However, Saul was not disposed to persevere long in the state wherein he was, for when he saw that David was in great esteem, both with God and with the multitude, he was afraid; and being not able to conceal his fear as concerning great things, his kingdom and his life, to be deprived of either of which was a very great calamity, he resolved to have David slain, and commanded his son Jonathan and his most faithful servants to kill him: but Jonathan wondered at his father's change with relation to David, that it should be made to so great a degree, from showing him no small good-will, to contrive how to have him killed.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

So he went down stairs again into the huckster's shop, and it was a good thing he got back when he did, for the cask had almost worn out the lady's tongue; he had given a description of all that he contained on one side, and was just about to turn himself over to the other side to describe what was there, when the goblin entered and restored the tongue to the lady.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

If after my death the garden goes to her and she is the mistress, of course nothing better could be wished.
— from The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Or is it lawful for gods to have intercourse with women, unlawful for men to have intercourse with goddesses?
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

The Lord expected that he would ask to go to Heaven; but Gambling Hansel asked for a pack of cards with which he could win everything, for dice with which he would win everything, and for a tree whereon every kind of fruit would grow, and from which no one who had climbed up, could descend until he bade him do so.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

The same opinions had prevailed among the Greeks two hundred and fifty years before Plutarch; and to confute them is the professed intention of Polybius, (Hist.
— 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

Mr. Spenlow replied that he would particularly advise me to dismiss that idea from my mind, as not being worthy of my gentlemanly character; but that he would be glad to hear from me of what improvement I thought the Commons susceptible?
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

The Gepidae are your brave and faithful allies; and if they have anticipated your gifts, they have shown a just confidence in your bounty."
— 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

General Teulié had to speak from his heart, though the talk were only of Punch and Judy; otherwise he had nothing to say.
— from On Love by Stendhal

The thing upon recollection I believe is true, and do hope no great matter can be made of it, but yet I would be glad to have my name out of it, which I shall labour to do; in the mean time it weighs as a new trouble on my mind, and did trouble me all night.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

They dropped curtsies, and then went up to Laptev, who had to make the sign of the cross and give them his hand to kiss also.
— from The Darling and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

'And I'm not going to have everyone in church sniggering when our names are called.'
— from Red Spider, Volume 2 (of 2) by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

And Augustus watched carefully the most trivial signs, and was distressed if in the morning his left shoe was given to him for his right.
— from The Formation of Christendom, Volume II by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

Vashti gazed towards him and nodded, as much as to say, “I know what thoughts are passing.”
— from Slaves of Freedom by Coningsby Dawson

"All was but a plot," proceeded Michael, "of that spiteful Miss Erhard: she cannot bear that man and maid should be kind to each other, because nobody will release her from her single life, and ever since she saw me give the housemaid a kiss, a month ago it was, she has borne me a grudge for it."
— from The Pictures; The Betrothing: Novels by Ludwig Tieck

They are going to have a lively time."
— from The Head of Kay's by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

'DEAR SIR, 'You will be glad to hear that from Mrs. Goldsmith, whom we lamented as drowned, I have received a letter full of gratitude to us all, with promise to make the enquiries which we recommended to her.
— from Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 by James Boswell

"I am going to have a little sleep," she said.
— from The Price of Things by Elinor Glyn

More usually, the fair was an annual market, to which the farmers of the district took their cattle, and the merchants of the great towns their woollen and linen goods, their hardwares and [Pg 5] earthenwares, and the silks, laces, furs, spices, etc., which they imported from the Continent.
— from The Old Showmen and the Old London Fairs by Thomas Frost

This is an Impudence greater than has invaded me yet.—Come, no Resistance.
— from The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I by Aphra Behn