Lived of yore, a raja, Nala,—Virasena’s mighty son,
Gifted he with every virtue,—beauteous, skilled in taming steeds:
Gulliver’s Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift
Having lived three years in this country, the reader, I suppose, will expect that I should, like other travellers, give him some account of the manners and customs of its inhabitants, which it was indeed my principal study to learn.
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha thought about his situation. Thinking was hard on him, he did not really feel like it, but he forced himself.