Be righteous then, and cast wickedness out of your souls, and by your worship supplicate the Divine Majesty with all your hearts, and persevere in the honor you pay to him; for if you act thus, you will enjoy prosperity; you will be freed from your slavery, and will get the victory over your enemies: which blessings it is not possible you should attain, either by weapons of war, or by the strength of your bodies, or by the multitude of your assistants; for God has not promised to grant these blessings by those means, but by being good and righteous men; and if you will be such, I will be security to you for the performance of God's promises."
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Then seek they from the herd a steer, whose horns With two years' growth are curling, and stop fast, Plunge madly as he may, the panting mouth And nostrils twain, and done with blows to death, Batter his flesh to pulp i' the hide yet whole, And shut the doors, and leave him there to lie.
— from The Georgics by Virgil

Said Mr. Peters, improving the hint, You ha'n't sprained your ancle, madam, I hope.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

Even so, Yulia, servant of God, shall we ask of thee, Dost thou come bringing peace into this house?" Yulia flushed with emotion.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

A priest in the Hsi yu chi , 326 ; and Kuan Yin, 334 1 baggage coolie to Hsian Chuang, 334 – 335 ; journeys with the Master, 341 sq .; his reward, 368 Sha Wu-ching .
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

Am I to have no pleasure in this hell you have made for me but the horrible pleasure of watching you in the hell you have made for yourself?
— from The Eyes of the World by Harold Bell Wright

The worst Effect of the Pillars is the Hazard you run of entirely ruining the Hocks of your Horse, if you don't distinguish very exactly between those Parts and the Haunches.
— from A New System of Horsemanship by Claude Bourgelat

So if you wish for peace in the house, you must put her into your waggon, drive her away into the forest, and come back without her."
— from Polish Fairy Tales by A. J. (Antoni Józef) Gliński

"You WILL put it to her yourself then?"
— from The Golden Bowl — Volume 1 by Henry James

Provide a small steel rod, and let it be very strongly impregnated with a good magnet: this rod is to be put in the hole you have bored through the wand, and closed at each end by two small ends of ivory that screw on, different in their shapes, that you may better distinguish the poles of the magnetic bar.
— from Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments in Various Branches of Science; Including Acoustics, Electricity, Magnetism, Arithmetic, Hydraulics, Mechanics, Chemistry, Hydrostatics, Optics; Wonders of the Air-Pump; All the Popular Tricks and Changes of the Cards, &c., &c. to Which is Added, a Complete System of Pyrotechny; Or, the Art of Making Fire-works. by Unknown

137; put a wooden pin in the hole y, to [Pg 157] keep the weight from falling off.
— from The Pyrotechnist's Treasury; Or, Complete Art of Making Fireworks by Thomas Kentish