King Harald went south with the greater part of the men-at-arms, but King Erlin remained behind with his men.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
Then King Eystein replied, "But I remember that you was not so good at the games which require agility.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
King Eystein returned back to Viken, and King Inge to Throndhjem, and they were in a sort reconciled; but they did not meet each other.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
King Edward returning backe, came to the castell of Striueling (which the Scotishmen held against him) and besieged it.
— from Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (09 of 12) Edward the First, Surnamed Longshanks, the Eldest Sonne of Henrie the Third by Raphael Holinshed
She thrust open the door to the cellar, and behind a heap of faggots found a fresh keg, evidently recently brought, and quite full.
— from Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
“I know,” Eva replied; “but I was told that you might be able to tell me where he was.”
— from Eva's Adventures in Shadow-Land by Mary D. (Mary Dummett) Nauman
"Go to, you Asse!" is a kind of kennel eloquence relished by the populace.
— from The Beginners of a Nation A History of the Source and Rise of the Earliest English Settlements in America, with Special Reference to the Life and Character of the People by Edward Eggleston
They kindly expressed regret, but of course I persisted and remained as a mere spectator.
— from Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1831-1835 by Dino, Dorothée, duchesse de
That same day the French king entered Rome by the Flaminian Gate, and rode in triumphal procession along the Corso with Cardinals Giuliano delle
— from Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 by Julia Cartwright
You see, I know each rose bush and each apple tree on our old place.
— from The Way of a Man by Emerson Hough
¶The altar and sepulture of the same king Henrie the seuenth, wherein he now resteth, in his new chappell at Westminster, was made and finished in the yeare of our Lord 1519, by one Peter T. a painter of the citie of Florence, for the which he receiued one thousand pounds sterling for the whole stuffe and workemanship, at the hands of the king executors, Richard bishop of Winchester, Richard Fitz Iames bishop of London, Thomas bishop of Duresme, Iohn bishop of Rochester, Thomas duke of Norffolke treasuror of England, Edward earle of Worcester the kings Chamberleine, Iohn F. knight, chiefe iustice of the kings Bench, Robert R. knight chiefe justice of the common plées, &c.
— from Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (7 of 9) Henrie the Seauenth, Sonne to Edmund Earle of Richmond, Which Edmund was Brother by the Moothers Side to Henrie the Sixt by Raphael Holinshed
Richmond, Kentucky , enemy routed by General E. E. Smith, 382.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 by Jefferson Davis
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