Especially he tried to make me feel that the true Christian shares in the hopes of Israel in regard to a glorious reign of Messiah upon the throne of David; and that on the other hand (it is thus that he expressed himself in a piece of poetry which he addressed to me in 1819), the sincere Jew is a Christian in hope.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

When he came home with his wealth his brothers were astonished, and the second said, "Well, I will go forth and see whether I cannot get rid of my scythe as profitably."
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

We should vainly seek the indissoluble union and easy obedience that pervaded the government of Augustus and the Antonines; but the progress of the Mahometan religion diffused over this ample space a general resemblance of manners and opinions.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

You can get rid of me.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

CHAPTER XLI March 20th.—Having now got rid of Mr. Huntingdon for a season, my spirits begin to revive.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

With an instinctive hatred of matrimony, she suffered Andrea’s attentions in order to get rid of Morcerf; but when Andrea urged his suit, she betrayed an entire dislike to him.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

She was not so surprised when I told her that the chevalier had good reasons for his action, and that I myself had good reasons of my own for wishing the Corticelli to remain there.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Objective existence was then treated as having only quantitative aspects—as so much mass in motion, its only differences being that at one point in space there was a larger aggregate mass than at another, and that in some spots there were greater rates of motion than at others.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

The Right Of Gods Soveraignty Is Derived From His Omnipotence The Right of Nature, whereby God reigneth over men, and punisheth those that break his Lawes, is to be derived, not from his Creating them, as if he required obedience, as of Gratitude for his benefits; but from his Irresistible Power.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

[ 154 ] [ Contents ] Chapter XIV: Hermod The Nimble God Another of Odin’s sons was Hermod, his special attendant, a bright and beautiful young god, who was gifted with great rapidity of motion and was therefore designated as the swift or nimble god.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

“I am not so easily got rid of, Mr Stoddart,” I answered.
— from Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood by George MacDonald

I exclaimed, giving a loose to my indignation; "you won't get rid of me so easily as you think.
— from Jack in the Forecastle; or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by John Sherburne Sleeper

I was going into the dining-room to get rid of my cigar; and he said: "Not in there, sir.
— from Plays : Third Series by John Galsworthy

Around these services in the old vestry at West Street, cluster the grateful recollections of many now living and of numbers who have crossed the flood.
— from The Hero of the Humber; Or, The History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe by Henry Woodcock

Grape seedlings grow rapidly, often making from two to three feet of wood in a season.
— from Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

For its successful performance there was need of courage, hardihood, woodcraft, good judgment, stealth, and great rapidity of motion.
— from The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 by Theodore Roosevelt

He also knew that you would accept his leadership, that you would quickly get rid of monsieur, and secure ze diamonds.
— from The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure by Arthur Hornblow

When the meal was finished Bessie withdrew to her room, and Edna would have followed her, but just then Richard came in, and begged her in a low voice to get rid of Miss Shelton for half an hour, as he wanted to speak to her and her mother; and then in a moment Edna guessed the truth.
— from Our Bessie by Rosa Nouchette Carey