In a postscript she desired him not to tell Amy that Beth was worse, she was coming home in the spring and there was no need of saddening the remainder of her stay.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

But Thaumast, as not content therewith, put the thumb of his left hand upon the top of his nose, shutting the rest of his said hand, whereupon
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

So when Harpagos obeyed and uncovered, he saw the remains of his son; and seeing them he was not overcome with amazement but contained himself: and Astyages asked him whether he perceived of what animal he had been eating the flesh: and he said that he perceived, and that whatsoever the king might do was well pleasing to him.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

High matter thou injoinst me, O prime of men, Sad task and hard, for how shall I relate To human sense th' invisible exploits Of warring Spirits; how without remorse The ruin of so many glorious once And perfet while they stood; how last unfould The secrets of another world, perhaps Not lawful to reveal? yet for thy good 570 This is dispenc't, and what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate so, By lik'ning spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best, though what if Earth Be but the shaddow of Heav'n, and things therein Each to other like, more then on earth is thought?
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

In a postscript she desired him not to tell Amy that Beth was worse; she was coming home in the spring, and there was no need of saddening the remainder of her stay.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

High matter thou injoinst me, O prime of men, Sad task and hard, for how shall I relate To human sense th’ invisible exploits Of warring Spirits; how without remorse The ruin of so many glorious once And perfet while they stood; how last unfould The secrets of another world, perhaps Not lawful to reveal? yet for thy good This is dispenc’t, and what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate so,
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

Misalid-ay siya sa ripli, He slung the rifle over his shoulder.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

yet for thy good This is dispensed; and what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate so,
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

When day dawned Lord Howard saw with the highest satisfaction the results of his stratagem.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 07 (of 15), Spanish by Charles Morris

Queen Margaret, however, would not surrender the rights of her son without a struggle: the nobles of the north rose in arms again, and the duke of York was obliged to march against them.
— from Battles of English History by H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George

Will save his soul thereby, raze out his sins, Jerusalem! ”
— from The Fortunes of Garin by Mary Johnston

Before he could see the result of his shot, Gray who had turned promptly at the word, fired; and with a frightful yell Mr. Ham fell to the earth, and lay there.
— from The Four Canadian Highwaymen; Or, The Robbers of Markham Swamp by J. E. (Joseph Edmund) Collins

Her glance seemed to run over him swift as lightning.
— from The Light of the Western Stars by Zane Grey

What must have filled to the brim the cup of misery which this ambitious, disappointed woman had held to her lips, was to see the rival of her sons, the bitterly hated Henry of Navarre, following their shadows upon the mirror and making over twenty turns, which meant that he would reign in France for twenty years, or more.
— from In Château Land by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton

Artaxerxes died B.C. 358, after having subdued the revolt of his satraps and of Egypt, having reigned forty-five years, and Ochus succeeded to his throne, taking his father's name.
— from Ancient States and Empires For Colleges and Schools by John Lord

He suppressed the rebellion of his son Khusru with the most horrible cruelties.
— from Akbar: An Eastern Romance by P. A. S. van (Petrus Abraham Samuel) Limburg Brouwer