He is never out of hearing; and if at any time they be put to the worst, he, if possible, comes in to help them; and of him it is said, The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon; he esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan by John Bunyan

and 41 of his Itinerary), perhaps corrected in this, puts it at Saba —H. Y. and H. C.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

What little we know of Cædmon, the Anglo-Saxon Milton, as he is properly called, is taken from Bede's account
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Under two conditions only, however, may you be killed by us without orders from Tal Hajus; in personal combat in self-defense, should you attack one of us, or were you apprehended in an attempt to escape.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

LITTLE-FAITH AMONG THIEVES Besides, their king is at their whistle—he is never out of hearing; and if at any time they be put to the worst, he, if possible, comes in to help them; and of him it is said, "The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold; the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

It was evident that if the balloon held its present course, it would soon arrive above the Frozen Ocean, and I had now little doubt of ultimately seeing the Pole.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

As to the Sadder, Hyde (in Praef.) considered it not above 200 years old.
— 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

Cold is the western wind, but how Its piercing chill is heightened now, Blowing at early morning twice As furious with its breath of ice!
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Pacheco had only 150 Portuguese soldiers, but nevertheless he inspired perfect confidence into the mind of his ally, the Cochin Rájá.
— from Rulers of India: Albuquerque by H. Morse (Henry Morse) Stephens

HENDON HALL "JOGGING EASTWARD ON SORRY STEEDS" "THERE IS THE VILLAGE, MY PRINCE!” ”’EMBRACE ME, HUGH,’ HE CRIED" "HUGH PUT UP HIS HAND IN DISSENT" "A BEAUTIFUL LADY, RICHLY CLOTHED" "HUGH WAS PINNED TO THE WALL" DISOWNED "OBEY, AND HAVE NO FEAR" "AM I MILES HENDON?" IN PRISON "CHAINED IN A LARGE ROOM" "THE OLD MAN LOOKED HENDON OVER" "INFORMATION DELIVERED IN A LOW VOICE" "THE KING!”
— from The Works of Mark Twain: An Index of all Project Gutenberg Editions by Mark Twain

"It would have been a happiness to her indeed, poor creature, if you had come back before."
— from The Lost Heir by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

And if, without participation in the act of wrong, we are to have its penalties ,—crimes in the planet Saturn may be expected to shower curses on the earth; for why may not justice go astray in space, as reasonably as in time?
— from Unitarianism Defended A Series of Lectures by Three Protestant Dissenting Ministers of Liverpool by John Hamilton Thom

He could hear it perfectly clearly in the still night; but whether the door was being opened from the outside or the inside he could not tell.
— from The City of Pleasure: A Fantasia on Modern Themes by Arnold Bennett

Economic aid - recipient: $84 million (1995), Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative (HIPC) $253 million (1997) Currency (code): Guyanese dollar (GYD) Currency code: GYD Exchange rates:
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

He is probably coming in here to eat his dinner.
— from The Iron Boys in the Mines; or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft by James R. Mears

She visits him in prison, clad in her nun’s garb, and Claudio—the human craving for life conquering for the moment his better nature, cries out in a half shamed appeal, “O Isabel, ... death is a fearful thing.”
— from Dante Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelite movement by Esther (of Hampstead) Wood

Guernsey $NA Guinea $359.2 million (1998) Guinea-Bissau $115.4 million (1995) Guyana $84 million (1995), Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative (HIPC) $253 million (1997) Haiti $120 million (FY02)
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency