She suppressed a moan, and lay in his arms quietly and patiently.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

She again rubbed a match on the wall, and the light shone round her; in the brightness stood her old grandmother, clear and shining, yet mild and loving in her appearance.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

Whether was this a symptom of an unquiet mind, or rather was it thus intimated that he who should persevere in worshipping that crowd, not, to be sure, of gods, but of demons, could not dwell with quiet; to which the true Physician calls, saying, "Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls?"
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

For Thou hiddest these things from the wise, and revealedst them to babes; that they that labour and are heavy laden might come unto Him, and He refresh them, because He is meek and lowly in heart; and the meek He directeth in judgment, and the gentle He teacheth His ways, beholding our lowliness and trouble, and forgiving all our sins.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

But such as are lifted up in the lofty walk of some would-be sublimer learning, hear not Him, saying, Learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
— from The Pursuit of God by A. W. (Aiden Wilson) Tozer

—all which put together, must have prepared the reader’s imagination for the entrance of Dr. Slop upon the stage,—as much, at least (I hope) as a dance, a song, or a concerto between the acts.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

I have had him ill upon my hands near four years;—and have since travelled him and Corporal Trim in a chariot-and-four, a journey of near two hundred miles down into Yorkshire.—all which put together, must have prepared the reader's imagination for the entrance of Dr. Slop upon the stage,—as much, at least (I hope) as a dance, a song, or a concerto between the acts.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

The world shall end like a comedy, and we shall meet at last in heaven, and live in bliss altogether, or else in conclusion, in nihil evanescere.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Miss Amy Lowell is herself a fully-equipped and automobile Greenwich Village, domiciled in Boston amid the crumbling gravestones of the New England intelligentsia, but often in waspish joy-ride through the hinterland.
— from Prejudices, Second Series by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls; for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light!'
— from Ella Clinton; or, By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them by Martha Finley

I didn't, couldn't mind; at least I had a foot in the right door.
— from Question of Comfort by Les Cole

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.’” D’Elsac had already been led to see that Victorine was right in refusing to be a rival to her sister; he was therefore inclined to listen to what she said, though he tried to make himself believe that, as she was a heretic, he should not be led by her in anything; however, he went on conversing with her about Caliste, and even about Lisette.
— from The Young Lord, and Other Tales; to which is added Victorine Durocher by Mrs. (Mary Martha) Sherwood

As I sat across the table from him, at mealtimes, and looked into his amused, small twinkling eyes, I thought continually of the Miller in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales ....
— from Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Harry Kemp

He received a good welcome, and in 1569 was made a lecturer in Hebrew at Cambridge, where "he was accounted second to none in the realme."
— from The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times With an Introductory Chapter on the Preceding Period by K. Rebillon (Kathleen Rebillon) Lambley

; LEARN TO DO AS I DO, WHO SUBMIT EVERYTHING AND REFER EVERYTHING TO THE WILL OF MY FATHER, YEA HAVE MY WILL ONLY IN THE CARRYING OUT OF HIS: BE MEEK AND LOWLY IN HEART, AND YE SHALL FIND REST UNTO YOUR SOULS.
— from Thomas Wingfold, Curate V2 by George MacDonald

Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
— from Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Alexander Whyte