An old minstrel, the last of the Welsh singers, halts King Edward and his army in a wild mountain pass, and with fine poetic frenzy prophesies the terror and desolation which must ever follow the tyrant.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long
So the good man went and opened the gate, and within an hour he brought him unto a fair castle, and then the poor man called the porter, and anon he was let into the castle, and so he told the lord how he brought him a knight errant and a damosel that would be lodged with him.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
A good servant, however, knoweth everything, and many a thing even which a master hideth from himself.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
I could not help it; I tried very hard, but being alone with that benevolent presence, and meeting his kind eyes, and feeling so happy and so honoured there, and my heart so full—I kissed his hand.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens
↑ 5 Tanah kang : explained as an allusion to that part of the lower jaw which is beneath the tongue ( mulut di-bawah lidah ), the intention evidently being to allude to the “pelesit’s” coming out of its owner’s mouth.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I E-text prepared by Charles Franks, Keith Edkins, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team SPENSER'S THE FAERIE QUEENE BOOK I EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY GEORGE ARMSTRONG WAUCHOPE, M.A., Ph.D. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE Velut inter ignes luna minores New York The MacMillan Company London: MacMillan & CO., LTD.
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser
He told Kymli everything, and the whole Mannheim story—in short, all.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The purpose of things is to be known, experienced, and enjoyed by spirits.
— from History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg
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— from Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume 2 (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Anne, Lady
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— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
I know everything about it; we’ll foil my lord in this.”
— from The Athelings; or, the Three Gifts. Complete by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
"Thar, " he said, flinging one knee over the other and settling into an easy position, "now I kin enjoy a good squar' smoke."
— from Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Burt L. Standish
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— from Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country by J. Knox Jones
Jake knows all about Fort Henry, and Jeff Lynn, the hunter outside, he knows Eb and Jack Zane, and Wetzel, and all those Fort Henry men.
— from The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley by Zane Grey
A kindred excitement appeared to blaze in his glances, as he looked upon the storm without.
— from Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth
He was a man of the world as well as of society, and knew everybody, and she began to think that, after all, she could support the absence of Lord Penlyn and Mr. Cundall.
— from The Silent Shore: A Romance by John Bloundelle-Burton
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