Neither did he yield to Reubel's persuasion, though he begged it of him, and gave leave that the grandfather might, in way of requital, kill his own sons, in case any harm came to Benjamin in the journey.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

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— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1970 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Yet, secret as Hamilton's instructions were, old Rothes knew all about them, and on his side made preparations.
— from The Red Book of Heroes by Mrs. Lang

“Yes, you did so; and I went on running knives into you.
— from A Study In Shadows by William John Locke

If, on the contrary, the lumbar curvature is wanting or reversed (kyphosis), the pressure of the column is thrown backward and the straightening up of the pelvis is exaggerated (high pelvis found in kyphotics).
— from Pedagogical Anthropology by Maria Montessori

If ever that darned mine had got into working order, right kind of ore, water enough and not too much, roads and machinery all right, and everything swimming, the Day of Judgment would have come.”
— from The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

It is, that if we only really knew, we could take our own lives or other people's with such ease and skill that it would be hard to detect it?" The surgeon nodded.
— from The Judgment House by Gilbert Parker