He had, in fact, descended so far and so low that he found himself, when a boy, a sort of street Arab in that city; but he had ambition and native shrewdness, and he speedily took to boot-polishing, and newspaper hawking, became the office and errand boy of a law firm, picked up knowledge enough to get some employment in police courts, was admitted to the bar, became a rising young politician, went to the legislature, and was finally elected to the bench which he now honored.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

Recompense was often promised, but never performed, until King Edward coming after, gave to the brethren five marks and a half for that part which the ditch had devoured, and the other part thereof without he yielded to them again, which they hold: and of the said rent of five marks and a half, they have a deed, by virtue whereof they are well paid to this day.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

The queen had her wrongs to revenge; the bishops had suffered long in prison under King Edward; Pole had been accused by his enemies of Lutheranism, and was anxious to vindicate his orthodoxy by showing a readiness to put Protestants to death.
— from A History of England Eleventh Edition by Charles Oman

To one who had never come before, the whole place would have seemed absolutely desolate, and even to one not a stranger no sign of life would have been visible had he not possessed uncommonly keen eyes.
— from The Scouts of the Valley by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

The judgment was, that they should carry letters importing their cause fully and clearly from the said Christian princes unto King Edward of England, and to submit themselves to be tried by combat before him, as the most worthy and honorable prince in all Christendom; they swearing to remain as perfect friends until that time.
— from The History of Chivalry; Or, Knighthood and Its Times, Volume 2 (of 2) by Charles Mills

Soon afterwards, they set sail for England, where they arrived in the beginning of September, and forthwith presented unto King Edward, [Pg 24] in the names of the kings of Armenia and Cyprus and the rest of the princes and captains of the Christians, their letters, which contained a narrative of the whole dispute, and the conclusion, that the matter should be determined by combat before him as their judge.
— from The History of Chivalry; Or, Knighthood and Its Times, Volume 2 (of 2) by Charles Mills

The Story tells what courses were pursued, Until king Elidure, with full consent 220 Of all his peers, before the multitude, Rose,—and, to consummate this just intent, Did place upon his brother's head the crown, Relinquished by his own; Then to his [67] people cried, "Receive your lord, Gorbonian's first-born son, your rightful king restored!"
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8) by William Wordsworth

She had not heard of this Alvan, or had forgotten him; but professing universal knowledge, especially of celebrities, besides having an envious eye for that particular circle, which can pretend to be the choicest of all, she was unwilling to betray her ignorance, and she dimpled her cheek, as one who had often heard the thing said to her before.
— from The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a Well-known Story — Complete by George Meredith

Very few of our police, unfortunately, know English.
— from The Day of Temptation by William Le Queux

The commons in parliament had acted in opposition to Henry the Sixth, as the laws they wrung from him tended to show, and it was a popular and trading party that came, as it were, into power under King Edward.
— from The Last of the Barons — Volume 01 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron