He had strangely lost the greatest known empire at the hands of a few men, and more strangely still became again the lord of those who had driven him out, after having been an exile and a beggar.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

Where, in the meane time (miserable wretches) they are become in verie deede, bond-slaues to their mortall enemie: and their knowledge, for all that they presume thereof, is nothing increased, except in knowing evill, and the horrors of Hell for punishment thereof, as Adams was by the eating of the forbidden tree.
— from Daemonologie. by King of England James I

Now when the business took this turn, and appeared so dangerous, Sigurd Hranason went to King Eystein, and told him what mischief King Sigurd intended to do him, and entreated his assistance.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Aslak and Arne and a few more escaped to the land, went to King Eystein, and told him how King Inge had received them.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

That done to my Lord’s and dined there, and so by water with parson Turner towards London, and upon my telling of him of Mr. Moore to be a fit man to do his business with Bishop Wren, about which he was going, he went back out of my boat into another to Whitehall, and so I forwards home and there by and by took coach with Sir W. Pen and Captain Terne and went to the buriall of Captain Robert Blake, at Wapping, and there had each of us a ring, but it being dirty, we would not go to church with them, but with our coach we returned home, and there staid a little, and then he and I alone to the Dolphin (Sir W. Batten being this day gone with his wife to Walthamstow to keep Easter), and there had a supper by ourselves, we both being very hungry, and staying there late drinking I became very sleepy, and so we went home and I to bed. 14th (Easter.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

At midnight the King entered, and, thanking him for looking after his tower, gave him a gold piece which burned through his hand and fell to the ground as a coal.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

You are aware that he knows everything, and that he has memories, because he is still a very good royalist.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

But I cannot forget that Kartashov exists and that he is not blushing now as he did when he discovered the founders of Troy, but is looking at me with his jolly, kind, dear little eyes.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

By the reflex light of political economy we know even at this hour much as to the condition of ancient lands like Palestine, Athens, etc., quite unrevealed to the wisest men amongst them.
— from The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Thomas De Quincey

Suddenly he crosses to the tops of the hawthorn and immediately flings himself up into the air a yard or two, his wings and ruffled crest making a ragged outline; jerk, jerk, jerk, as if it were with the utmost difficulty he could keep even at that height.
— from The Pageant of Summer by Richard Jefferies

As a proof of the friendly sentiments by which his actions were guided he stated that he, during the Boer war, had refused the humiliating suggestion put forward by France and Russia that the three Powers conjointly should compel Britain to put a stop to the war; that he had communicated this refusal to King Edward, and that he previously had presented Queen Victoria with a plan of campaign mapped out by himself, to which the one actually pursued by Britain bore a striking resemblance.
— from Albert Ballin by Bernhard Huldermann

The baron remarked that, not having worked for money, he had hoped for a better reward; as far as money was concerned, he desired only the reimbursement of the actual expenses of his journeys to and from, but Chamillard answered that the king expected all that he offered and whatever he offered to be accepted with gratitude.
— from Massacres of the South (1551-1815) Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas

He had been one of the closest attendants upon a Pope, and knew everything about that high office—there could be no better adviser.
— from The Makers of Modern Rome, in Four Books by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

And now Bessie saw that there was really a twinkle in the keen eyes, and that he wasn't as angry as he looked.
— from A Campfire Girl's First Council Fire The Camp Fire Girls In the Woods by Jane L. Stewart

She knew enough about the habits and practices of the banditti, not to have any fears for her personal safety, since it was so much for their pecuniary advantage to protect and respect her.
— from The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence by Maturin Murray Ballou

His strongest card, should anything come out, was that he had not known Evans, and therefore had no reason to kill him.
— from In Queer Street by Fergus Hume

King Edward appears to have been at this time in a most gracious frame of mind, which he evinced by scattering pardons and honours broadcast on all sides.
— from Red and White: A Tale of the Wars of the Roses by Emily Sarah Holt