The fact was soon known at pilot headquarters, and the amusement and satisfaction of the old creditors were large and generous.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

After drinking from those fountains of still fresh existence we shall return into the crowd, as I do now, to struggle onward and do our part in life—perhaps as fervently as ever, but for a time with a kinder and purer heart and a spirit more lightly wise.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

But for one little moment—thou canst overtake the dooli in ten strides—if thou wast a Sahib, shall I show thee what thou wouldst do?' 'How if I guess, though?' said Kim, and putting his arm round her waist, he kissed her on the cheek, adding in English: 'Thank you verree much, my dear.' Kissing is practically unknown among Asiatics, which may have been the reason that she leaned back with wide-open eyes and a face of panic.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

OF KNOWLEDGE AND PROBABILITY. H2 anchor SECT.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

that poor mother cried out, and fell on her knees, and put her arms about her dead boy and began to cover the wet face with kisses.
— from The Mysterious Stranger, and Other Stories by Mark Twain

‘Sdeath, what more have kings and princes? H2 anchor Chapter 5.XXIX.—How Epistemon disliked the institution of Lent.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

To some extent it appears to be assumed that the king’s power over nature, like that over his subjects and slaves, is exerted through definite acts of will; and therefore if drought, famine, pestilence, or storms arise, the people attribute the misfortune to the negligence or guilt of their king, and punish him accordingly with stripes and bonds, or, if he remains obdurate, with deposition and death.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Thou mayst keep and protect her as long as thou wantest.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

Valentine fell on her knees, and pressed her almost bursting heart.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

On December 10 Cesare moved from Imola with his entire army, intent now upon the conquest of Sinigaglia, which State Giuliano della Rovere had been unable to save for his nephew, as king and Pope had alike turned a deaf ear upon the excuses he had sought to make for the Prefetessa, Giovanna da Montefeltre—the mother of the young prefect—who had aided her brother Guidobaldo in the late war in Urbino.
— from The Life of Cesare Borgia by Rafael Sabatini

Warwick was about twenty miles in advance of Edward, till that King actually passed him and reached the town of Warwick itself.
— from The Herd Boy and His Hermit by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

He whirled to his knees, and put his arms around the Girl.
— from The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter

Even when turned broadside on to the wind the ship maintained her position, the sweeping aerial currents being cut asunder by those lateral keels, and passing harmlessly above and beneath her.
— from The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure. by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

In a.d. 1590 this city is said to have contained many grand edifices surrounded with a wall eleven miles (7 kos ) square with at every ¾ mile (½ kos ) a pleasure house, and an enclosure for deer and other game.
— from History of Gujarát Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I. by James M. Campbell

Meg dropped down on her knees and put her arms round her little thin sister.
— from Seven Little Australians by Ethel Sybil Turner