When the king departed from Raud's house he was accompanied on the way, and presented with friendly gifts; and Raud's sons remained with the king.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

The regularity and generality of this system shows that there was a body of people existing in the kingdom distinct from its known inhabitants, and either confederated, or obliged to live or meet mysteriously; and their rites, particularly that of dancing round a tree, probably an oak, as Herne’s, etc., as well as their character for truth and probity, refer them to a Druidic origin.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

As he turned his face and recognized her, his knife dropped from his hand. “Give this woman something to eat,” ordered Ibarra.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

And he had a good knack at getting in the complimentary thing here and there about a knight that was likely to advertise—no, I mean a knight that had influence; and he also had a neat gift of exaggeration, for in his time he had kept door for a pious hermit who lived in a sty and worked miracles.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

busy, zealous, eager to know, dainty, fine, MD, S3; careful, C. Curlew , sb. curlew, coturnix , Prompt., W2 (Ps. 104. 40); curlu , H; kurlu , MD; corlew , MD; curlowyr , Voc.—OF. corlieu , curlew (Cotg.).
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Come, will you do to-day what formerly the gentleman you do not know did for the queen?”
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

They talked for certain, that now the King do follow Mrs. Stewart wholly, and my Lady Castlemayne not above once a week; that the Duke of York do not haunt my Lady Denham so much; that she troubles him with matters of State, being of my Lord Bristoll’s faction, and that he avoids; that she is ill still.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

'Bride; five-and-forty if a day, thirty shillings a yard, veil fifteen pound, pocket-handkerchief a present. Bridesmaids; kept down for fear of outshining bride, consequently not girls, twelve and sixpence a yard, Veneering's flowers, snub-nosed one rather pretty but too conscious of her stockings, bonnets three pound ten. Twemlow; blessed release for the dear man if she really was his daughter, nervous even under the pretence that she is, well he may be.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Prior to that time the discovery of the Kimberley diamond fields had drawn away many of its more active spirits and, afterwards, the shadow of Cetywayo for some time loomed large upon the eastern border.
— from South Africa and the Boer-British War, Volume I Comprising a History of South Africa and its people, including the war of 1899 and 1900 by J. Castell (John Castell) Hopkins

ts too and keep de farm tools all fixed up.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

I had to think away from Sanctions and Authorities and Taboos and Divine Rights—and when I had done so, I had to go back with the lamp of wider knowledge, deeper feeling, and find how organic and on the whole virtuous in its day was each husk and shell.
— from Hagar by Mary Johnston

It contains also an appreciation by Martin B. Madden, Congressman from Illinois, who personally knew Dr. Fisher and speaks most commendably of his character and achievements in that State.
— from The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various

Author of “The Flag,” “Pickett’s Gap,” etc. PHILADELPHIA GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1919, by George W. Jacobs & Company All rights reserved Printed in U. S. A. Table of Contents CHAPTER I 13 CHAPTER II 33 CHAPTER III 62 CHAPTER IV 84 CHAPTER V 99 CHAPTER VI 113 CHAPTER VII 130 CHAPTER VIII 146 CHAPTER IX 162 CHAPTER X 179 CHAPTER XI 194 CHAPTER XII 209 CHAPTER XIII 225 CHAPTER XIV 248 CHAPTER XV 263 CHAPTER XVI 283 CHAPTER XVII 300 CHAPTER XVIII 315 List of Illustrations The knife dropped from the man’s hand
— from The Guardsman by Homer Greene