Into that quag King David once did fall, and had no doubt therein been smothered, had not HE that is able plucked him out.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan by John Bunyan

His brother was not in the least frightened and made no attempt to escape, but quietly knelt down and began putting the splinters into the fire, as if to make it burn better.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

That wise and virtuous lady, [1968] Queen Katherine, Dowager of England, in private talk, upon like occasion, said, that [1969] she would not willingly endure the extremity of either fortune; but if it were so, that of necessity she must undergo the one, she would be in adversity, because comfort was never wanting in it, but still counsel and government were defective in the other: they could not moderate themselves.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

QUELL, kill, destroy. QUEST, request; inquiry.
— from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson

P - K 3 Q - R 4 (One of the objects of Black's method of defence is to attack White's Q Kt doubly by Kt - K 5, followed by P × P. But 7 Kt - Q 2 is probably a strong way Page 101 {101} of meeting this threat.)
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca

On Monday (which was their principal day) King Henry and Queen Katherine dined there (but in two chambers), and the foreign ambassadors in a third chamber.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

Verpflichtung no further obligation keinesfalls on no account Kellerwechsel kite kennen die Unterschiede nicht are unaware of the differences of Kenntnis der Abmessungen knowledge of measurement Kenntnis der Qualität knowledge of quality Kenntnis der Tatsachen knowledge of the facts Kenntnis der Vorschriften knowledge of the provisions Kenntnis des Gewichts der Ware knowledge of weight of the goods Kenntnis des Inhalts knowledge of contents Kenntnisse knowledge Kennwort code word kennzeichnen to earmark Kennziffer code number Kennziffer key number Kennziffer; Parameter parameter Kern der Aussage basic message Kernenergie nuclear energy Kette chain Kettenladen chain store Kettenladen (Br.)
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

QUELL, kill, destroy.
— from Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman by Ben Jonson

Mr. Shimerda rose, crossed himself, and quietly knelt down before the tree, his head sunk forward.
— from My Antonia by Willa Cather

“Finding her too sagacious to be quietly killed, De la Croix was obliged to send for a less intelligent cat before he could proceed with his lecture.”
— from Minnie's Pet Cat by Madeline Leslie

QUILTING, ( kulcht , Dutch) the operation of weaving a sort of coat, or texture, formed of the strands of rope, about the outside of any vessel, to contain water, &c. as a jar, cask, bottle, &c. QUOIN, a sort of wedge, employed to raise the cannon to a proper level, that it may be more truly directed to the object.
— from An Universal Dictionary of the Marine Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c. by William Falconer

Queen Katharine dies.
— from William Shakespeare by John Masefield

They then attacked the two-member towns in England, which, it may be remembered, had been insisted on by Mr. Gladstone against my wish; and Northcote wrote: "Lord Salisbury and I never liked that privilegium , and wished to have single-member constituencies everywhere"; he tried hard to get me to reopen the question, knowing doubtless that I was with him on the merits.
— from The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 by Stephen Lucius Gwynn

Plenty of simple pathos and quietly keen depiction of human nature afford contrast, and every chapter is worth reading.
— from The Call of the South by Robert Lee Durham

Faictes quilz knele, do that they knele nat.
— from An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Giles Du Wés

The separation between the two lines of Parr and Kendal.—Sir Thomas Parr, father of Queen Katherine, died 1518, and his Inq.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 77, April 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various