Barshar is one of the deserted villages; the boundary between Gháran and Shignán is the Kuguz Parin (in Shighai dialect means "holes in the rock"); the Persian equivalent is "Rafak-i-Somakh."
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Both Mr. Childers and Master Kidderminster walked in a curious manner; with their legs wider apart than the general run of men, and with a very knowing assumption of being stiff in the knees.
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Then was he with great royalty conveyed to Westminster, and there, in the great hall, set in the king’s seat, with St. Edward’s sceptre in his hand.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

There was no entry at No. 46; the door opened straight into the kitchen.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

I was looking at a magnificent marble staircase in the King’s palace, the other day, which, it was said, cost five million francs, and I suppose it did cost half a million, may be.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

“That I think, was very singular,” interrupted the king.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

Such is the kind of hospitality which we have since received in Belgium, in Switzerland, and even in England.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

And bore her away from me, To shut her up, in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

He thought he was standing in the king's ship and saw a great witch-wife standing on the island, with a fork in one hand and a trough in the other.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Most important of all the Beadle series, from the historical standpoint, is that known as Type C and entitled “Lives of Great Americans.”
— from The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels Given to the New York Public Library By Dr. Frank P. O'Brien by New York Public Library

377 This king became so great a lover of the heavenly kingdom, that at last, quitting the affairs of his kingdom, and committing them to his kinsman Ecgric, who before had a share in that kingdom, he entered a monastery, which he had built for himself, and having received the tonsure, applied himself rather to do battle for a heavenly throne.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

I am suspected, and Mr. Benjamin is suspected; Sir Griffin is suspected, and half the jewellers in London and Paris are supposed to have the stones in their keeping.
— from The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope

The fire was started in the kitchen stove, and another blaze was soon roaring up the big chimney in the living-room.
— from Tom Fairfield's Hunting Trip; or, Lost in the Wilderness by Allen Chapman

He stopped in the kitchen for a drink and took a small bottle out of his pocket.
— from The Wind Before the Dawn by Dell H. Munger

That ever there should be war between us two!” and tears stood in the King’s eyes.
— from Junior High School Literature, Book 1 by William H. (William Harris) Elson

Several times he was dashed against the beach with great force, and it was his knowledge that the only safe way of approaching shore, through a heavy surf, is to keep sideways to the waves, and allow them to roll one over and over, that he escaped death--for, had he advanced straight towards the shore, the force of the waves would have rolled him heels-over-head, and would almost certainly have broken his neck.
— from Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty