King Inge was rejoiced at his safety, and told him to use his property as freely as his own, King Eystein having burnt Gregorius's house, and slaughtered his stock of cattle.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

THE GREAT KAAN ENJOINETH HIS PEOPLE TO SUPPLY HIM WITH GAME NOTE.—Parallel Passage.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

And thus Sir Kehydius excused him.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Ah—you didn't know Ellen had come to spend the day with me?
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Sweet Kate, embrace her for her beauty’s sake.
— from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

In the first place, he endeavored to calumniate Abner to the king, exhorting him to have a care of him, and not to give attention to what he had engaged to do for him, because all he did tended to confirm the government to Saul's son; that he came to him deceitfully and with guile, and was gone away in hopes of gaining his purpose by this management: but when he could not thus persuade David, nor saw him at all exasperated, he betook himself to a project bolder than the former:—he determined to kill Abner; and in order thereto, he sent some messengers after him, to whom he gave in charge, that when they should overtake him they should recall him in David's name, and tell him that he had somewhat to say to him about his affairs, which he had not remembered to speak of when he was with him.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

She was still the victim of his keen eyes, his suave manners, his fine clothes.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

He began to count the money on the path, we on our knees eagerly helping to stack it in little piles.
— from The Mysterious Stranger, and Other Stories by Mark Twain

And Juan, on retiring for the night, Felt restless, and perplex'd, and compromised: He thought Aurora Raby's eyes more bright Than Adeline (such is advice) advised; If he had known exactly his own plight, He probably would have philosophised: A great resource to all, and ne'er denied Till wanted;
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

This wide-spread reputation for kindliness emboldens him to reveal his object in writing.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

"The work of demolishing the enclosure and removing the plant has already begun, and to-day the majority of the troops will be en route for their up-country stations, many of them taking back prizes and other mementoes of the well-organised, well-managed, and finest military display and gathering of its kind ever held in the East.
— from General Gatacre The Story of the Life and Services of Sir William Forbes Gatacre, K.C.B., D.S.O., 1843-1906 by Gatacre, Beatrix Wickens Davey, Lady

And yet, could my friend prevail, he would train up a child in the way he should not go; but he would not, I know, encourage him in this prejudice.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 19 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

Evelyn reports that when the king expressed his intention never to alter this fashion, "divers courtiers and gentlemen gave his Majesty gold by way of wager that he would not persist in this resolution" ("Diary," October 18th, 1666).
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1666 N.S. by Samuel Pepys

" "You'd better stay where you are," said the old Mother-Toad, "for you know everything here, and you can tell what you have.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

King Edward, having subdued the Welsh, “endeavoured to propitiate his newly acquired subjects by becoming a resident in the conquered country.
— from John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 [of 2] by William Powell Frith

Calico don’t kno even herself.
— from The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Josh Billings

In ten minutes they were on the trail, Andrew leading, with Father Wills' dogs, Kaviak lying in the sled muffled to the eyes, still looking round out of the corners—no, strangely enough, the Kaviak eye had no corners, but fixedly he stared sideways at Mac.
— from The Magnetic North by Elizabeth Robins

Digby waited till he had recovered his senses, spoke to him earnestly and kindly, entreating him to abandon his evil courses.
— from Digby Heathcote: The Early Days of a Country Gentleman's Son and Heir by William Henry Giles Kingston

We had to go quite outside of the station grounds to get a cab for our hotel, but from this blow to our dignity I recovered a little later in the day, when the king, attended by as small a troop of cavalry as I suppose a king ever has with him, came driving by in the street where I was walking.
— from Familiar Spanish Travels by William Dean Howells

"I'll put it to you as a promise," said Klinker, eyeing him earnestly.
— from Queed: A Novel by Henry Sydnor Harrison