39:27 They made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, 39:28 and the turban of fine linen, and the linen headbands of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, 39:29 and the sash of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 39:30
— from The World English Bible (WEB), Complete by Anonymous

At a signal two or three of them sprang out from the line and bounded with an easy stride along the load.
— from Mushrooms on the Moor by Frank Boreham

I sort of felt that long ago, but now I'm dead certain of it, and it seems like a sham to haul out that effort in the face of Elinor's splendid work.
— from Miss Pat at School by Pemberton Ginther

Ready hands lifted the limp forms from the carts and laid them in long rows upon the ground; then, over and over again, as the fear-filled little watcher on the hill strained his eyes, he saw a man singled out from the lines and borne to the table.
— from A Little Dusky Hero by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock

To school himself to its loss with becoming resignation, to wait hopefully during four years for another opportunity, to engage in the dangerous and difficult task of persuading his friends to leave their old and join a new political party only yet dimly foreshadowed, to watch the chances of maintaining his party leadership, furnished sufficient occupation for the leisure afforded by the necessities of his law practice.
— from Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by John G. (John George) Nicolay

The second girl of the present was a fresh-faced, lively young country lass, whom Ellen herself had secured, and whose rosy child’s face had been at first innocence itself; but now sometimes Lydia overheard them laughing together, a laughter which gave her the oddest inward revulsion, and when she came into the kitchen quickly she often found them looking at books which were quickly whisked out of sight.
— from The Squirrel-Cage by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Into the mind of this Spanish soldier of fortune there leaped a bold design.
— from South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure by Cyrus Townsend Brady

At the news of the King’s assassination, ill though he was, he had mounted his horse and set out for the Louvre, accompanied by some forty of his guards and attendants.
— from A Gallant of Lorraine; vol. 1 of 2 François, Seigneur de Bassompierre, Marquis d'Haronel, Maréchal de France, 1579-1646 by H. Noel (Hugh Noel) Williams

With every cup I drink: if in opinion I were a lost, defam'd man: but this is common Where we love most, where most we stake our fortunes, There least and basest we are rewarded: fare
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 07 of 10 by John Fletcher