Then Eystein fled north up the valley, and sent his relation Halvard Skalk to King Halfdan to beg for peace.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

This horse that had carried the sovereign at reviews in Russia bore him also here on the field of Austerlitz, enduring the heedless blows of his left foot and pricking its ears at the sound of shots just as it had done on the Empress’ Field, not understanding the significance of the firing, nor of the nearness of the Emperor Francis’ black cob, nor of all that was being said, thought, and felt that day by its rider.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Even thou who wast mighty in death, didst need the presence of thy Father to make thee able to endure: forget not us the work of thy hands, yea, the labour of thy heart and spirit.
— from Thomas Wingfold, Curate by George MacDonald

The victims are unbound from the hurdles, and one after the other resigns himself to the rude hands of the executioners; for now, under this reign of terror and bloodshed, ecclesiastics are led forth in their habits to die without being first stripped of their robes, and degraded.
— from The Last Abbot of Glastonbury: A Tale of the Dissolution of the Monasteries by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake

} Plain truths enough for needful use they found; But men would still be itching to expound; Each was ambitious of the obscurest place, No measure ta'en from knowledge, all from grace.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 10 by John Dryden

" The eyes of the Emperor fell next upon the moody, discontented face of Duke Notaras.
— from The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 01 by Lew Wallace

Plain truths enough for needful use they found; But men would still be itching to expound: 410
— from The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by John Dryden