And though the three knights urged her not to put her life in that great peril, she replied, “If I die to heal another’s body, I shall get health to my soul,” and would not be persuaded to refuse.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

Does he want to die without leaving any one behind him to keep up his name?
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

But, as a matter of fact, he was delighted with Bazarov's proposal; and only the thought that he must keep up his "Nihilism" prevented him from manifesting his feelings.
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

The king upon his neck had thrown The jewelled chain which graced his own.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

The king urges her not to fear her foster father.
— from Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry T. Finck

Gordon’s gaze centered keenly upon his niece’s hot face.
— from Mountain Blood: A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer

He seems to have half a dozen languages at his finger-tips; and there's nothing to prevent his keeping up his newspaper connections from here.
— from The Gadfly by E. L. (Ethel Lillian) Voynich

Betsy, EN PASSANT, just dropped a kiss upon his nose.
— from Dear Enemy by Jean Webster

Nearly always, the first game I killed under his nose, were it small game, such as partridge, young pheasant or quail, would be lost to me.
— from My Memoirs, Vol. II, 1822 to 1825 by Alexandre Dumas

When he was quite erect, he suddenly flung up the sword so as to knock the pistol out of aim, dashed forward with all his weight, and, catching Ned by the throat with both hands, bore him down upon his side among the briars, and planted a knee upon his neck.
— from Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. by Robert Neilson Stephens

Spain lies too remote; besides which, it is only for the sake of her American mines that she keeps up her navy.
— from The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Thomas Paine

In a moment, scowling to keep up her nerve, she was pushing through the standers-by right out into the Avenue; and feeling like a public sight, she tried quickly to get into line.
— from His Second Wife by Ernest Poole

Monoux refusing to accept this sum, another letter was despatched to him from the king urging him not to stand in the way of a project so useful to merchants and tending so much to the "beautifitye" of the city.
— from London and the Kingdom - Volume 1 A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London. by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe