924 Through every startled region dread Of my resistless fury spread; And Gods in each remotest sphere Confessed the universal fear.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

The Rev. Hugh Stevens, a gentleman in every respect exactly the reverse of Mr. Griffith, was the principal assistant and writing-master, who always decided which was the best written piece; and he at once declared that I was the winner.
— from Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1 by Henry Hunt

Certain that no one could have escaped from the park or the chateau, for all the issues were guarded, Corentin stationed a gendarme in every room and ordered others to search the farm buildings, stables, and sheds.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Such a government is evidently restrained to very narrow limits of space and population.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 6 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

Though Rattazzi's timidity prevented Victor Emmanuel from accepting the preferred crowns, the king declared on his own account that if these people who trusted in him were attached, he would break his sword and go into exile rather than leave them to their fate.
— from Cavour by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington, contessa

I am apprehensive my Canadian dress contributed not a little to the surprise, and excitement of curiosity; to see a gentleman in England regularly dressed and well behaved would be no sight at all; but such a rebel as they were pleased to call me, it is probable, was never before seen in England.
— from Of the Capture of Ticonderoga: His Captivity and Treatment by the British by Ethan Allen