And the elder slew the younger in spite of the superior strength of the latter.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

Then the Englishman said: “Thank you, monsieur.”
— from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc

If it be so, sir, that you are the man Must stead us all, and me amongst the rest; And if you break the ice, and do this feat, Achieve the elder, set the younger free For our access, whose hap shall be to have her Will not so graceless be to be ingrate.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

"And you swear that he takes eight steps to your five?"
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

Then Gádhi's son in fury threw Lord Varuṇ's arm and Rudra's too: Indra's fierce bolt that all destroys; That which the Lord of Herds employs: The Human, that which minstrels keep, The deadly Lure, the endless Sleep: The Yawner, and the dart which charms; Lament and Torture, fearful arms: The Terrible, the dart which dries, The Thunderbolt which quenchless flies, And Fate's dread net, and Brahmá's noose, And that which waits for Varuṇ's use: The dart he loves who wields the bow Pináka, and twin bolts that glow With fury as they flash and fly, The quenchless Liquid and the Dry: The dart of Vengeance, swift to kill: The Goblins' dart, the Curlew's Bill: [pg 068] The discus both of Fate and Right, And Vishṇu's, of unerring flight: The Wind-God's dart, the Troubler dread, The weapon named the Horse's Head.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

It was a hard task, but Christie accepted it, and, when the time came, found that there was very little to be told, for at the death-bed of the elder sister, the younger had learned much of the sad truth.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

“Then, Emmanuel?” said the young girl with hesitation, “it is your opinion that I should obey this invitation?”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Theopompus informs us that some of the orientalists believed that "the God of light and the God of darkness reigned by turn every six thousand years" (commencing with an astronomical Cycle of course), and that during this period the other was held in subjection, which finally resulted in "a war in heaven;" a counterpart to St. John's story.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

Their doctrine may be summarized thus: God, the Supreme Father, has two sons, the elder Satanael, the younger Jesus.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

TRANSLATED BY MAJOR F. R. WINGATE, C.B., D.S.O., R.A. Director of Military Intelligence, Egyptian Army ; AUTHOR OF "MAHDISM AND THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN," "TEN YEARS' CAPTIVITY IN THE MAHDI'S CAMP," ETC.
— from Fire and Sword in the Sudan A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895 by Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von

"I saw in the Evening Star that you won your match on Saturday.
— from The Sailor by J. C. (John Collis) Snaith

To-morrow morning, just before recess, you are to go up to Miss Worrick, and tell her before the entire school that you are sorry you disobeyed her; you are then to offer to stay in during the play hour."
— from Wild Kitty by L. T. Meade

At thirty berries to each secondary, the yield would be close to three Page 31 31 pounds of clean coffee to each tree.
— from The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial by Hawaii. Department of Foreign Affairs

I renew acquaintance with Madame Volpatte and her generous bosom, her mild and mellow features; and with the two little boys in white collars, the elder slender, the younger round as a ball.
— from Under Fire: The Story of a Squad by Henri Barbusse

Well, then, O goddess of modern taste, do not these expressions seem to you characterized by a transparency chaste enough for anybody?” “Ah! mon Dieu!”
— from The Physiology of Marriage, Complete by Honoré de Balzac

In their earliest stage the young are covered with down, of the color of sand, and have a brownish-black bar on the neck, back and rump.
— from Nests and Eggs of Birds of the United States Illustrated by Thomas G. (Thomas George) Gentry