The worthy Sancho Panza here you see; A great soul once was in that body small, Nor was there squire upon this earthly ball
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The worthy Sancho Panza here you see; A great soul once was in that body small, Nor was there squire upon this earthly ball So plain and simple, or of guile so free.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The people have ye served and the people’s superstition—NOT the truth!—all ye famous wise ones!
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

THE KING OF ARGOS Not at my private hearth ye sit and sue; And if the city bear a common stain, Be it the common toil to cleanse the same: Therefore no pledge, no promise will I give, Ere counsel with the commonwealth be held.
— from Four Plays of Aeschylus by Aeschylus

Early in January Clark was writing to De Pauw, "Have your stores at the Falls by the 20th of February, as in all probability we shall descend the river at that time."
— from The Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and Clark by Eva Emery Dye

“Plancus, have you secured another?
— from Domitia by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

"Yes, if you'll please help yourself," she answered, curtly, turning back to her work.
— from The Second Violin by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond

But what was you expecting—especial?" "Oh, porter, have you seen anybody that looks like a detective in disguise?"
— from Excuse Me! by Rupert Hughes

Nevertheless, within a very few days, at a council held in the presence of the king, the dukes of Acquitaine, Berry, and Brittany, the count de Ponthieu his youngest son, and some of [Pg 201] his ministers, the count d'Armagnac was nominated constable of France, and orders were dispatched to him in Languedoc, for him instantly to come to the king.
— from The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 04 [of 13] Containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries by Enguerrand de Monstrelet

Here being the product of this Author's wonderful Skill, you have the Skeleton of a Wit , with all the Readings of Philosophy and Chyrurgery upon the Parts: Here you see all the Lines Nature has drawn to form a Genius , how it performs, and from what Principles.
— from The Consolidator; or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon by Daniel Defoe

I don't think that any of our party have yet seen anything green since we started, not a blade of grass nor even a moss to relieve the stony reality of the hard rock.
— from In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by J. J. Smith

She took a keen interest in the politics of Gallicia, for she hoped to extend her frontiers to the north, and in 1116 she led her forces in person to the assistance of Diogo Gelmires, Bishop of Santiago da Campostella, and the Count de Trava, who had headed a rising, intended to depose Queen Urraca, and to place her young son Alfonso Raimundes at once upon the throne of Gallicia.
— from The Story of the Nations: Portugal by H. Morse (Henry Morse) Stephens

And this castle and the old castle—and you, lord, and the old lords—have given us succour and protection, holding your shield above us!
— from The Fortunes of Garin by Mary Johnston