Stage directions in Paul provide for ‘cryeing and rorying’ and Belial enters with the cry, ‘Ho, ho, behold me.’
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson

be dǣle in part, partly .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Gay lady, if thy will be so, Now hear the tale of long ago, And when my tongue has done its part Ponder the story in thine heart.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

The figure has to that extent, as you see, been placed—placed in the imagination that detains it, preserves, protects, enjoys it, conscious of its presence in the dusky, crowded, heterogeneous back-shop of the mind very much as a wary dealer in precious odds and ends, competent to make an “advance” on rare objects confided to him, is conscious of the rare little “piece” left in deposit by the reduced, mysterious lady of title or the speculative amateur, and which is already there to disclose its merit afresh as soon as a key shall have clicked in a cupboard-door.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

I was determined to reach the White Sphinx early the next morning, and ere the dusk I purposed pushing through the woods that had stopped me on the previous journey.
— from The Time Machine by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The only reasonable rules on the subject are these: send out as few detachments as possible, and recall thorn immediately when their duty is per [Pg 223] formed.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

With what endless variety are designs in pottery, painting, and sculpture produced, and with what skill executed!
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Madame Thénardier had died in prison pending the trial.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

inspired by you The mighty labour dauntless I pursue; [pg 040] What crowded armies, from what climes they bring, Their names, their numbers, and their chiefs I sing.
— from The Iliad by Homer

Spirit lamps are a source of danger if proper precautions are not taken.
— from The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations A Popular Encyclopædia for Boys by Gordon Stables

South Korea has also maintained its commitment to democratize its political processes.
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Which little distinction is proof, perhaps, that Love blinds the eyes of men, but opens the eyes of women.
— from Hints for Lovers by Arnold Haultain

As for the garden play, Our Lady of the Broken Heart , as it is called, the bright, birdlike snatches of song that break in here and there—as the singing does in Pippa Passes —form a very welcome relief to the somewhat ordinary movement of the blank verse, and suggest to us again where Miss Robinson’s real power lies.
— from Reviews by Oscar Wilde

Sincipút o , the forepart or vpper part of the head forward nigh to the coronall suture, which in late borne children is so soft and tender that vnder it the construction and dilatation of the braine called Sistula and Diastole is plainely perceiued: the bones of Sicipút o close the suture called Sagittále between Labdóide and C o r o nále.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio

Every plant within reach has long since been cleared away; those remaining dwell in perilous places on the cliffs.
— from The Woodlands Orchids, Described and Illustrated With Stories of Orchid-Collecting by Frederick Boyle

It had not been the custom of the hacienda—at least during its present proprietary.
— from The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas by Mayne Reid

It seems also to be the oldest, since its dome is partially pierced with windows inside, though outside there is a distinctly marked drum (Woodcut No. 337 ).
— from A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volume 1, 3rd ed. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Fergusson

"'The labour we delight in physics pain,'" said Mr. Furnival gallantly.
— from Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope

"Dinner in Paris, perhaps.
— from Project Cyclops by Thomas Hoover