This, senor, is the Knight of the Rueful Countenance, if you have ever heard him named, whose valiant achievements and mighty deeds shall be written on lasting brass and imperishable marble, notwithstanding all the efforts of envy to obscure them and malice to hide them.” When the canon heard both the prisoner and the man who was at liberty talk in such a strain he was ready to cross himself in his astonishment, and could not make out what had befallen him; and all his attendants were in the same state of amazement.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

And there he was unarmed, and met two knights of the Round Table, King Bagdemagus, and Sir Uwaine.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

So, Sir Knight of the Rueful Countenance, I say you not only may and ought to do mad freaks for her sake, but you have a good right to give way to despair and hang yourself; and no one who knows of it but will say you did well, though the devil should take you; and I wish I were on my road already, simply to see her, for it is many a day since I saw her, and she must be altered by this time, for going about the fields always, and the sun and the air spoil women's looks greatly.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Who would say that this lady who is beside me was the great queen that we all know her to be, or that I am that Knight of the Rueful Countenance, trumpeted far and wide by the mouth of Fame?
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

But the ready-witted Dorothea, who by this time so well understood Don Quixote’s humour, said, to mollify his wrath, “Be not irritated at the absurdities your good squire has uttered, Sir Knight of the Rueful Countenance, for perhaps he did not utter them without cause, and from his good sense and Christian conscience it is not likely that he would bear false witness against anyone.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

" And also there was fast by a sycamore tree, and there hung an horn, the greatest that ever they saw, of an elephant's bone; and this Knight of the Red Launds had hanged it up there, that if there came any errant-knight, he must blow that horn, and then will he make him ready and come to him to do battle.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

From the assiduous study of his immortal ancestor, he derived the knowledge of the Roman constitution, and of human nature.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The 18th of his reign he was lodged there, and the ambassadors from the king of the Romans, where thither brought to his presence, and from thence the king came to Powles, and was there sworn to the king of the Romans, as the said king had sworn to him.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

Marius came to a full knowledge of that rare, sweet, and sublime man, that species of lion-lamb who had been his father.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

From Kirkman's book, which is now highly prized from its rarity, it appears that the "drollery" entitled "The Bouncing Knight, or the Robbers Robbed," is, in truth, a famous adventure of Sir John Falstaff's, set forth in close accordance with the original text; while the comedy of "Rule a Wife and have a Wife" is reduced to a brief entertain Page 212 ment called "The Equal Match."
— from A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook

When they reached the rocks Kash-ka-di jumped out and grabbing a great sealion by its hind flippers tried to tear it in two, but he was thrown high in the air and killed on the rocks.
— from The Whale House of the Chilkat by George Thornton Emmons

The removal of such tumors requires accurate anatomical knowledge of the region in which the growth is situated.
— from A Text-book of Diseases of Women by Charles B. (Charles Bingham) Penrose

So he turned and hurried across the golden glamor of Third Avenue, on Eightieth Street, and just beyond climbed up three flights of stairs in a stuffy tenement and knocked on the rear door.
— from The Nine-Tenths by James Oppenheim

He kneels to receive a crown of ivy from the hands of the king of the revel.
— from Castilian Days by John Hay

Thus, of all the Mormon prisoners first kidnapped, only two remained in the State—Mr. Gibbs having denied the faith to try and regain his liberty—these were Morris Phelps and myself.
— from The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry, and Travels by Parley P. (Parley Parker) Pratt

Well, what now?' For Audrey was kneeling on the rug, and she was looking at him with her brightest and most bewitching smile.
— from Lover or Friend by Rosa Nouchette Carey

And there were {296} others who trembled for him—his father, the Emperor Frederick III., who wrote to the magistrates of Bruges warning them that he should hold them personally responsible for any evil which might befall the King of the Romans; the Pope, who threatened interdict; several German princes, who were making ready, it was said, for invasion; and his son Philip, who summoned the estates of Hainault and of Brabant with a view to obtaining their good offices.
— from The Story of Bruges by Ernest Gilliat-Smith

The latter, having fired and missed, soon had full employment for his sword and the activity of his horse, in keeping off the ruffians, who attacked him on all sides, and appeared to be well accustomed to such combats.
— from Tales from the German. Volume I. by C. F. van der (Carl Franz) Velde