Inquiries in their original haunts, and among tribes now under different names, might doubtless bring to light their original designation, now best known within the Indus; while the Takshak or Takiuk may probably be discovered in the Tajik, still in his ancient haunts, the Transoxiana and Chorasmia of classic authors; the Mawaru-n-nahr of the Persians; the Turan, Turkistan, or Tocharistan of native geography; the abode of the Tochari, Takshak, or Turushka invaders of India, described in the Puranas and existing inscriptions.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

As he was therefore purifying his followers, he lighted upon the gods of Laban; [for he did not before know they were stolen by Rachel;]
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

But things fell out so that his disappearance did not become known to the authorities till the evening of the following day, when, the police went to question his family, who were panic-stricken at his absence but kept quiet from fear of consequences.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The incident did not become known at once, but when they came back to the town it penetrated to the school and even
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Had not this Accident broke off the Debate, no Body knows where it would have ended.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

The understanding could never arrive at this perception, however, if some effect did not become known immediately, and thus serve as a starting-point.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

For they were but bestial folk and did nothing but kept beasts and led them to pastures.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

For four days was Don Quixote most sumptuously entertained in Don Diego's house, at the end of which time he asked his permission to depart, telling him he thanked him for the kindness and hospitality he had received in his house, but that, as it did not become knights-errant to give themselves up for long to idleness and luxury, he was anxious to fulfill the duties of his calling in seeking adventures, of which he was informed there was an abundance in that neighbourhood, where he hoped to employ his time until the day came round for the jousts at Saragossa, for that was his proper destination; and that, first of all, he meant to enter the cave of Montesinos, of which so many marvellous things were reported all through the country, and at the same time to investigate and explore the origin and true source of the seven lakes commonly called the lakes of Ruidera.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Virtues flintie wall Shall locke vice in mee, I'll do none, but know all.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

He who is not trusted with his own actions, his drift not being known to be evil, and standing to the hazard of law and penalty, has no great argument to think himself reputed in the Commonwealth wherein he was born for other than a fool or a foreigner.
— from Areopagitica A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England by John Milton

"Monsieur," said she to the President de Nesmond, "be kind to my son; he has a right to your name and arms, and though he is my living image, dearest Theodore is your son."
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

The immorality of debt not being known, churches are very often built without regard to the financial inability of the people, and deceive by suggesting rich parishioners when the people are very poor and live from hand to mouth.
— from The Defects of the Negro Church The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 10 by Orishatukeh Faduma

The reasons given by the ministry for refusing to convoke the Chambers at an earlier period were afterwards shewn not to be insuperable by their actual convocation on the first of December under a special call for domestic purposes, which fact, however, did not become known to this Government until after the commencement of the last session of Congress.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

You are not to suppose that Dick was doing nothing but keeping the score.
— from The Lucky Seventh by Ralph Henry Barbour

To-day, even in pure science, some of the greatest contributions are made by industrial laboratories; but sometimes these do not become known to the public for many years.
— from Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh

If you'll cut out the starchy foods and drink nothing but Kissingen, and begin skipping the rope every day, you'll be surprised how much of that you'll take off in a little while.
— from The Slim Princess by George Ade

Now the Queen was the King's second wife, and she was not a favourite in the Kingdom, for she was a proud, insolent woman, who did not behave kindly to her step-daughter, the Princess Gemdelovely, and who spent much more of her time in the company of a great Sorcerer, whom everyone feared and dreaded, than she did in that of the King, her husband.
— from The Scottish Fairy Book by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Wilson) Grierson

He realized that he had been hit pretty hard—that he could do nothing but keep still just then.
— from The Ridin' Kid from Powder River by Henry Herbert Knibbs