After that, the initiate must kiss the nurtunja.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

When David had received the sword, he fled out of the country of the Hebrews into that of the Philistines, over which Achish reigned; and when the king's servants knew him, and he was made known to the king himself, the servants informing him that he was that David who had killed many ten thousands of the Philistines, David was afraid lest the king should put him to death, and that he should experience that danger from him which he had escaped from Saul; so he pretended to be distracted and mad, so that his spittle ran out of his mouth; and he did other the like actions before the king of Gath, which might make him believe that they proceeded from such a distemper.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Listen to me, and don't be alarmed: “You must know that, in my eyes, you are two spies sent to reconnoitre me and my movements.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Now, (added Johnson,) every one acquainted with microscopes knows, that the more of them he looks through, the less the object will appear.'
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

There was no reply to make; he experienced two violent vexations, the vexation of renouncing the bribery which he had hoped for, and the vexation of being beaten; the man added:— “You may keep this paper as your receipt.” Thénardier retreated in tolerably good order.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Thus, Brutus, did my master bid me kneel; Thus did Mark Antony bid me fall down; And, being prostrate, thus he bade me say: Brutus is noble, wise, valiant, and honest; Caesar was mighty, bold, royal, and loving; Say I love Brutus and I honour him; Say I fear’d Caesar, honour’d him, and lov’d him.
— from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

And seothe ich cumen wulle And again will I come To mine kiueriche To my kingdom And wunien mid Brutten And dwell with Britons Mid muchelere wunne.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

This sonnet was addressed to John Mitchell Kemble, the well-known Editor of the Beowulf and other Anglo-Saxon poems.
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

Again, such characteristics may be said to be ordinary but in no wise regulative: there are enough cases in which the woman was much keener than the man and the man much more cautious than the woman.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

You must know that I ought, that I can, consider only the success of my enterprise.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

Call me Karema the Arab, or Karema the Cup, which you will, but by the name of Thoth, god of learning, do not call me queen.”
— from The Ancient Allan by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

"You must know that although I had entirely given up the occult practices—that may not be the exact term, but you will understand what I mean—I had indulged in at Oxford, I had never relaxed my deep, perhaps my almost morbid interest in the efforts that were being made by scientists and others to break through the barrier dividing us on earth from the spirit world.
— from The Dweller on the Threshold by Robert Hichens

"Well, see here," said Jack, who stood facing the party, with his back to the stone bulwark of the terrace, and a hard look on his face; "that's just the sort of place where I should have expected you to find it, for it's an anonymous letter that some fellows might keep to themselves—but not me!
— from My Lord Duke by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

After remaining a few days at Cairo, they left the hospitable roof of Mr Galloway, and proceeded to Jaffa, where they were received by Mr Kháyát, the British Vice-Consul, Ahmed Agha Dizdar, the former Governor of Jerusalem, and by the representatives of the community.
— from Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume 2 (of 2) Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries, from 1812 to 1883 by Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady

The Portuguese officers in consequence declined to land, and as soon as their determination was made known, the Malays set upon the factory, and made Ruy de Araujo and about twenty men whom he had with him prisoners.
— from Rulers of India: Albuquerque by H. Morse (Henry Morse) Stephens

"'One may kill trolls at any time of night,' said the lad, when he got home; 'who can say when a man is 'fey.'
— from Tales from the Fjeld: A Second Series of Popular Tales by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

All you have to do now is to let me know the moment that Mr. Hunt is leaving the hotel.
— from The Weight of the Crown by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White

"Now you must know that the feu follet is of all objects whatever in the world the most mysterious.
— from Cape Breton Tales by Harry James Smith