As he was giving these commands to his relations, there came letters from his ambassadors, who had been sent to Rome unto Cæsar, which, when they were read, their purport was this: That Acme was slain by Cæsar, out of his indignation at what hand, she had in Antipater's wicked practices; and that as to Antipater himself, Cæsar left it to Herod to act as became a father and a king, and either to banish him, or to take away his life, which he pleased.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

See TANDEM , RANDEM , UNICORN , &c. Hash , a mess, confusion; “a pretty HASH he made of it;” to HASH UP , to jumble together without order or regularity.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

So they rode unto Carlion, and by the way they met with Sir Pellinore; but Merlin had done such a craft, that Pellinore saw not Arthur, and he passed by without any words.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

The wisest princes need not think it any diminution to their greatness, or derogation to their sufficiency to rely upon counsel.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

By means of settlements, the rich usually contrive to withdraw
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Produce then worthy fruits of repentance: 9 and think not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say unto you, that God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
— from A Translation of the New Testament from the original Greek Humbly Attempted with a View to Assist the Unlearned with Clearer and More Explicit Views of the Mind of the Spirit in the Scriptures of Truth by Thomas Haweis

"I don't know how fur ye taxed her trust ... but I knows she told me she had full faith in ye, an' faith like thet don't stop ter reckon up costs.
— from When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry by Charles Neville Buck

meditor, ārī, ātus sum , to reflect upon, consider ; plan, devise .
— from Selections from Viri Romae by C. F. L'Homond

[Pg 217] CHAPTER XV ROCKPORT AND "ROCKPORT" Glitters the dew, and shines the river, Up comes the lily and dries her bell; But two are walking apart forever, And wave their hands in a mute farewell. —JEAN INGELOW.
— from The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas by Margaret Hill McCarter

We've been sent to round up cattle out of that there garden, but I believe the cattle are all a blind.
— from The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 by Filson Young

The boy hesitated for a few moments, and then, stripping off his jacket, he crept as close to his wounded companion as he could, and then carefully spread the ragged uniform coat over their breasts.
— from !Tention: A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War by George Manville Fenn

Oh, I see, they run up close to the top of the page; evidently the scissors have been used here.”
— from The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green