Our giant bands shall eat their fill Of Vánars whom this arm shall kill.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Keeping close to the ground, the Cherokee crept up without being discovered until within gunshot, then springing to his feet he shot the man in the tree, and shouting “Kill them all,” rushed upon the enemy, who, thinking that a strong force of Cherokee was upon them, fled down the mountain without attempting to make a stand.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

“Oh, I wasn’t long in the artillery, maybe they’ll put me into the infantry or the cavalry.” “Into the infantry when they need artillery more than anything?” said Katavasov, fancying from the artilleryman’s apparent age that he must have reached a fairly high grade.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

“Where had ye this adventure?” said King Mark.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

After supper Kalashnikov prayed to the holy image without getting up from his seat, and shook hands with Merik; the latter prayed too, and shook Kalashnikov’s hand.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

“I say that a wise doctor, when he does not know what he is talking about, should know enough to keep his mouth shut.
— from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Perhaps the philosopher who addresses the emperor of the East in the language of reason and virtue, which he might have used to a Spartan king, had not condescended to form a practicable scheme, consistent with the temper, and circumstances, of a degenerate age.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

They've ay worn hats on Sunday, an' that's mair than the Tamsons could ever dae," concluded Mrs Tamson, as she kicked the cat half into the fire.
— from Private Spud Tamson by R. W. Campbell

He has been described over and over again, and can be seen in any cavalry regiment; a man who combines an addiction to, and some knowledge of, field sports, involving horses, with sufficient intelligence to pass into Sandhurst.
— from Our Cavalry by Michael Frederic Rimington

She is to lie off Tilbury; and so King waits Raleigh’s arrival.
— from Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time by Charles Kingsley

The very first night at dinner 'e took a steel knife to the ontray, and I see 'er ladyship look at him very sharp, as much as to say that scales had fallen from 'er eyes.
— from A Damsel in Distress by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

As to accidents, Stephenson knew of none that had occurred with his engines.
— from The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Railway Locomotive by Samuel Smiles

Peering at what was ahead, the grim official saw two men stand face to face with the world-old issue to be settled between them, at the same time that angry mobs stormed palace walls for a cause that a stubborn king had forsworn.
— from The Amateur Diplomat: A Novel by Thomas B. (Thomas Bertram) Costain

Effectual possession of the river from Montreal to the Chaudiere, which is practicable, would give us the upper country at our leisure, and close forever the scenes of the tomahawk and scalping knife.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 6 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

[ From the Evangelist , February 17th, 1898.] We commend this book to all who would know what the "concert of European powers" means to a struggling kingdom and people used as a "buffer state" between the unspeakable Turk and civilized "Westerns."
— from Napoleon's Campaign in Russia, Anno 1812; Medico-Historical by Achilles Rose