The walls rattled a little, and when the King and Queen looked round, the little house had changed into a splendid palace, a royal table had been spread, and the servants were running hither and thither.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

Mr. Beauclerk's being of the St. Alban's family, and having, in some particulars, a resemblance to Charles the Second, contributed, in Johnson's imagination, to throw a lustre upon his other qualities; and, in a short time, the moral, pious Johnson, and the gay, dissipated Beauclerk, were companions.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

If the request was of such a nature, and so put, as reasonably to imply that the other person was to have a reward, there was an express promise, although not put in words, and that promise was made at [296] the same time the consideration was given, and not afterwards.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

For the future I shall pay attention," replied the Canadian.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

Ma Riseyasringo soggiunse poscia al re: Tappresterò io un altro rito santissimo, genitale, onde tu conseguisca la prole che tu bramí.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

SYN: Power, authority, rule, tyranny, despotism, government, control, empire, sway, realm, territory, jurisdiction.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

The shaft horse swung steadily beneath the bow over its head, with no thought of slackening pace and ready to put on speed when required.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

It was not alone that the scales descending on the counter made a merry sound, or that the twine and roller parted company so briskly, or that the canisters were rattled up and down like juggling tricks, or even that the blended scents of tea and coffee were so grateful to the nose, or even that the raisins were so plentiful and rare, the almonds so extremely white, the sticks of cinnamon so long and straight, the other spices so delicious, the candied fruits so caked and spotted with molten sugar as to make the coldest lookers-on feel faint and subsequently bilious.
— from A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens

The policy of Rome had wrought out those conditions, social, political, and religious, that were hurrying France on to ruin.
— from The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by Ellen Gould Harmon White

The islands have large bird and seal populations and, recognizing the importance of preserving the marine stocks in adjacent waters, the UK, in 1993, extended the exclusive fishing zone from 12 miles to 200 miles around each island.
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Cook's `Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World' [2nd Voyage], vol.
— from Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris

But so soon as details, which by virtue of some selecting principle are related to one another, gather themselves into a whole, chaos is resolved into order, and this whole becomes significant, intelligible, and beautiful.
— from The Gate of Appreciation: Studies in the Relation of Art to Life by Carleton Eldredge Noyes

The Legislature of Connecticut, Rhodes' native State, passed a resolution thanking him for his gallant conduct, and he received many medals and testimonials.
— from The Sea Rovers by Rufus Rockwell Wilson

"Citizens of the slave States, desirous of emigrating to California with their slave property, are requested to send their names, number of slaves, and period of contemplated departure, to the address of ' Southern Slave Colony ,' Jackson, Miss....
— from Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Theodore Parker

A white, steady glow identified Coldfield, the surrounding red and blue lines identified scores of subsurface passageways and rutted trails that curved away from the domed city in all directions.
— from The Universe — or Nothing by Meyer Moldeven

When I awoke in the morning I even wrung the water out of the underwear I had slept in, and, also, my trousers and coat before I could get them on, and then in the still pouring rain ate a cold breakfast, saddled, packed, and resumed the trip.
— from On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck A Tempestous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours, Starting Without a Dollar and Earning My Way by R. Pitcher (Robert Pitcher) Woodward