He also made cups of gold, and of [precious] stones, for the entertainment of his guests, and had them adorned in the most artificial manner; and he contrived that all his other furniture of vessels should be of gold, for there was nothing then to be sold or bought for silver; for the king had many ships which lay upon the sea of Tarsus, these he commanded to carry out all sorts of merchandise unto the remotest nations, by the sale of which silver and gold were brought to the king, and a great quantity of ivory, and Ethiopians, and apes; and they finished their voyage, going and returning, in three years' time.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

In order to give a right interpretation to your thought, and to treat this matter philosophically, we must begin, according to the order of things, with an exact knowledge of the nature of the letters, and the different way in which each is pronounced.
— from The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman by Molière

When Svipdag came to the fence [369] the gate of the burg was shut, for it was then customary to ask leave to ride in; Svipdag did not take that trouble, and broke open the gate and rode into the yard.
— from The Viking Age. Volume 2 (of 2) The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nations by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu

Crossing that road it was a cart track—with a disused, parallel course on the right—over Hagbourne Hill, past Hagbourne Hill Farm, which was derelict, but had sunflowers in the garden and ricks in the yard.
— from The Icknield Way by Edward Thomas

There was a struggle between grief and rage in the young man's voice, and while his eye blazed his lips began to quiver.
— from Mabel's Mistake by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

But Jeff was not glad to be found there, apparently; he said at once that he expected to get a room in the Yard the next year, and eat at Memorial Hall.
— from The Landlord at Lion's Head — Complete by William Dean Howells

In his last revolt against death and all his foes, he snatches at any weapon, even truth, that may serve his purpose and gain a reprieve:— "I thought you would not slay impenitence, But teazed, from men you slew, contrition first,— I thought you had a conscience ...
— from An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Arthur Symons

Shall I get a volume of Greek and read it to you?"
— from What Dreams May Come by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

It is now too late to draw back; look full at her, take the nosegay from this girl, and raise it to your lips.
— from The Wandering Jew — Volume 08 by Eugène Sue

"Thus it was that Germany and Russia, in the years 1813 and 1814, appeared against France with about a million of men."
— from The Reality of War: A Companion to Clausewitz by Stewart Lygon Murray

The next day I got a room in the yard of a house belonging to some white people.
— from Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days by Annie L. Burton