A conspiracy was at length formed against his life, at the head of which was his own uncle, Robert Stewart, Earl of Athol, who, being too old himself for the perpetration of the deed of blood, instigated his grandson, Sir Robert Stewart, together with Sir Robert Graham, and others of less note, to commit the deed.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

But not as of old, full of life and of grace, Do you hold out hopes of undying reward; Sadder I find you; on your lov’d face, Though still sincere, the pale lines trace The marks of the faith it is yours to guard.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

That a girl of fourteen, acting only on her own unassisted reason, should err in the method of reform, was not wonderful; and Fanny soon became more disposed to admire the natural light of the mind which could so early distinguish justly, than to censure severely the faults of conduct to which it led.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

[44] , strives to tempt him individually by a particular inducement, drawn from his own undoubtedly rather sordid mind; οἵ κέ ἑ δωτίνῃσι θεὸν ὣς τιμήσουσιν.
— from Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 3 of 3 I. Agorè: Polities of the Homeric Age. II. Ilios: Trojans and Greeks Compared. III. Thalassa: The Outer Geography. IV. Aoidos: Some Points of the Poetry of Homer. by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone

There had been very few hours of uninterrupted rest since leaving New York, and the boys were really “about all in” as Carl expressed it.
— from The Flying Machine Boys on Duty; Or, The Clue Above the Clouds by Frank Walton

Wherever he goes he obtains universal respect, sometimes not unmingled with fear.
— from 'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914 by Maurice Genevoix

And there we took six of their ships and they slew of our men about four twenties and hurt a two hundred of us right sore; and there were slain on their part about twelve twenties and hurt a five hundred of them.
— from A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by George Saintsbury

He immediately joined a rifle company of the Ohio militia; but seeing the tardy movements of the troops, in advancing to the relief of the fort, he resolved in the first place to return with all possible expedition, to Cincinnati, for the purpose of inducing colonel Wells, of the 17th U.S. infantry, to march his regiment to the relief of the fort; and, in the second place, to make an effort to reach it in person, that the garrison might be encouraged to hold out until reinforcements should arrive.
— from Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians by Benjamin Drake

They broke up their mole, and again insulated themselves from Sicily, in the hope of holding out until relief should be sent from Carthage. Resolved to avenge upon Motyê the sufferings of Agrigentum and Selinus, Dionysius took a survey of the place in conjunction with his principal engineers.
— from History of Greece, Volume 10 (of 12) by George Grote