I was one of the number: there were other people from the inn, and the brigands, it is very true, came and joined us; not liking, as your majesty may easily conceive, that the good Lord of Masseran, or any other lord, should take the trade out of their hands.
— from Corse de Leon; or, The Brigand: A Romance. Volume 1 (of 2) by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

It is for these and other reasons that China and Japan urgently need the Gospel of Jesus and of His Kingdom.
— from Buddhism in the Modern World by Kenneth J. (Kenneth James) Saunders

The Marquesses of Seafort and Tullibardine came and joined us next day, and in the evening held a council of war to resolve what was to be done.
— from The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) by J. Pringle (James Pringle) Thomson

Lord Grenville strongly objected to the exception even of the English Chancellor, as justifiable upon no principle, when the exercise of ecclesiastical patronage had been provided for in the other part of the Bill; and it is difficult to discover what principle can justify the exclusion of the Chancellor of Ireland, which would not also extend to every other judicial situation.
— from Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of

Come and join us now, and we will solve the riddles which I'm sure are puzzling us all."
— from The Boarded-Up House by Augusta Huiell Seaman