I looked then after Christian, to see him go up the hill, where I perceived he fell from running to going, and from going to clambering upon his hands and his knees, because of the steepness of the place.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

On asking what had become of him, he was told that he was in prison for having shot at his father with intent to kill him—happily without serious result.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

When Earl Ragnvald heard of this he was ill pleased with Hallad, and said his son were very unlike their ancestors.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

To him will I present them.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

And ofte tyme he was in purpos grete Him-selven lyk a pilgrim to disgyse, To seen hir; but he may not contrefete To been unknowen of folk that weren wyse, Ne finde excuse aright that may suffyse, 1580
— from Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

In the case of the photographic plate, the first group is the plate as dealt with by physics, the second the aspect of the heavens which it photographs.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

And when anyone passed by the house or the shop at night he would remember that Anisim was in prison; and when they rang at the churchyard for some reason, that, too, reminded them that he was in prison awaiting trial.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

As soon as the lady had the money, the signs began to change, and whereas before he had free access to her whenassoever it pleased him, reasons now began to crop up, whereby it betided him not to win admission there once out of seven times, nor was he received with the same countenance nor the same caresses and rejoicings as before.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

This is he, said Samuel privately to himself, whom it pleases God to make our king.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Then, after all this, he said to him, 'Master Ciappelletto, with God's help you will speedily be whole; but, should it come to pass that God call your blessed and well-disposed soul to Himself, would it please you that your body be buried in our convent?' 'Ay, would it, sir,' replied Master Ciappelletto.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

Dick was gone from her, Dick was a thief, he was in prison, gone perhaps never to come back—and Jenks was gone, he had done wrong and tempted Dick, and broken his word to her, so perhaps it was right for him to go—and Scamp, dear Scamp, who had done no harm whatever, was stolen away.
— from Scamp and I: A Story of City By-Ways by L. T. Meade

I could see that he was in pain.
— from Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There as Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full by Hayden Carruth

It appears plainly that an House of Commons, is that Leviathan which he Adores: that is his Sovereign in effect, and a third Estate is not only greater than the other two, but than him who is presiding over the three.
— from His Majesties Declaration Defended by John Dryden

Thirdly, How was it possible for those circumstances to have occurred which occasioned the pretended mistake?
— from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume III. by Walter Scott

The Hebrew word is pasach, to pass.
— from Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning by Edward Carpenter

When real worth lies concealed beneath a modest and humble exterior, it is sure to draw the heart with irresistible power.
— from The All-Sufficiency of Christ. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. I by Charles Henry Mackintosh

Reining up in masterly fashion, he sprang lightly to earth and taking his wife in powerful arms, lifted her down, pausing to kiss her in midair, and then she had run forward to clasp Diana in eager embrace.
— from Peregrine's Progress by Jeffery Farnol

To-day the parachute has come once more into prominence because of the heroic work it performed in connection with the kite balloon and with the airplane in the war, and so our concern in it has revived.
— from The Romance of Aircraft by Laurence Yard Smith

The knight, well pleased with the answer, and that 'twas Niccoluccio that gave it, affirmed that he was of the same opinion; adding:—"'Tis now time that I shew you that honour which I promised you."
— from The Decameron, Volume II by Giovanni Boccaccio

During the whole of Monday night Her Majesty's vessels in the Hamoaze were in positions of great peril, and those holding responsible posts in connection with them underwent great anxiety.
— from The Blizzard in the West Being as Record and Story of the Disastrous Storm which Raged Throughout Devon and Cornwall, and West Somerset, On the Night of March 9th, 1891 by Unknown