This suggests the conclusion that Atu’a’ine and Aturamo’a are heroes of the Kula like Tokosikuna and Kasabwaybwayreta; and that their story is another variant of the fundamental Kula myth.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

"The Siol Alpine, or race of Alpine, includes several clans who claimed descent from Kenneth McAlpine, an ancient king.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

The hermit thus with watchful heed Received the poem's pregnant seed, And looked with eager thought around If fuller knowledge might be found.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

“More females,” Kennon muttered to himself.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

Tial li forkuris kelkajn mejlojn de la urbo, kaj sin kaŝis en granda arbaro malantaŭ vilaĝo.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

Then she was passed from hand to hand, licked hands and faces, kept mounting higher and higher, and at last got into the gallery. . . .
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The two years spent in the theatrical world had, in fact, kept me in a constant state of distraction, of which in my heart of hearts I was most painfully conscious.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

Sir, he said, my name is Sir Tristram de Liones, and from King Mark of Cornwall I was sent on message unto King Anguish of Ireland, for to fetch his daughter to be his wife, and here she is ready to go with me into Cornwall, and her name is La Beale Isoud.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Fette Küche, magere Erbschaft —A fat kitchen, a lean legacy.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

He by force kissed my neck and lips; and said, Whoever blamed Lucretia? All the shame lay on the ravisher only and I am content to take all the blame upon me, as I have already borne too great a share for what I have not deserved.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

Amy agreed, and they were in the heart of the sentimental romance, finding it more interesting than most modern readers, for the girl had an improved Thaddeus before her, and the Pole a fairer, kinder Mary Beaufort.
— from Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories by Louisa May Alcott

That arrow quivered in Carson, but he gave no sign, going on deliberately: "—For knowing Mr. Abinger might be different to your reasons—or shall we say inducements?"
— from Poppy: The Story of a South African Girl by Cynthia Stockley

At once there was organised the First Combined Anglo-Serbian Hospital, which consisted of your medical staff from Kragujevatz Military Hospital, and a certain number of the Serbian additional staff.
— from The Flaming Sword in Serbia and Elsewhere by M. A. (Mabel Annie) Stobart

"I heard their vile, wicked plot, and Fin kept me a prisoner in his tent lest I should warn you.
— from Katerfelto: A Story of Exmoor by G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville

The Free Kirk Minister wore a blue ribbon, and was a Temperance-at-any-price politician.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 30, 1892 by Various

With their sudden attack they compelled our men to flee, killing many of them, bringing a day of grief to the Franks.
— from The Deeds of God Through the Franks by Abbot of Nogent-sous-Coucy Guibert

As for the unclean garments, they must be washed and purified, and their foolish keepers must be cast into prison.”—This
— from Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers by W. A. (William Alexander) Clouston

Here I was not only threatened with death by three or four of the servants, who all blamed Master Peter for keeping me; but likewise two or three cats came round him, rubbing themselves backward and forward against his legs, and then standing upon their hind feet to endeavour to make themselves high enough to reach me.
— from The Life and Perambulations of a Mouse by Dorothy Kilner

Jane was frankly disappointed, as she admitted to having pictured in her mind's eye a series of peripatetic herbaceous borders in full flower, cruising about the lake at their own sweet will and tended by fair Kashmirian maidens.
— from A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by T. R. Swinburne