" She came of a great family, for all that; but she did not know it, and the old clerk did not know it, though he had so much written down; but one of the old crows knew about it, and told about it.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

2. The children of Ham possessed the land from Syria and Amanus, and the mountains of Libanus; seizing upon all that was on its sea-coasts, and as far as the ocean, and keeping it as their own.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

There were two women, who were harlots in the course of their lives, that came to him; of whom she that seemed to be injured began to speak first, and said, "O king, I and this other woman dwell together in one room.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Knowledge is a thing of great weight, they faint under it: their understanding has neither vigour nor dexterity enough to set forth and distribute, to employ or make use of this rich and powerful matter; it has no prevailing virtue but in a strong nature; and such natures are very rare—and the weak ones, says Socrates, corrupt the dignity of philosophy in the handling, it appears useless and vicious, when lodged in an ill-contrived mind.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Nicholas shook hands, kissed his old pupils all round, intrusted a large parcel of toys to the guardianship of Morleena, bowed to the doctor and the married ladies, and inquired after Mrs. Kenwigs in a tone of interest, which went to the very heart and soul of the nurse, who had come in to warm some mysterious compound, in a little saucepan over the fire.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

‘Mama!’ returned Kate, in a tone of remonstrance.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

By Sinel's death I know I am Thane of Glamis; But how of Cawdor?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

[54] A name given to the maid servants of the zenana of the Kings in ancient times, on account of their always keeping their breasts covered with a cloth called Kanchuki.
— from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks by Vatsyayana

And while he was going along with him, as before, the Vetála again said to that king, “O king, I am tired out with going backwards and forwards, though you are not: so I will put to you one difficult question, and mind you listen to me.”
— from The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta

As the [pg 162] arrangement of the matter makes it certain that the commentary is contemporaneous, Cod. Ξ must be regarded as the earliest known, indeed as the only uncial, copy furnished with a catena.
— from A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead Across a void of mystery and dread.
— from The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century by William Lyon Phelps

It were needless to insist that training of a special kind, in addition to originality and independence of mind, was required to lead to views and conclusions such as those attained to by Servetus.
— from Servetus and Calvin A Study of an Important Epoch in the Early History of the Reformation by Robert Willis

“I will not rise till I know from those sweet lips that I am forgiven for my fault,” answered the King, in a tone of tender passion; for he it was who thus took advantage of the forced absence of her husband to urge his criminal suit.
— from The Prime Minister by William Henry Giles Kingston

You know I always think of you as a brother."
— from The Hero by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

Then knew I that he was a hero, for no fear at all was his, neither of swift bright-eyed death, nor even of Hella itself, and knew I also that one overmastering need beset his soul, and that was his love for Sieglinde.
— from The Valkyries by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson