I will tie a rope round your body, so that I can pull you up again when you call out to me." "But what am I to do, down there in the tree?" asked the soldier.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

regor , I am ruled regimur , we are ruled regeris or -re , thou art ruled regiminī , you are ruled regitur , he is ruled reguntur , they are ruled Imperfect Tense.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

The Oak said one day to a river Reed, "You have a right with Nature to fall out.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

"I have no doubt that the sultan will accede to any reasonable requests, your Excellency.
— from The Tiger of Mysore: A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

"Tie a ribbon round your hat?"
— from Baby Pitcher's Trials Little Pitcher Stories by Carrie L. May

It is not enough now-a-days to furnish your house, and adorn your person according to a received rule, you must eat, drink, sleep, think, or not think, fashionably.
— from Blue-Stocking Hall, (Vol. 3 of 3) by William Pitt Scargill

I will tie a rope round your waist, so that I may be able to pull you up again when you call.’
— from The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

And perhaps, too, as regards riches you are of opinion that while facts remain the same, there are arguments, no matter whether true or false, which enable the user of them to prove that the wisest and the richest are one and the same, although he is in the wrong and his opponents are in the right.
— from Eryxias by Plato (spurious and doubtful works)

[From the Guardian:] May the Almighty richly reward you for the deeply appreciated and highly meritorious assistance you extend to our dearly beloved and distinguished brother and co-worker, Valíyu’lláh Varqá, and enable you to extend continually the range of your splendid accomplishments in the service of our glorious Faith, Your true brother, Shoghi Facsimile of a letter found on page 118
— from The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 2) by Effendi Shoghi

The ancient Roman rulers, you know, curried the favor of the populace by opening baths.
— from Europe Revised by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

Why go, mentally, on a bicycle or in a canoe by your own toilsome exertions when you may sit so very comfortably in the train, a rug round your lazy legs and your softly capped head in a corner?
— from Human Intercourse by Philip Gilbert Hamerton