When the ambassador heard that proposal, he went and reported it to his master, and Karmasena agreed to it, and left for Ujjayiní with his army.
— from The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta
I think he expected me, and knew all that I had to say.
— from The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
Really I had enjoyed my morning as keenly as though I had added to my bag an hundredfold.
— from Two Dianas in Somaliland: The Record of a Shooting Trip by Agnes Herbert
That demonstration likewise is the best which furnishes the mind with the most ample knowledge; and this is, alone, the province of universals.
— from Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Thomas Taylor
I do not think he will go all the same, or I should be more uneasy, for I do not want to have my Arick killed; and there is no doubt that if he begins to fight again, he will be likely to go on with it very far.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 25 by Robert Louis Stevenson
I do not think he will go, all the same, or I should be uneasy; for I do not want to have my Arick killed; and there is no doubt that if he begins this fight again, he will be likely to go on with it very far.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 18 by Robert Louis Stevenson
Linger in the old churchyards at Kirk Maughold and Kirkmichael among the immemorial cross-slabs of a long since vanished race; sit among the ruins of St. Patrick's Island—broken cathedral and broken castle, old, mysterious round tower, and ruined pre-Conquest church—till the place is peopled again with dead voices and dead faces, and till the whole island Glows as if the Middle Age Were gorgeous upon earth again.
— from The Isle of Man by Joseph E. (Joseph Ernest) Morris
The two divisions of the Diamond Mountains are known as the Inner and the Outer Kongo.
— from Korean Buddhism: History—Condition—Art by Frederick Starr
" "Marguerite," she commanded, "give me another kiss, and then I'll go.
— from Dimbie and I—and Amelia by Mabel Barnes-Grundy
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