And so he came to dwell in the greenwood that was to be his home for many a year to come, never again to see the happy days with the lads and lasses of sweet Locksley Town; for he was outlawed, not only because he had killed a man, but also because he had poached upon the King's deer, and two hundred pounds were set upon his head, as a reward for whoever would bring him to the court of the King.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

In summe, he hath the Supreme Power in all causes, as well Ecclesiasticall, as Civill, as far as concerneth actions, and words, for these onely are known, and may be accused; and of that which cannot be accused, there is no Judg at all, but God, that knoweth the heart.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

I must have some place that I can call a home; it will be wherever she is, you know, and may be a very humble one.’
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

At Kingswood a man began a vehement invective against Wesley and Methodism.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

She exaggerated the importance of the relationship between K. and Miss Bürstner, and above all she exaggerated the importance of asking to speak with her and she tried at the same time to make out that K. was exaggerating everything.
— from The Trial by Franz Kafka

I know a most brilliant and marvelously fascinating woman who is extremely ambitious to make a name for herself, but she is almost totally lacking in her ability to apply herself, even in the line where her talent is greatly marked.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Each day when thou comest to us thou givest Glow Stone ten kisses and me but a single one.’
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood

Josiah Tompkins I WAS well known and much beloved And rich, as fortunes are reckoned In Spoon River, where I had lived and worked.
— from Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters

Assume, O King, a mortal birth, And strike the demon to the earth.”
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

King Alfred is not a legend in the sense that King Arthur may be a legend; that is, in the sense that he may possibly be a lie.
— from The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

“They believe that from the miscellaneous contents in the belly of the skin bag or animal there issues a spirit or breath, which has the power, not only to knock down and kill a man, but also to set him up and restore him to life.”
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 11 of 12) by James George Frazer

There isn't enough work here to keep a man busy, and I told 'em I could do a little on the outside.
— from Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters; Or, Battling with Flames from the Air by Victor Appleton

Once, having killed a man by accident, Pisistratus came of his own free will before the judges of the Areopagus, confessed his crime, and was so humble that he quite disarmed the anger of the people.
— from The Story of the Greeks by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

If he, however, killed a man by accident, the slain man would be, as a matter of course, in most instances, one of his ordinary companions— i.e. , one of his own tribe.
— from Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times by Frederick Edward Maning

With regard to the netting, which is technically known and must be asked for as ‘netting line,’ it varies in size, and costs about two shillings per lb.
— from The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations A Popular Encyclopædia for Boys by Gordon Stables

If I fast to chastise myself for my sin; if I fast to reduce the fuel of my sin; if I fast to keep my flesh low; if I fast to make me more free for my best books, for my most inward, spiritual, mystical books—for my Kempis, and my Behmen, and my Law, and my Leighton, and my Goodwin, and my Bunyan, and my Rutherford, and my Jeremy Taylor, and my Shepard, and my Edwards, and suchlike; if I fast for the ends of meditation and prayer; if I fast out of sympathy with my Bible, and my Saviour, and my latter end, and my Father’s house in heaven—then, no doubt, my fasting will be acceptable with God, as it will certainly be an immediate means of grace to my sinful soul.
— from Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) by Alexander Whyte