When crossing the Pír Panjál (the mountain crossed on entering Káshmir from Lahore) with the camp of Aurangzíb, he met with "an old Hermit who had dwelt upon the summit of the Pass since the days of Jehangir, and whose religion nobody knew, although it was said that he could work miracles, and used at his pleasure to produce extraordinary thunderstorms, as well as hail, snow, rain, and wind.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

The Senhor Don Alfonso stood confused; Antonia bustled round the ransack'd room, And, turning up her nose, with looks abused Her master and his myrmidons, of whom Not one, except the attorney, was amused; He, like Achates, faithful to the tomb, So there were quarrels, cared not for the cause, Knowing they must be settled by the laws.
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Where is evil then, and whence, and how crept it in hither?
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

He had scarce finished this short relation, when his rival, bluntly entering the apartment, with an handkerchief tied round his eye, committed Valentine to the charge of a constable, who attended him, by a warrant from a justice of the peace in that neighbourhood, and threatened to prosecute the merchant on an action of damages for the loss of an eye, which he said he had sustained in his service.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

[288] Now, as the law was more plainly given afterward, and the apostle says, "Where no law is, there is no prevarication," [289] on what supposition is what is said in the psalm true, "I accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators," [290] except that all who are held liable for any sin are accused of dealing deceitfully (prevaricating) with some law?
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

[321] Moreover, that dear good-looking bore, G. Cole, holds it to be his duty to stick by Frederick and flirt en tiers as well as he can.
— from Miss Eden's Letters by Emily Eden

As a boat was expected to arrive within an hour, we took leave of the many kind friends, and repaired to the wharf-boat.
— from A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Haviland by Laura S. (Laura Smith) Haviland

And their work remains admirable for all time, for their hearts were engaged therein as well as heads and hands.
— from A Month in Yorkshire by Walter White

It is quite easy to ascertain which a horse likes best by putting some good hard mixture and equally well-gotten meadow hay side by side in front of him.
— from The Shire Horse in Peace and War by J. Albert Frost

Granger endorsed them, and was about handing them to his partner, when the latter said: “Put our name on them while you are about it.”
— from Cast Adrift by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

"The wretch!" ejaculated the angry woman, all her softer emotions giving way to this fancied insult.
— from Rosamond, or, the Youthful Error: A Tale of Riverside; And Other Stories by Mary Jane Holmes

Even the affectionate welcome accorded him by his people failed to dispel his gloom or cheer his soul.
— from The Boy Crusaders: A Story of the Days of Louis IX. by John G. (John George) Edgar