Shakespeare's play, which I kept throughout in mind as the foundation of my story, was worked out in the following manner:— An unnamed king of Sicily leaves his country, as I suggest, for a journey to Naples, and hands over to the Regent appointed—whom I simply call Friedrich, with the view of making him appear as German as possible—full authority to exercise all the royal power in order to effect a complete reform in the social habits of his capital, which had provoked the indignation of the Council.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

Because thou hast, though Thron'd in highest bliss Equal to God, and equally enjoying God-like fruition, quitted all to save A World from utter loss, and hast been found By Merit more then Birthright Son of God, Found worthiest to be so by being Good, 310 Farr more then Great or High; because in thee Love hath abounded more then Glory abounds, Therefore thy Humiliation shall exalt With thee thy Manhood also to this Throne; Here shalt thou sit incarnate, here shalt Reigne Both God and Man, Son both of God and Man, Anointed universal King; all Power I give thee, reign for ever, and assume Thy Merits; under thee as Head Supream Thrones, Princedoms, Powers, Dominions I reduce: 320 All knees to thee shall bow, of them that bide In Heaven, or Earth, or under Earth in Hell; When thou attended gloriously from Heav'n Shalt in the Skie appeer, and from thee send The summoning Arch-Angels to proclaime Thy dread Tribunal: forthwith from all Windes The living, and forthwith the cited dead Of all past Ages to the general Doom Shall hast'n, such a peal shall rouse thir sleep.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

I feel in a misty and unsettled kind of state; as if I had got up very early in the morning a week or two ago, and had never been to bed since.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Mianínag ang usa ka hanap nga pahíyum sa íyang mga ngábil, A faint smile appeared on her lips.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Mihugalbung ang usa ka búlig lubi nga nahū́g, The bunch of coconuts fell and hit the ground with a loud thumping sound.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

What doth it now matter about us kings!”
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Alas, said Balin, all that made an unhappy knight in the castle, for he caused me to leave my own shield to our both's destruction, and if I might live I would destroy that castle for ill customs.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Íyang gipugsan ug munggus ang usa ka parsíla, He planted one lot to mung beans.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Nagtikwangtikwang ang lamísa kay wà magtugkad ang usa ka tiil, The table is jiggling because one of the legs isn’t touching the ground.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Dì makaúpa ang ugis kay daug sa usa, The white cock cannot cover because it is afraid of the other one.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

They date, so far as I can judge, from every period, from the Assyrian to the Ottoman, but the majority are undoubtedly Kurdish, robber fastnesses of the marauding chiefs who have spread terror over the countryside for many a century.
— from Amurath to Amurath by Gertrude Lowthian Bell

His complexion was of the muddy and unwholesome kind which tells a tale of bad health, late hours and penury, and almost always of a bad disposition.
— from Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac

[129] and the ball was at your feet, for the toa ruled their rulers, made and unmade kings, and lived on the fat of the land.
— from Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga by Basil Thomson

On the contrary, Russia, with Manchuria and ultimately Korea in her hands, would be able, on the one hand, to build up under her exclusive policy a naval and commercial influence strong enough to enable her to dominate the East, and, on the other, to cripple forever Japan’s ambition as a nation, slowly drive her to starvation and decay, and even politically annex her.
— from The Russo-Japanese Conflict: Its Causes and Issues by Kan'ichi Asakawa

in his encyclical of A.D. 1880, by giving conspicuous honour to Cyril and Methodius, and uttering kind sentiments about the Christian church in the East, and conferring high rank on dignitaries of the Eastern church, seeks to smooth the way for a union of the two great churches.
— from Church History, Volume 3 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

‘A fine thing to boast of,’ thought Philammon, ‘in the face of the men who make and unmake kings and Caesars!’
— from Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Charles Kingsley