I having spoke a word or two with my Lord, being not very well settled, partly through last night’s drinking and want of sleep, I lay down in my gown upon my bed and slept till the 4 o’clock gun the next morning waked me, which I took for 8 at night, and rising ...
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

They were indeed almost like the Romans who in olden times, before their wars with eastern nations, gave up making bread, and ate their corn simply boiled in water.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

Ákù siyang giprubahan (giprubaran) ug musugut ba, I only tried her out to see if she would give in to me.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

To dull the whiteness of paper, in those times when I was more wont to read, I laid a piece of glass upon my book, and found my eyes much relieved by it.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

After he was gone I went and lay down in my gown upon my bed again an hour or two.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Some general uses may be mentioned collectively here.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

If we could throw our arms around one another we might find sad comfort in the sharing of our sorrows even in the house of Hades; does Proserpine want to lay a still further load of grief upon me by mocking me with a phantom only?'
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

And found to my infinite surprise my generous uncle, Mr. Bowling!
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

In witness of these things; how she Who slew them, will not suffer me To gather up my babes, nor bear To earth their bodies; whom, O stone Of women, would I ne'er had known Nor gotten, to be slain by thee!
— from Medea of Euripides by Euripides

Among minor things, which yet we have suffered loss and harm in giving up, may be reckoned the custom of crossing with holy water on entering a church, with hearts as directed, full of reverend thoughts, and of "trust in the merits of Jesus Christ," and the custom of bowing on passing the altar.
— from Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847 Of Things and Persons Concerning the Church and Education by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

As you are going my way, you may, if you please, get upon my back, and so ride up the mountain."
— from The Diamond Fairy Book by Various

As Marsa grew up, Moscow became displeasing to the Prince.
— from Prince Zilah — Complete by Jules Claretie

[Pg 119] I obtained twenty-five signatures to my paper in a few minutes, and then, gathering up my baggage, I bade a final adieu to the James W. Paige with a regret, which I think was remarkable only for its minuteness.
— from Round Cape Horn Voyage of the Passenger-Ship James W. Paige, from Maine to California in the Year 1852 by J. (Joseph) Lamson

by domestication as a guest under Mr. Basil Montagu's roof) which is the most trying to friendship, and which in this instance led to a perpetual rupture of it.
— from The Collected Writing of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II by Thomas De Quincey

Wilt thou tell me whence thou hadst it?" She said: "Yea; it was given unto me by a lady, mighty as I deem, and certainly most lovely, who delivered me from an evil plight, and a peril past words, but whereof I will tell thee afterwards.
— from The Well at the World's End: A Tale by William Morris

Good ultramarine must be of a beautiful dark colour, and free from sand as well as every other mixture.
— from A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2) by Johann Beckmann

The ballad of Grace O'Malley, commonly called Grana Uaile , may be advantageously contrasted with these, and it contains some verses of singular power—as, for example, where the poet denies the imputation of piracy against this lady who loved to roam the high seas under her own commission—
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 01, April to September, 1865 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Various