Until very lately there was always, on that day, a grand procession in Sweden, known as the May Ride, in which a flower-decked May king (Odin) pelted with blossoms the fur-enveloped Winter (his supplanter), until he put him to ignominious flight.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

[The $7,000 left by Mr. Noble with his state legislature was placed in safe keeping to await the claim of the legitimate owner.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

The Sire, when thus the king had prayed, In sweet kind words his answer made.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

7 SARTAGO, frying pan, flat and round or oblong, of bronze or of iron; some were equipped with hinged handles, to facilitate packing or storing away in small places, in soldiers’ knapsack, or to save space in the pantry.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

Palm-Sunday, the feast of palms, is still kept.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

I cannot possibly write much, for I have no news, and in the next place I scarcely know what I am writing, as all my thoughts are absorbed in my opera, so there is some danger of my writing you a whole aria instead of a letter.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

But I insisted upon only one hundred; and paying me that, Mr. Clemens restored the ring to his finger, saying, "The next time I allow a stranger, no matter whose friend he is, to trifle with my property, I shall know it, I reckon.
— from Knots Untied; Or, Ways and By-ways in the Hidden Life of American Detectives by George S. McWatters

—Hope H. Slatter, who has retired from the trade, has sold to me his establishment in Baltimore, and leased for a number of years his old stand at the corner of Esplanade and Moreau-streets, at which place I shall keep up a large and general assortment of slaves for sale, imported direct from Maryland and Virginia .
— from Slavery and the Constitution by William I. (William Ingersoll) Bowditch

When we meet in a more suitable place, I shall know how to take my revenge."
— from The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper

The anxious girl did not dare to trust her person in sight, knowing well that the unrestrained passions of some savage might induce him to send a bullet through her brain.
— from The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea by James Fenimore Cooper

I'm afraid she won't be patient if she knows the whole truth, yet I can't bear to keep it from her.
— from Helen's Babies by John Habberton

Do you know, too, that I'm afraid that, perhaps, if she knew all about it, she wouldn't do the right thing.
— from Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Those who are fortunate enough to possess the plant itself should keep the leaves, as when dried they retain their flavour for some time.
— from The Art of Living in Australia Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Philip E. Muskett

So long as this one word does not get into the possession of a third person, I shall know that she has not broken with me and no power in this world shall tear her from my heart.
— from The Poor Plutocrats by Mór Jókai

Round the neck of the patriarch is some kind of bright crimson shawl, and on the patriarch's feet are natty little boots of the shiniest polished leather.
— from Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy