She had married a younger brother of the family, who had left her a widow with one child.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Meseemeth (an you be of the same way of thinking) that this is a business to be undertaken of a morning, whenas the black may be the better known from the white, and of a holiday, when there will be none there to see us.'
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

Who are you, pray, that I, Duc De L’Omelette, Prince de Foie-Gras, just come of age, author of the ‘Mazurkiad,’ and Member of the Academy, should divest myself at your bidding of the sweetest pantaloons ever made by Bourdon, the daintiest robe-de-chambre ever put together by Rombert—to say nothing of the taking my hair out of paper—not to mention the trouble I should have in drawing off my gloves?”
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Mordaunt, a younger brother of the earl of Peterborough, had also displayed his zeal for the king, by maintaining a constant correspondence with the marquess of Ormond, and distributing royal commissions to those who offered to raise men in favour of Charles.
— from The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 by Hilaire Belloc

Military instructors were sent from France, the Yokosuka dockyard was constructed with French materials, a young brother of the Shogun was sent a little later on to Paris, where he stayed for many years as the favourite of the court of Napoleon.
— from A Fantasy of Far Japan; Or, Summer Dream Dialogues by Kencho Suematsu

Waves of fragrant memories came to Aderhold himself—days of a serious, quiet childhood when he had pondered over Bible stories; when in some leafy garden corner, or on his bed at night, he had gone in imagination step by step through that drama of Judea, figuring himself as a boy who followed, as, maybe, a younger brother of the beloved John.
— from The Witch by Mary Johnston

For this journey a Bedawin escort was necessary; and as the Mezrab tribe occupied the ground, the duty of commanding the escort devolved upon Shaykh Mijwal, a younger brother of the chief of this tribe.
— from The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life. Volume II by W. H. (William Henry) Wilkins

Which shews that they were not to seek or require any Thing by Force, or to stint, or make a Bargain beforehand, as the Preachers as well among Papists as Protestants do in these Days, who will not preach to any until they be first sure of so much a Year; but on the contrary, these were to do their Duty, and freely to com [Pg 284] municate, as the Lord should order them, what they had received, without seeking or expecting a Reward.
— from An Apology for the True Christian Divinity Being an explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the people called Quakers by Robert Barclay

It may come in a moment, so I conjecture, or one may have to suffer the agony of months and years, but of this I am sure, that the balance is in favour of joy.
— from The Angel of Pain by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

It seems but as yesterday when, patriotically braving all the pains and penalties attached to such an audacious proceeding, we escaped p. 147 from the nursery to clap our little hands, and set up our little shout, as we followed the music and yellow banners of the champion of cheapness and plenty to his house in Kent-square.
— from Liverpool a few years since: by an old stager by James Aspinall

Here Ischia smiles o'er liquid miles, And yonder, bluest of the isles, Calm Capri waits, her sapphire gates Beguiling to her bright estates.
— from The Canadian Elocutionist Designed for the Use of Colleges, Schools and Self Instruction, Together with a Copious Selection in Prose and Poetry of Pieces Adapted for Reading, Recitation and Practice by Anna K. (Anna Kelsey) Howard

As it was, the plan was deeper, and a Protestant Indian, or one that favored the Protestant cause and American missions, a younger brother of Tawatowe is selected.
— from A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by W. H. (William Henry) Gray