| 1. | The decree is issued by somebody. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 2. | It is supposed that this decree wa. - from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens |
| 3. | "Truly, a decree for selling the property of emigrants.. - from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
| 4. | Thy brother by decree is banished. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 5. | It was nothing that the decree bore date since his return to France. - from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
| 6. | To dash our late decree in parliamen. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 7. | Our high decree let various Iris know. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 8. | By his decree I sought the Trojan tow. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 9. | 'Tis not in man his fix'd decree to mov. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 10. | "But there are no such decrees yet. - from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
| 11. | It was decreed by the States-General in A.D. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 12. | Where we decreed to bury Bassianus. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 13. | That so my sad decrees may fly awa. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 14. | What is decreed must be and be this s. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 15. | He was, alas but fate decreed his end. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 16. | Thy Juno knows not the decrees of fate. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 17. | It is decreed Hector the great must die. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 18. | In evil hour Then fate decreed his doom. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |