not perfect; for I know him, and that when he was ordained priest, he could in no wise, by reason of the dulness of his understanding, learn the ministry of catechizing and baptizing; for which reason I enjoined upon him altogether to desist from presuming to exercise that ministry, which he could not duly perform.’
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

At any rate, the other yashikis of Satsuma and of Shimadzu Awaji no Kami had also been burnt.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

You’ll have to be as artful as you know how, and as close as the grave.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

"Did—Mr. Knox have anything to do with it?"
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey

I wrote as follows: 'HONOURED SIR, 'When I consider how easily you might make me happy, since all I desire is to be permitted to go to my poor father and mother; when I reflect upon your former proposal to me in relation to a certain person, not one word of which is now mentioned; and upon my being in that strange manner run away with, and still kept here a miserable prisoner; do you think, sir, (pardon your poor servant's freedom; my fears make me bold; do you think, I say,) that your general assurances of honour to me, can have the effect upon me, that, were it not for these things, all your words ought to have?—O, good sir!
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

"She kissed him at the gate, but in the hall his brother's welcome touched his heart."
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Kent has answered Albany, but Edgar has not; and the lines seem to be rather more appropriate to Edgar.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

Ridiculous as he knew himself about to be in his new rôle, he was less ridiculous than his betters.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

The Queen (which I did not know) it seems was at Windsor, at the late St. George’s feast there; and the Duke of Monmouth dancing with her with his hat in his hand, the King came in and kissed him, and made him put on his hat, which every body took notice of.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The Athenians condemned and executed Timagoras, and if it was for the amount of presents which he received, rightly enough; for he not only took silver and gold, but a costly bed and slaves to make it, as if Greeks did not know how, and also eighty cows and their herdsmen, on the pretence of wanting cow's milk for some weakness that he suffered from; and at last he went down to the sea-coast carried in a palanquin, and four talents were given by the king to his bearers—still, it does not seem to have been his venality which especially disgusted the Athenians.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 (of 4) by Plutarch

He richly merited the fate he met, for although he did not propose to assassinate the king, his aim was to bring over an army of foreigners, and subjugate those of his countrymen who differed from him in opinion, and to re-establish the Romish faith in England.
— from John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by William Henry Giles Kingston

When visiting at my mother's house, I had formerly known him; and, on this occasion, renewed my acquaintance with him.
— from Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Henry Digby Beste

Harvard is strong in the affections of the New England people—her faults are theirs; they love her for them, and keep her advantages to themselves, for in the whole list of graduates for this year I could find only two Irish names.
— from Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries During 1866-7 by Dilke, Charles Wentworth, Sir

We did not know him as we should."
— from Opening a Chestnut Burr by Edward Payson Roe

He wanted to ask us top-notch prices for everything, and when we kicked he acted so ugly we packed out.”
— from The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound; or, A Tour on Skates and Iceboats by George A. Warren

He pulled his hat down over his eyes, buttoned his wet coat to the chin, laid his hand for a minute over the faintly pulsating heart of Mother Douglas, swept Mary Hope up in his arms and kissed her again, pulled open the door and was gone.
— from Rim o' the World by B. M. Bower

Lozelle quailed before his fierce eyes, for well he knew Hassan, and knew also that if it came to fighting his sailors were no match for the emir and his picked Saracens.
— from The Brethren by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

He did not know his age, but he appeared to be about eleven.
— from London Labour and the London Poor (Vol. 1 of 4) by Henry Mayhew