Then he drew out his sword, and set upon them hard and fiercely, and by his wondrous force drave them before him, and chased them to the castle gate, and there he slew them.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

Perhaps in a week’s time, a month’s time, or even six months later, chancing to recall some phrase in such a letter, and then the whole letter with all its attendant circumstances, he would suddenly grow hot with shame, and be so upset that he fell ill with one of his attacks of “summer cholera.”
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

He has defrauded justice, and opposed his king and lawful master, for he opposed his just commands; he has, I say, robbed the galleys of their feet, stirred up the Holy Brotherhood which for many years past has been quiet, and, lastly, has done a deed by which his soul may be lost without any gain to his body.”
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Although it may be more suitably understood that He has made those same alive whom He has killed.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

For my part, who had not with the calmest patience stood in the water all this time, to view this warm action, I leaned tenderly on my gallant, and at the close of it, seemed to ask him with my eyes, what he thought of it; but he, more eager to satisfy me by his actions than by words or looks, as we shoaled the water towards the shore, showed me the staff of love so intensely set up, that had not even charity, beginning at home in this case, urged me to our mutual relief, it would have been cruel indeed to have suffered the youth to burst with straining, when the remedy was so obvious and so near at hand.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

Mr. Fotheringay heard him calling up to his housekeeper and then his footsteps going softly up to her.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

those people do not intend to follow our Councils—you know that the Sceaux have great influence over the ricarees and perhaps have led Some of them astray—you know that the Ricarees, are Dependant on the Sceaux for their guns, powder, & Ball, and it was policy in them to keep on as good terms as possible with the Siaux untill they had Some other means of getting those articles &c. &.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

No ancestors of great renown; His sire of some unnoted town; Himself as little known to fame, The wrestler's praise was rather tame.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

The Fourth of July drum recalls the spirit of 1917, when Uncle Sam started to make the world habitable and we prayed that the American eagle might beat out the brains of Germany’s two-headed vulture; recalls the spirit of the Spanish War to give Cuba and the Philippines human rights; recalls the War of the Rebellion for the union of all creeds, colors and conditions; recalls the war of Mexico for a square deal for Americans; recalls the war of 1812 for free commerce of our ships upon the high seas; recalls the war of 1776 for liberty by the noble colonists.
— from Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 20, May, 1921 America's Magazine of Wit, Humor and Filosophy by Various

In England it is found in various ingenious forms, most of which show, however, some form of low stool which is stood upon the hearth, as near as may be convenient to the fire, to keep warm a teakettle or perhaps even a plate of toast.
— from Making a Fireplace by Henry H. (Henry Hodgman) Saylor

They showed us this hand, dried, and hung up in a chapel.
— from Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

They stood upon the highest point of Holy Hill, some twenty feet above the summit of the northern hill, and looked out upon the Southern Islands.
— from Armorel of Lyonesse: A Romance of To-day by Walter Besant

But it pained him very much that a child should say anything so unpleasant to him.
— from Psychology and parenthood by H. Addington (Henry Addington) Bruce

And he said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Marcus Dods

I suppose they won't be satisfied until they have drunk themselves into prison."
— from In the World by Maksim Gorky

It is a cause of many cases of obscure foot lameness in India, and frequently accounts for the numerous entries on veterinary medical history sheets under the heading "Contused Foot."
— from Diseases of the Horse's Foot by H. Caulton (Harry Caulton) Reeks

"After carefully sweeping up the floor I shut up the house, and resolved to keep my own counsel.
— from The Statesmen Snowbound by Robert Fitzgerald

In the morning she sent down word by one of her young cousins that she would not come to breakfast, and she asked that some tea might be sent up to her.
— from Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope