I observe that according to Pandit Manphúl the native governor of Kashgar, under the Chinese Amban, used to be called the Baili Beg .
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

As the war was never terminated by any formal treaty of peace, the hostile warriors continued to attack each other whenever they chanced to meet on the rich hunting grounds of Kentucky, until finally, from mutual [ 372 ] dread, the region was abandoned by both parties, and continued thus unoccupied until its settlement by the whites.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

“But the storm grew worse and worse, and the rain fell in torrents, and little Hans could not see where he was going, or keep up with the horse.
— from The Happy Prince, and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde

For these several reasons, kingly government, free from the control (though perhaps strengthened by the support) of representative institutions, is the most suitable form of polity for the earliest stages of any community, not excepting a city community like those of ancient Greece; where, accordingly, the government of kings, under some real, but no ostensible or constitutional control by public opinion, did historically precede by an unknown and probably great duration all free institutions, and gave place at last, during a considerable lapse of time, to oligarchies of a few families.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

Here we are face to face; what's the use of going on keeping up a farce to each other?
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Excuses for kissing; how all nature justifies the practice—The childish and the humorous excuse—Kissing casuistry—The gluttony of kissing; unaccountable osculatory demands—Excuses for not kissing—Kissing experiences—Dominie Brown’s first kiss—The kiss of the Spanish girl, the nurse, the mother—A curious German custom.
— from The Art of Kissing: Curiously, Historically, Humorously, Poetically Considered by Will Rossiter

A two-year peace process, led by the Government of Kenya under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), concluded in October 2004 with the election of Abdullahi YUSUF Ahmed as President of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia and the formation of an interim government, known as the Somalia Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs).
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Once he did slip, his foot gliding over the edge; but by throwing himself forward he saved himself, clung to the path for a few minutes as he hung over it, his chest and arms resting thereon till he could get one knee up.
— from The Crystal Hunters: A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps by George Manville Fenn

So off came my waist-sash, and after a few attempts it lodged over the boss of rock; then to strengthen it I twisted it like a double rope, and carefully hauled myself up it, hand over hand, till I grasped the protruding rock; but as it only jutted out a few inches there was no possibility of sitting upon it, so I gradually worked my way up by clutching at any inequalities in the surrounding rock till I got one knee upon it, and there I hung, with my fingers bent over a fissure like fish-hooks.
— from Jethou; or, Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Ernest R. (Ernest Richard) Suffling

" The division withdrew in good order, keeping up a rear-guard action that kept the enemy at a respectful distance.
— from Army Boys on the Firing Line; or, Holding Back the German Drive by Homer Randall

They had a glimpse of khaki uniforms, but it was much too far away to distinguish faces or forms.
— from The Search by Grace Livingston Hill

You've got one king up on nothing.
— from Taking Chances by Clarence Louis Cullen

But God often keeps us at a task far longer than we ourselves think is good for us, for [Pg 47]
— from The White Queen of Okoyong: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism and Faith by W. P. (William Pringle) Livingstone

Poor Mr. Forde knew most about that struggle, and so did those unfortunates who were desperately holding on by the piles of the rotten structure in order to escape drowning; but, though none of them realized the fact, it was just as true that St. Vedast Wharf could not go on keeping up false appearances for ever—as Mortomley had found it, that to carry on a business with men in possession was not a game capable of indefinite prolongation.
— from Mortomley's Estate: A Novel. Vol. 3 (of 3) by Riddell, J. H., Mrs.