See, glorious, golden-coated, one Who glisters like the morning sun, Whom thousands of his race surround, 'Tis Hara for his strength renowned.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Then Ulysses tore off his rags, and sprang on to the broad pavement with his bow and his quiver full of arrows.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

I do not think there was any great suffering in this motion the torments that are the most dreadful to look on are not always the greatest to endure; and I find those that other historians relate to have been practised by him upon the Epirot lords, are more horrid and cruel, where they were condemned to be flayed alive piecemeal, after so malicious a manner that they continued fifteen days in that misery.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

They condemned the doctrines of Wickliffe, and even ordered his remains to be dug up and burnt to ashes; which orders were strictly complied with.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

And so warmly has he painted what he forcibly felt, that, interesting the heart and inflaming the imagination of his readers; in proportion to the strength of their fancy, they imagine that their understanding is convinced, when they only sympathize with a poetic writer, who skilfully exhibits the objects of sense, most voluptuously shadowed, or gracefully veiled; and thus making us feel, whilst dreaming that we reason, erroneous conclusions are left in the mind.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft

We went as quietly as we could, but four of us made some noise on the aged boards, and when we came to the second story we found we had disturbed a man who was standing there looking out of his room.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Here, everything is classed under the generic term sheitan , which is Arabic, and we find the rakshasa of Hindu romances and the jin and ʿefrit of the Arabian Nights in the company of a lot of Indo-Chinese spirits and goblins, who have not come from the West like the others:— “I explained to Mr. M. clearly the names of all the sheitan believed in by Chinese and Malays; all ignorance and folly which have come down from their ancestors in former times, and exist up to the present day, much more than I could relate or explain.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

The date of his resolution he knew, of course, to the very hour.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

Mr. Nelson was then at Bath, whither he had gone for the recovery of his health: his circumstances were straitened, and he had no prospect of ever seeing them bettered: he knew that it was the wish of providing for himself by which Horatio was chiefly actuated, and did not oppose his resolution; he understood also the boy's character, and had always said, that in whatever station he might be placed, he would climb if possible to the very top of the tree.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

" Not only did Noureddin's friends constantly partake of his hospitality, but in every way they took advantage of his generosity; everything of his that they admired, whether land, houses, baths, or any other source of his revenue, he immediately bestowed on them.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

The men had been for some time on half rations.
— from History of the United States, Volume 4 by Elisha Benjamin Andrews

The letters which form the records of her journey out, of her life in Constantinople and of her return, serve to show, as the "Lady" who wrote a preface to them when they were published says she is 'malicious enough 193 to desire,' "to how much better purpose the ladies travel than their lords."
— from Constantinople: The Story of the Old Capital of the Empire by William Holden Hutton

So soon as a palanquin enters the 300 gate, the durwan vociferates lustily; informing, that a visitor approaches; when immediately some other servant, such as a peon or hirkarah , runs to enquire the name, &c. which is immediately announced to the master or mistress.
— from The East India Vade-Mecum, Volume 1 (of 2) or, complete guide to gentlemen intended for the civil, military, or naval service of the East India Company. by Thomas Williamson

He hunts in the season, and, as [Pg 317] he motors down to the meet, he is apt to put on his red coat and white breeches before he starts, and they give the last touch of respectability to our respectable house.
— from Our House and London out of Our Windows by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

As the clock struck the fateful hour the old woman was carried to her grave; and as they lowered her, Joseph, with uncovered head, let fall the clods from his own hand, repeating, in a hoarse yet tremulous voice, the words: ‘Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.’
— from Lancashire Idylls (1898) by Marshall Mather

He bowed a hearty welcome to the visitors and presently made clear to them the true relationship between his pot of dried tobacco and the earthen pipe bowls at the ends of hollow reeds.
— from On the Lightship by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé

Popular report has always credited the young queen with abilities not inferior to those of her royal husband.
— from The War in the East: Japan, China, and Corea by Trumbull White

As remarkable for her beauty as for her tasteful dress, she captivates everybody by the charm of her remarks, both animated and clever.
— from Anecdotal Recollections of the Congress of Vienna by La Garde-Chambonas, Auguste Louis Charles, Comte de

A former settlement on a small branch of Brasstown creek of Hiwassee river, just within the line of Towns county, Georgia.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

"Let go of him, Raoul," Pierre said.
— from Shaman by Robert Shea