At the demise, recently, of the consort of the eldest grandson of the mansion of Ning Kuo, he, in consideration of the friendship which had formerly existed between the two grandfathers, by virtue of which they had been inseparable, both in adversity as well as in prosperity, treating each other as if they had not been of different surnames, was consequently induced to pay no regard to princely dignity or to his importance, but having like the others paid, on the previous day, his condolences and presented sacrificial offerings, he had further now raised a shed wherein to offer libations.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

“I could have killed the procureur, but as I was not sufficiently acquainted with the neighborhood, I was fearful of not killing him on the spot, and that if his cries were overheard I might be taken; so I put it off until the next occasion, and in order that nothing should escape me, I took a chamber looking into the street bordered by the wall of the garden.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

"Near the island of Santorini, professor," the captain answered me, "and right in the channel that separates the volcanic islets of Nea Kameni and Palea Kameni.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

The Avars.—Chosroes I, Or Nushirvan, King Of Persia.—His Prosperous Reign And Wars With The Romans.—The Colchian Or Lazic War.—The Aethiopians.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Another grove you then will find With every joy to take the mind, Like Nandan with its charms displayed, Or Northern Kuru's blissful shade; Where trees distil their balmy juice, And fruit through all the year produce; Where shades with seasons ever fair With Chaitraratha may compare: Where trees whose sprays with fruit are bowed Rise like a mountain or a cloud.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

the virtue of not knowing.
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

I was happy that she had taken no offense; one never knows how great yogis or yoginis will react to the thought of publicity.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

Oh, neighbor, knew you but as much as I do, I doubt not but that you would go with me.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

Pliny tells us that some folk cured diseases of the groin by taking a thread from a web, tying seven or nine knots on it, and then fastening it to the patient’s groin; but to make the cure effectual it was necessary to name some widow as each knot was tied.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Raja Guru di Laut is identified with Mambang Tali Harus or Nabi Khidhr; Panjang Kuku with the Hantu Pemburu.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

A hala aku la laua, halawai aku la me Mailepakaha, ka ha o na kiai.
— from The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by S. N. Haleole

Large-scale international food aid deliveries have allowed the people of North Korea to escape widespread starvation since famine threatened in 1995, but the population continues to suffer from prolonged malnutrition and poor living conditions.
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

One never knows what he would do if put in the position of another.
— from Justin Wingate, Ranchman by John Harvey Whitson

Whether or no Kavak Tepe summit gives a useful outlook on to the back of Sari Bair and the Dardanelles, at least it will give us the whip hand of the guns on the Anafarta ridge and save our ships from the annoying attentions they are beginning to receive.
— from Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 by Ian Hamilton

Kheyr-ed-Din had the one supreme merit of never knowing when he was beaten.
— from Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean: The grand period of the Moslem corsairs by E. Hamilton (Edward Hamilton) Currey

“But one never knows what may come of things.
— from Thomas Wingfold, Curate by George MacDonald

Still, one never knows, in such a queer world as ours, where newspapers live on happenings we'd laugh to scorn if they came out of novel writers' brains.
— from It Happened in Egypt by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson