But now you have told me the secret of the bed, which no mortal has ever seen or knows but you and I, and my maiden whom I brought from my own home, and who kept the doors of our chamber.'
— from Tales of Troy and Greece by Andrew Lang

It is possible to discern in the myth of Hel as we know it a later sophistication of the original, most probably due, as we have said, to Christian influence.
— from An Introduction to Mythology by Lewis Spence

But there is another evidence that this great man of his age was known, to his compatriots in his own province, as one of themselves.
— from Vestiges of the supremacy of Mercia in the south of England during the eighth century by T. (Thomas) Kerslake

But I must examine these abstracts thoroughly,” he added, still in a muttering tone, as he bent his eyes upon the documents which he had been studying; “I must note every point in these copies of the titles by virtue of which my brother holds his estates—for the management of these estates is already as good as in my own hands: and who knows—who knows how soon they may be mine altogether—yes—lands, messuages, tenements—aye, baronetcy and all?”
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

An army was sent against him, most of his associates were killed, he was caught, and was taken before his father for judgment.
— from Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate by Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner

There are very few men of his age who keep in touch with the times as he does.”
— from An Open-Eyed Conspiracy; An Idyl of Saratoga by William Dean Howells

We went to church in the morning, and heard Domine Schaets preach, who, although he is a poor, old, ignorant person, and besides is not of good life, yet had to give utterance to his passion, having taken his text largely upon us, at which many of his auditors, who knew us better, were not well pleased, and blamed, condemned, and derided him for it, which we corrected.
— from Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by Jasper Danckaerts

And sallying forthwith from Barletta, he gained, on the 28th of April, 1503, at Cerignola, a small town of Puglia, a signal victory over the French commanded by the Duke of Nemours, who, together with three thousand men of his army, was killed in action.
— from A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by François Guizot