O ye best of Hellenes, is not this one of the things of which we were saying that not to know them is disgraceful, and of which to have a bare knowledge only is no great distinction? CLEINIAS: Certainly. ATHENIAN:
— from Laws by Plato

The only church remaining in the city was so forsaken, that the very beadle had lost the key of it; nettles grew upon its steps, and against the door-posts of the principal entrance birds had built their nests.
— from Breton Legends Translated from the French by Anonymous

Here was a time when his knowledge of Indian nature, gained during years of association with them, stood him in good stead.
— from Where the Sun Swings North by Barrett Willoughby

A kind of interest naturally goes with the spot of ground on which this the first house of public entertainment in the New England metropolis stood.
— from Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs by Samuel Adams Drake

To kill oshidori is not good; but Sonjo happened to be very hungry, and he shot at the pair.
— from Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn

Dea did not know of it, nor Gwynplaine either.
— from The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History by Victor Hugo