Then the hero laid down his sword, and set himself as a little child to learn to read and write Latin, so that he might lead his people in peace as he had led them in war.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

He often earnestly commended him to the soldiers, holding him in his arms before their ranks; and would likewise show him to the people in the theatre, setting him upon his lap, or holding him out whilst he was still very young; and was sure to receive their acclamations, and good wishes on his behalf.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

there is a figure of his so-called 'new crown,' the arches of which are composed of oak-leaf sprays with acorns, and the rim adorned with laurel sprays (Fig. 639).
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Denísov, the esaul , and Pétya rode silently, following the peasant in the knitted cap who, stepping lightly with outturned toes and moving noiselessly in his bast shoes over the roots and wet leaves, silently led them to the edge of the forest.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The river above was like some shining road with edges jewelled in green and silvery gems.
— from Sweetapple Cove by George Van Schaick

Their path soon began to be a wild clamber among the mountains, now lost in the shadow of groves of gray, rustling olives, whose knotted, serpent roots coiled round the rocks, and whose leaves silvered in the moonlight whenever the wind swayed them.
— from Agnes of Sorrento by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Mr. Macintosh's private affairs calling him to France, Madame Grand accompanied him; but her protector was an unfortunate man, whose claims upon the French Government were dissipated by the Revolution, and we lose sight of his friend altogether till her reappearance on the theatre of the great world, after that event, as the companion of Madame Beauharnais, and other celebrated women of that day.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various

When sodainly, from a postern of the Town Two gallant horsemen issued, and o'ertook him, The Army looking on, yet not a man That durst relieve the rash adventurer, Which Lucio , son to Alvarez then seeing, As in the Vant-guard he sate bravely mounted, Or were it pity of the youths misfortune, Care to preserve the honor of his Countrey, Or bold desire to get himself a name, He made his brave Horse like a whirlwind bear him, Among the Combatants: and in a moment Discharg'd his Petronel, with such sure aim That of the adverse party from his horse, One tumbled dead, then wheeling round, and drawing A Faulcion, swift as lightning he came on Upon the other, and with one strong blow, In view of the amazed Town, and Camp, He struck him dead, and brought Peralta off With double honor to himself.
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 07 of 10 by John Fletcher

She uttered, however, not a word, but waited till he should turn round again, when, looking still more carefully at him, she had no doubt that it was indeed he.
— from The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Edition by Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre