I was once there, and killed—’ ‘With thy knife, O Zoolfoo, and roasted it afterwards I suppose,’ said Nasur: ‘don’t tell us lies; thou knowest thou never hadst a gun in thy hand since thou wast born.’
— from Tippoo Sultaun: A tale of the Mysore war by Meadows Taylor

And now all things are ready for your reception; the Father is ready to embrace you, Christ is ready to wash you in his blood, the Spirit is ready to heal your diseased natures, angels are ready to rejoice at your return, and we, as the servants of this King of Zion, are ready to welcome you into this family of God, and do now exhort you, and pray you, in Christ's stead, 'to flee for refuge, to lay hold on the hope set before you.'"
— from The Sheepfold and the Common; Or, Within and Without. Vol. 1 (of 2) by Timothy East

But still the Squire kept on zealously, and reminded Ralph that some of the best things of the season were often lost by men becoming slack towards evening.
— from Ralph the Heir by Anthony Trollope

From them it appeared that in A.H. 1081 (A.D. 1670-71) the Shanabila Sayyids were Kazis of Zayla and retained the office for 138 years.
— from First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir