Say you were lineally descended from King Pepin, or he himself, what of this?
— from The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster

Kremelen , v. to anoint with oil or fat; kremelyd , pp. , MD; see Cremelen .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

But waiting for no answer, Bosinney strode off into the fog, and George followed, keeping perhaps a little further off, yet more than ever set on tracking him down.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property by John Galsworthy

The fourth Knight passes by, and his Squire presents his shield to Thaisa.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The fifth Knight passes by, and his Squire presents his shield to Thaisa.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

I have discussed the probable origin of domestic pigeons at some, yet quite insufficient, length; because when I first kept pigeons and watched the several kinds, well knowing how truly they breed, I felt fully as much difficulty in believing that since they had been domesticated they had all proceeded from a common parent, as any naturalist could in coming to a similar conclusion in regard to the many species of finches, or other groups of birds, in nature.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

EXHIBITION, allowance for keep, pocket-money. EXORBITANT, exceeding limits of propriety or law, inordinate.
— from The Alchemist by Ben Jonson

He soon learned to make the letters for key , pen , pin ; and by having the object repeatedly placed in his hand, he at last perceived the relation I wished to establish between them.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

The whole body of finishers keeps pace with the whole body of operators.
— from Wage Earning and Education by R. R. (Rufus Rolla) Lutz

Thy father knew Philemon
— from A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Amanda M. Douglas

“My father knows perfectly well where I am, and just why, too.”
— from The Motor Boat Club at Nantucket; or, The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

Thus September and October passed away, and the last of the harvest was gathered in, and November came with bitter winds and rain; and save a few hurried lines from Katrine, posted in Perugia, I knew nothing of the fate of all whom I had loved and lost.
— from A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards

At 8 carried away the fore keel pendant and lost the keel, at 10 took in the studding sail.
— from The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant by Ida Lee

like that outworn king erewhile From kind Phæacia shoreward borne; for me, Thy loving healèd Greek, thou too shall lay Beneath the olive boughs of mine own isle.
— from The White Sail, and Other Poems by Louise Imogen Guiney

FOOTNOTE: [5] Our casualties were as follows:— KILLED:— Private J. Simmonds, D Co. Private H. Braiden, G Co.
— from Two Years on Trek: Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa by Louis Eugène Du Moulin

of Dillwyn Parrish & M. F. K. Parrish
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1967 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office