Queen of Great Britain Victoria
"I am sorry to say Miss Dale is going home to Allington to-morrow," said Emily.
— from The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
But why did I give her the money, then?
— from Hunger by Knut Hamsun
When the Cecil’s boat returned to their barge next door to us we all set up a tremendous cheer, and Reggie departed in great haste to congratulate Miss Accrington, who was clapping her little hands with the most sisterly devotion.
— from Red Paint at Oxford: Sketches by Tush
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