Yet the trial by battle has never been abrogated in the English law, and it was ordered by the judges as late as the beginning of the last century.
— 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

‘Just as long as their friends make the quarterly payments to my agent in town, or until such time as they run away,’ replied Squeers.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Now when all those that sat with him had laid the bones Of the several parts on a heap before Hyrcanus, [for they had themselves taken away the flesh belonging to them,] till the table where he sat was filled full with them, Trypho, who was the king's jester, and was appointed for jokes and laughter at festivals, was now asked by the guests that sat at the table [to expose him to laughter].
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Yet it is expressly said, “The live fox is revered just as little as the bear; rather they avoid it as much as possible, considering it a wily animal.”
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Note 88 ( return ) [ For the religion and history of the Samaritans, consult Basnage, Histoire des Juifs, a learned and impartial work.
— 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

“Jup, some soup!” “Jup, a little agouti!” “Jup, a plate!” “Jup! Good Jup!
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

As the reconciliation was effected the baboon rapidly moved up and down his jaws and lips, and looked pleased.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

“Well, we shall soon see whether you have watched the meadow or not,” answered the brothers, but when they got there the grass was all standing just as long and as thick as it had been the night before.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Immediately after him we had a female dancer, who jumped about like a fury, cutting to right and left, but heavily, yet she was applauded ‘con furore’.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Just after luncheon Aunt Selina brought me some undergarments of Jim’s to be patched.
— from When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The men questioned Jack at length about the appearance of the hold-up men, but he could not give a very clear description.
— from Jack of the Pony Express; Or, The Young Rider of the Mountain Trails by Frank V. Webster

“I suppose I’m just as lazy as the rest.
— from She and I, Volume 1 A Love Story. A Life History. by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson

Here one is wife or mother, husband or father, just as elsewhere; but, my poor mother, they are these things just as little as possible.
— from Monsieur de Camors — Volume 3 by Octave Feuillet

Yes, we have seen them with the eye, and heard them speak and sing, and scold and jest, and laugh and weep, and even pray!
— from Peter Ibbetson by George Du Maurier

I entered Washington Territory, by way of the Northern Pacific Railroad, on the morning of October 27, 1887, coming first to the valley of the Spokane River, Great Plain. and spending the entire day in traversing the plains of Eastern Washington, reaching Pasco Junction a little after nightfall.
— from A Report on Washington Territory by William Henry Ruffner

Jack always likes a frolic on shore when he is not too much hampered by the restraints of civilization; and the sailors of the "Essex" took great pleasure in their sports, although the heavy turtles had to be dragged over the rocky slopes a long distance to bring them to the ship.
— from The Boys of 1812 and Other Naval Heroes by James Russell Soley

I hope my dear mother is well, and that she will continue with you till the end of July at least; ah!
— from George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters of Borrow and His Friends by Clement King Shorter

It was a well-built, keen-eyed man, in an irreproachably fitting fur-collared overcoat, who finally turned away, fitting his eyeglasses, on their black ribbon, firmly upon the bridge of his nose, and sighing just a little as he went back to the sidewalk, and climbed into a waiting roadster.
— from The Beloved Woman by Kathleen Thompson Norris