They are Christians of the Greek Rite, and have a fashion of wearing their hair cropped, like Churchmen.[NOTE 2]
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

King Olaf's men were out upon the Gaular ridge, and had a guard on horseback.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

A third illustration is found in that fascinating love scene, where Ivanhoe lies wounded, raging at his helplessness, while the gentle Rebecca alternately hides and reveals her love as she describes the terrific assault on the castle, which goes on beneath her window.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

She started, glanced round at him, and screening the candle with her hand stooped carefully with a supple and exact movement, picked up the ball, and regained her former position.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Ulysses was furious when he saw Leucus slain, and strode in full armour through the front ranks till he was quite close; then he glared round about him and took aim, and the Trojans fell back as he did so.
— from The Iliad by Homer

Go, run after him....” Alyosha jumped up and ran after Ivan, who was not fifty paces ahead of him.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Toward the latter end of the dinner the groom rises, and holding a filled champagne glass aloft says: "To the bride!"
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

When a country is ill- governed, riches and honour are things to be ashamed of.'
— from The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) by Confucius

Let us all go round and have a look at the horse together.
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

They placed great rings around his ankles, chained them to the floor, and then chained ankle-bands and belt together.
— from Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle

But, remarking that he made no answer to my idle words, I glanced round at him and perceived that his head was turned half way back toward whence we had come, and that upon his face was a look of intense eagerness--the look of one who listens attentively for some sound.
— from Across the Salt Seas: A Romance of the War of Succession by John Bloundelle-Burton

In that basement place of safety an aged school-teacher of the town, Mademoiselle Fourreaux, month in and month out, prepared two meals a day—bread and soup—for the group of refugees that gathered round about her and literally kept the heart of Rheims abeat.
— from With the Doughboy in France: A Few Chapters of an American Effort by Edward Hungerford

In the house, the glass rose as high as 94½°, and out of doors, in the shade, as high as 99°.
— from A Woman's Journey Round the World From Vienna to Brazil, Chili, Tahiti, China, Hindostan, Persia and Asia Minor by Ida Pfeiffer

Neill had been hastily summoned from Madras with his gallant regiment, and had already done splendid work.
— from The Disputed V.C.: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny by Frederick P. Gibbon

This victory of a boy of sixteen over a man of thirty-five obliterated the notion of young Garfield's character for cowardice, and gave him a great reputation among his associates.
— from From Canal Boy to President; Or, the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

The generally received account has appropriated it as the place in which, for safety, a damsel was held in close retirement until the fatal time named in a prediction should have passed away; but a serpent, accidentally brought up in a basket of fruit, caused the maiden's death.
— from Bits of Blarney by R. Shelton (Robert Shelton) Mackenzie

He was about to move from his place, when his four guards rushed at him and seized him once more.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Please, please, Sir Hokus, come back, come back!" cried the little girl, running after him as fast as she could.
— from The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island by Ruth Plumly Thompson