Look for the Knight of the Fetterlock, fair Rebecca, and see how he bears himself; for as the leader is, so will his followers be.”
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

For if there were such a second command, it is very clear that the guilt of failing to obey it would bear no proportion to that of disobeying the principal command if known, yet the failure to know would receive the same punishment as the failure to obey the principal law.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Foods were kept on top in pans, dishes or pots, and were thus carried from the kitchen into the dining room.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

(d) With good wind they make Grassless Land, go ashore, find a huge, rocky cavern, strike a flint to kindle a fire at the entrance as a safeguard against demons, and a torch to light them as they explored the cavern.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

By this you cannot fail to know them; 'Tis needless, therefore, that I show them.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

Also there came to the feast the king of Scotland with six hundred knights with him, and he was but a young man.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

I spoke a few hurried but energetic words to my companions, and, having succeeded in gaining over a few of them to my purpose made a frantic sally from the kiosk.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Why these allusions to Constantinople as the place "to find the key to dark secrets," to the mysterious Mr. X. who does not wish his real name to be known, and to the anonymous ex-officer of the Okhrana from whom by mere chance he bought the very copy of the Dialogues used for the fabrication of the Protocols by the Okhrana itself, although this fact was unknown to the officer in question?
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

'"And, lo, behold these talents of their hair, With twisted metal amorously empleached, I have receiv'd from many a several fair, Their kind acceptance weepingly beseeched, With the annexions of fair gems enriched, And deep-brained sonnets that did amplify Each stone's dear nature, worth, and quality.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

No one has ever learned fully to know himself.
— 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.

There was a moment’s silence, the officer then took the old gentleman’s hand, and pressing it with emotion, said,— “Sir, I thank you for the kind lesson you have taught me; I hope it will not be in vain.”
— from Talkers: With Illustrations by John Bate

[Pg 226] Lifted by a hand he saw not, Felt the cold breath of the night air, 220 For a moment saw the starlight; But he saw the ghosts no longer, Saw no more the wandering spirits From the kingdom of Ponemah, From the land of the Hereafter.
— from The Song of Hiawatha: An Epic Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Arthur submitted in silence; for he well remembered the last words of his grandfather, and made up his mind to obey his father, let his will be what it would; besides, he was very grateful for the kindness shown to his aunt and cousin.
— from The Rival Crusoes; Or, The Ship Wreck Also A Voyage to Norway; and The Fisherman's Cottage. by Agnes Strickland

[95] He thought the next day would never pass, at length the evening wore on, and Abdslem having procured a dozen armed men from the Kaïd of the town, placed them in ambush close to the place of meeting; and anxiously awaited the arrival of Ali, who did not appear until it was quite dusk.
— from The Arab's Pledge: A Tale of Marocco in 1830 by Edward Ledwich Mitford

He established himself in Paris, and could do so with comfort, for the king bestowed a pension upon him.
— from Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business by D. W. (David W.) Bartlett

To-day they inquired about the slave, whether she was dead, or what had become of the poor thing; but the shepherds refused to give any account,—said, in fact, they knew nothing about the matter.
— from Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by James Richardson

Unable to endure these oppressions, the inhabitants of Ormuz and its dependencies formed a conspiracy against the Portuguese, and broke out into open insurrection against them suddenly at Ormuz, Bahrayn, Muscat, Kuriat, and Zoar[165], all in one night by previous concert, by a private order from the king of Ormuz.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

“You aren’t fit to know now.
— from Nic Revel: A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land by George Manville Fenn

The Duke said that on Friday the King was much better.
— from A Political Diary, 1828-1830, Volume II by Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of

Elizabeth replied that she was in arms, in fact, on behalf of the King of France, who was a prisoner in the hands of Guise, and when the ambassador required her, in the name of his sovereign, to withdraw her troops, she refused to believe that the demand came from the king, because he was not a free agent, and that it was the duty of Charles IX.
— from Cassell's History of England, Vol. 2 (of 8) From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion by Anonymous