At this time it was that the garrison in the citadel of Jerusalem, with the Jewish runagates, did a great deal of harm to the Jews; for the soldiers that were in that garrison rushed out upon the sudden, and destroyed such as were going up to the temple in order to offer their sacrifices, for this citadel adjoined to and overlooked the temple.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

It never entered my head that the master of the house wished to get rid of us on account of his Tosa guests.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

“Well, now, you do not mean to seriously suggest that this German rode off upon a bicycle in the dead of the night, bearing the boy in his arms?”
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

He, however, who is related to me through loftiness of will, experiences genuine raptures of understanding in [Pg 61] my books: for I swoop down from heights into which no bird has ever soared; I know abysses into which no foot has ever slipped.
— from Ecce Homo Complete Works, Volume Seventeen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The greater wild Daisy is a wound herb of good respect, often used in those drinks or salves that are for wounds, either inward or outward.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

Finally, let us consider the general relation of Utilitarianism to that part of common morality which extends beyond the range of strict duty; that is, to the Ideal of character and conduct which in any community at any given time is commonly admired and praised as the sum of Excellences or Perfections.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

I have never been famous for beauty, but there was something beside ugliness stamped upon my features that I have never got rid of until this day, something resembling that wild look with which a startled person wakes from deep sleep more than anything else that I can think of.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

When he is carrying a glass of water, when he is putting on his shoes, when he is tying his scarf—in short, when he finds himself in any uncomfortable position —then is the time which we choose for a caress which makes him stop for a whole minute in the middle of a gesture with the sole desire of getting rid of us! Do not think that this criticism is insignificant.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

The flutes and organ ceased when he withdrew, and a fifteen-year-old girl ran out upon the stage.
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter

His health was visibly breaking; his Funds, he said, were running low; he was more anxious about his Mamma than ever; and 'twas easy to see that he was half-weary and half-afraid of the Chaplain and Myself, and that he desired nothing Half so Much as to get Rid of us Both.
— from The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by George Augustus Sala

"You seem absolutely determined to get rid of us at once."
— from They of the High Trails by Hamlin Garland

"If I had one of those cutter-things the telephone man had, when he climbed the pole in front of our house, I could cut the wires and we could go right on up the creek."
— from The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat by Laura Lee Hope

Think of the great relay of untamed and unharnessed vigor, a new nation exultant in hope, undaunted as yet by the experiences that have halted the passing generation: what may they not accomplish?
— from The Minister and the Boy: A Handbook for Churchmen Engaged in Boys' Work by Allan Hoben

He knew there wasn’t room for his store and this one in Wicksville, so he started in to git rid of us.
— from Mark Tidd in Business by Clarence Budington Kelland

'Oh yes, your Majesty,' said Airey, 'I quite agree with you, but in England they get tired of us at seventy, and get rid of us.'
— from Recollections of a Military Life by Adye, John, Sir

To love and to reverence our tormentor is repulsive and despicable, and since we refuse to allow man to tyrannize over man, what degradation it is for the human race to cringe and bow down unconditionally to the imagination in the great realm of uncertainty!
— from The Tyranny of God by Joseph Lewis

The old chieftain himself, mounted on his powerful black charger, from whose eyes and nostrils the fire of war seemed to stream forth as he impatiently pawed the ground, rode out upon a hill above his troops, and gazed upon the scene before him.
— from River Legends; Or, Father Thames and Father Rhine by Brabourne, Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, Baron