King Edward I., in the 27th of his reign, held a parliament at Stebenheth, in the house of Henry Waleis, mayor of London, wherein amongst other things there handled, the transporting of sterling money was forbidden.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

Do you not recollect how at Perinthus Aristarchus shut the gates in your faces each time you offered to approach the town, and how you were driven to camp outside under the canopy of heaven?
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

A scar, an axe, a sword, a pink’d doublet, a rusty helmet, a pound and a half of pot-ashes in an urn, or a three-halfpenny pickle pot—but above all, a tender infant royally accoutred.—Tho’ if it was too young, and the oration as long as Tully ’s second Philippick —it must certainly have beshit the orator’s
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

A native modesty, a timid disposition restrained him, and prolonged for him that period during which you watch your pupil so carefully.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Bancroft occasionally reminds the reader that "Russian historians are perhaps a little inclined to magnify the faults of Bering the Dane," and in this instance administers to Sokoloff the following reproof: "So the learner is often apt to grow bold and impudent and despise the teacher.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

On his side he clung to the stick with his right hand, and pulled my hair with the left.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

" He flourished the sword by way of introduction number two, and the next thing of which she was conscious was that the point and blade of the sword were darting with a gleam towards her left side, just above her hip; then of their reappearance on her right side, emerging as it were from between her ribs, having apparently passed through her body.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

The pain in his nose was soon over, but the torture in his heart remained. H2 anchor PEASANT
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Margaret thought she had seen the face of one of them before, and returned him a proud look of offended dignity for his somewhat impertinent stare of undisguised admiration.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

goeth and danceth upon a Rope , holdeth a Poise , 6. in his hand; or hangeth himself by the hand or foot , 7. &c. Funambulus , 5. graditur & saltat super Funem , tenens Halterem , 6. manu; aut suspendit se manu vel pede , 7. &c. CXXXII.
— from The Orbis Pictus by Johann Amos Comenius

Towering above the lady on the mainland is Pedn Men Dhu, Black Rock Headland, a pile of massive granite.
— from Cornwall by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton

"But I shall remember her again presently, and the stab will be as bitter as ever!"
— from Sister Teresa by George Moore

Richard had a pair of Turkish slippers, thread stockings, which fitted closely to his well-formed leg, and a shirt of fine material stiffly starched, in which he always slept.
— from Garman and Worse: A Norwegian Novel by Alexander Lange Kielland

He was always endeavouring to raise money upon every shift he could devise, and misappropriating all he obtained, which completed the ingloriousness of his reign by rendering him a pensioner of France.
— from The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events by Leigh Hunt

When raised again, dredge with flour, a cup of seeded raisins, half a pound of currants, one-fourth pound of citron; add to dough; put into the pan, and let stand to rise again for half an hour.
— from Recipes Tried and True by Ohio). Ladies' Aid Society First Presbyterian Church (Marion

But he flung his arms round her and pressed her to his heart saying, ‘Now I see that you are as brave as the bravest, and as wise as the wisest.
— from The Violet Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

i., p. 16.] “Well, M. Bonaparte did not make public opinion wait so long,” said Gentz; “or rather, he asserts public opinion had not given him time to wait so long, and that it was public opinion itself that called upon him to proclaim himself sovereign of France.”
— from Louisa of Prussia and Her Times: A Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

( Stares after them, rouses himself, and perceives the Bishop .)
— from Morituri: Three One-Act Plays Teja—Fritzchen—The Eternal Masculine by Hermann Sudermann

passing his hand between the os uteri and placenta, and then between the uterus and membranes before rupturing them: in this respect he anticipated Peu, whose work appeared nine years after, (see Turning , p. 234.)
— from A System of Midwifery by Edward Rigby

This varied field experience with the species at localities well scattered throughout its geographic range has added perspective to the study even though most of the records were collected within a radius of three quarters of a mile.
— from Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor by Henry S. (Henry Sheldon) Fitch