Neither did he yield to Reubel's persuasion, though he begged it of him, and gave leave that the grandfather might, in way of requital, kill his own sons, in case any harm came to Benjamin in the journey.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

At last we got the servants paid and sent away into the country, where old Rosier keeps them quiet with stories of Boris' and Geneviève's travels in distant lands, from whence they will not return for years.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

This science has something peculiar in the production of its a priori cognitions, which must therefore be distinguished from the features it has in common with other rational knowledge.
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant

In the entresol Basilio saw Sinang, as small as when our readers knew her before, 2 although a little rounder and plumper since her marriage.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

Evidence of this is afforded by the propensity to solitude, the fantastic wish for a secluded country seat, or (in the case of young persons) by the dream of the happiness of passing one’s life with a little family upon some island unknown to the rest of the world; a dream of which story-tellers or writers of Robinsonades know how to make good use.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

They say the writ of right killed poor Lord de Mowbray, but to my mind he never recovered the burning of the Castle.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

It is Black's move, and thinking that White merely threatens to play Q - R 6 and to mate at K Kt 7, Black plays 1 ... R - K 1, threatening mate by way of R - K 8.
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca

This dynamic (I had almost written dynamitic) way of representing knowledge has the merit of not being tame.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

'We'd better have our dinner any way,' observed Rollo, kneeling down to unfasten the basket, of which the contents proved very good indeed.
— from Christmas-Tree Land by Mrs. Molesworth

"I am afraid not, Mr. Jessop," rejoined Mr. Dacre, whom our readers know as the Bungalow Boys' uncle.
— from The Bungalow Boys Along the Yukon by John Henry Goldfrap

The necessity of procuring everything edible within our reach keeps my men busy and affords them something to think of besides the disasters to the National armies.
— from The Last Three Soldiers by W. H. (William Henry) Shelton

"I've had more slender threads than these to work on," reassured Kennedy.
— from Gold of the Gods by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

She found Alice still seated at the window, or rather kneeling on the chair, with her head out through the lattice.
— from Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope

Soon the cutting-out process began, to accomplish which the rider enters the main bunch, selects a cow with a calf bearing the brand of his outfit, and drives them out to a place apart, where other riders keep them separated from the main bunch and from the similar collections of other brands.
— from Cattle-Ranch to College: The True Tales of a Boy's Adventures in the Far West by Russell Doubleday

The Appendix of Pièces Justificatives to Philip de Comines' Memoirs contains the will of Réné King of Sicily, Count of Provence, dated July 22, 1474, by which he constitutes his nephew, Charles of Anjou, Duke of Calabria, Count of Maine, his heir-in-chief; as well as the will of Charles of Anjou, King of Sicily, Count of Provence, dated December 10, 1481, by which he makes Louis XI.
— from Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by John Addington Symonds

One of the party had managed to secrete a small knife in his sleeve while being searched, and with this he whittled out rude keys from the bones of the meat given us, which readily unlocked our handcuffs.
— from Capturing a Locomotive: A History of Secret Service in the Late War. by William Pittenger

It is safe to play with a soul just so far—sometimes it is safe to play even farther, when one really knows one's strength….
— from A Fool There Was by Porter Emerson Browne

When one really knows a village like this and its surroundings, it is like becoming acquainted with a single person.
— from The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett