Nay, nay, said Merlin, these be but japes to that he shall do; for he shall prove a noble knight of prowess, as good as any is living, and gentle and courteous, and of good tatches, and passing true of his promise, and never shall outrage.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

By my head, said Sir Mordred to the damosel, ye are greatly to blame so to rebuke him, for I warn you plainly he is a good knight, and I doubt not but he shall prove a noble knight; but as yet he may not yet sit sure on horseback, for he that shall be a good horseman it must come of usage and exercise.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

no more; for he is a good knight, and I doubt not he shall prove a noble knight, and for his sake and pity that he should not be destroyed I followed him to succour him in this great need.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

“Then learn from me, not to judge by appearances: I am, as Miss Scatcherd said, slatternly; I seldom put, and never keep, things, in order; I am careless; I forget rules; I read when I should learn my lessons; I have no method; and sometimes I say, like you, I cannot bear to be subjected to systematic arrangements.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

He adds that these physicians insist that a great many surgical patients are not killed by their disease so much as by the custom of allowing them only small amounts of food and the unfortunate effect produced on them by the applications to their wounds.
— from The Century of Columbus by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

But, founded on another base than this, That monarch's might shall surely pass away; No kingdom is so strong that it can miss This destiny.
— from The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Wilfred S. Skeats

My men were delighted with this movement, which gave the effect of our winning the battle by our special prowess; and not knowing better, we went on fighting for our own hand, till we had nearly run out of ammunition.
— from The Heart of Scotland by A. R. Hope (Ascott Robert Hope) Moncrieff

Owing to the softness of the snow, I contrived to accomplish this by kicking my foot as deep into the snow as I could, and at the same time bending my knee with a smart muscular effort, so as to make a hook of my leg; this brought me to a stand still, but my position was anything but agreeable even then, hanging head downwards on a very steep part, and never knowing any moment but what I might start again.
— from A Night in the Snow or, A Struggle for Life by E. Donald (Edmund Donald) Carr

Wis 18:19 For the dreams that troubled them did foreshew this, lest they should perish, and not know why they were afflicted.
— from Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha by Anonymous

I had no sooner seen her than my heart began to throb so strongly that I felt it in my slightest pulses; and not knowing why, nor yet perceiving what had happened, I began to say, 'Oimè, what is this?'...
— from Naples, Past and Present by Arthur H. (Arthur Hamilton) Norway