When the emperor was entered into the vale of Sessoine, he might see where King Arthur was embattled and his banner displayed; and he was beset round about with his enemies, that needs he must fight or yield him, for he might not flee, but said openly unto the Romans, Sirs, I admonish you that this day ye fight and acquit you as men, and remember how Rome domineth and is chief and head over all the earth and universal world, and suffer not these Britons this day to abide against us; and therewith he did command his trumpets to blow the bloody sounds, in such wise that the ground trembled and dindled.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

so, she went straight down on her knees, and with eyes and heart raised to heaven, said, aloud and fervently,— "Thy holy, loving, righteous Will be done."
— from How It All Came Round by L. T. Meade

That amused Miss Ella very much, and pretty soon she opened her work-box, took out a paper of lemon drops, [36] and gave Luly, and Kitty, and Wawa each a handful.
— from Funny Little Socks Being the Fourth Book by Sarah L. Barrow

Those bare knees alone were evidence against his character in the eyes of the Grand Duchess.
— from The Adventure of Princess Sylvia by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

Horace slackened his pace, and went sauntering through the village, keeping a wary eye around him.
— from The House on the Moor, v. 2/3 by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

Onward he strode, keeping a wary eye about him as he went.
— from In the Dead of Night: A Novel. Volume 3 (of 3) by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight

On Friday May 14th, Richard Lander accompanied by Ebo, and the other unwieldy eunuchs, took a present to the king, which was pretty well received; Mansolah, it was supposed out of compliment, remarked that if they had not brought with them the value of a single kowrie, they should have been favourably received at Katunga, and well entertained at his own expense.
— from Travels of Richard and John Lander into the interior of Africa, for the discovery of the course and termination of the Niger From unpublished documents in the possession of the late Capt. John William Barber Fullerton ... with a prefatory analysis of the previous travels of Park, Denham, Clapperton, Adams, Lyon, Ritchie, &c. into the hitherto unexplored countries of Africa by Robert Huish

shouted William of Kapparon, and with extended arm he strode toward poor little Frederick.
— from Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter) Brooks

His bare knees alone were evidence against his character in the eyes of the Grand Duchess.
— from The Princess Virginia by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

Upon these scamps I was determined to keep a watchful eye, and hold them at a wary distance.
— from Osceola the Seminole; or, The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid