But now the quarrel that was between them still accompanied these brethren when they parted, and the suspicions they had one of the other grew worse.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

Having all stripped quite naked, I laid myself down in the bed at full length and then drew her upon me, making her place herself so as to bring her cavity just over the stiff pole which was standing up ready to enter it.
— from Laura Middleton; Her Brother and her Lover by Anonymous

“I trust you feel rested and strengthened again to bear the burden and heat of the day.”
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

Now will it best avail your Majesty To cross the seas and to be crown'd in France: The presence of a king engenders love Amongst his subjects and his loyal friends, As it disanimates his enemies.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Swift as the bolt which Indra sends When fire from heaven the mountain rends Smote Indrajít with furious blows On Angad queller of his foes.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

And the foot is so large, that it shadoweth all the body against the sun, when they will lie and rest them.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

They were surrounded and taken by assault; but Tarsus was reduced by the slow progress of famine; and no sooner had the Saracens yielded on honorable terms than they were mortified by the distant and unprofitable view of the naval succors of Egypt.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Till at last there was only one small fish left in all the sea, and he was a small ‘Stute Fish, and he swam a little behind the Whale’s right ear, so as to be out of harm’s way.
— from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Such appears to be the reason.
— from The Republic by Plato

He swallowed the mixture eagerly, as if it were some elixir from which he expected to gain new strength, and turned back upon his tramp.
— from The Fate of Felix Brand by Florence Finch Kelly

It was only by a quick glance that he saw this, for as soon as the bull saw him he rose to his full height—his eyes flashing like a tiger’s—and setting his antlers in a forward position, sprang upon the hunter!
— from The Young Voyageurs: Boy Hunters in the North by Mayne Reid

A spare shirt, handkerchief, and waistcoat were thus draughted; and, among other things, was a kind of elastic flannel waistcoat, made for wearing next to the skin, and to be drawn over the head, as it was without buttons or any opening in front.
— from History of the Indians, of North and South America by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich

He made a bad shot at this boy.”
— from Royal Highness by Thomas Mann

I carry some allusion to both of these ideas in the remarks that I have to make.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Alexander Maclaren

The Scots Borderers were dreaded by their own more peaceful countrymen; and to think of that narrow strip of country, hemmed in by the Highlands to the north and the Border clans on the south, is to shudder at the burden it had to endure.
— from The Law's Lumber Room (Second Series) by Francis Watt

Natural hazards: recurring droughts; frequent dust storms over eastern plains in summer; floods during rainy season Environment - current issues: famine; use of contaminated water contributes to human health problems; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification Environment - international agreements: party to: Endangered Species, Law of the Sea signed, but not ratified: Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban Geography - note: strategic location on Horn of Africa along southern approaches to Bab el Mandeb and route through Red Sea and Suez Canal Somalia People Population: 7,488,773 note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements in response to famine and clan warfare (July 2001 est.)
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

On each flank of them some thousands of the Cordovan insurgents were drawn up, while the remainder of the levy, including all the [p. 129] mounted men, were sent across the bridge, and hidden in some hills which overhung the road by which the French were coming.
— from A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809 From the Treaty of Fontainbleau to the Battle of Corunna by Charles Oman

34, by the addition of the triangular-shaped holes at the top, and the splayed sills at the bottom.
— from Wood-Carving: Design and Workmanship by George Jack

Immediately the tall guardsmen toppled over like so many tenpins, and Rob stepped across their bodies and penetrated to the reception room, where a brilliant assemblage awaited, in hushed and anxious groups, for opportunity to obtain audience with the king.
— from The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum