A very sage old Saracen who knew Hebrew, and Latin, and some thirty languages, makes a suggestion, which is, in fact, that about the moving of the Mountain, as related by Marco Polo.[22]
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

This contains brilliant appreciations of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Lamb, Shelley, Keats, Hazlitt, and Landor, as well as some interesting studies of the literary figures of the age preceding.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

The king thought the condition somewhat hard, but as he was anxious to have a son to bear his name, and inherit his wealth and kingdom, he at last agreed to the terms.
— from Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

you knew him as long ago as that?
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

Keep him as long as-- Rank .
— from A Doll's House : a play by Henrik Ibsen

I resolv'd in my mind whether or not Jameson would renew his acquaintance; but Morpheus buried all my ideas, and this morn I rose by, or near, seven, dress'd in my light chintz, which is made gown-fashion, kenting handkerchief, and linen apron.
— from American Historical and Literary Curiosities: Second Series, Complete by J. Jay (John Jay) Smith

If Ellerby would but betake himself to Wales or France, or anywhere but here, all would be safe enough; but he keeps hovering about, like a moth round a candle.
— from Forest Days: A Romance of Old Times by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

"Keep her as long as she will stay with me, G., and perhaps take her education in hand myself when you all leave."
— from The Career of Katherine Bush by Elinor Glyn

"I kept him as long as I could.
— from The Great Miss Driver by Anthony Hope

[Pg 125] "Don't talk to me of love—please don't!" cried Kathleen, keeping her ardent lover at bay with two entreating white hands.
— from Kathleen's Diamonds; or, She Loved a Handsome Actor by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.

But she knew herself at last and knew the love that filled her, an overwhelming, passionate love that almost frightened her with its immensity and with the sudden hold it had laid upon her.
— from The Sheik: A Novel by E. M. (Edith Maude) Hull

Dr. Kane has at length answered it, and proved the affirmative.
— from Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Thomas Osborne Davis

Mrs. Timber kept him as long as she could; for Jarks, possessed of intelligence regarding the loss of Mr. Marlow's body, attracted customers.
— from The Millionaire Mystery by Fergus Hume

We took advantage of that moment to carry her away, the doctor and I. The neighbor who was present lived on the same street, two houses away; she offered to take the young mother in and keep her as long as her condition required.
— from Frédérique, vol. 2 by Paul de Kock

Of course the boys kidded him a lot after they found out he could positively not be enraged by the foulest aspersions on the character of the Kaiser and his oldest son.
— from Ma Pettengill by Harry Leon Wilson