a rush Rhysgiad, n. an overgrowing Rhysio, v. to rush; to straiten Rhysod, n. burning embers Rhysol, rushing; over running Rhysu, v. to rush; to entangle Rhyswr, n. a savage; a combatant Rhyswydd, n. privet wood Rhysyn, n. a burning ember Rhythfol, n. a glutton Rhythgnawd, n. bloated flesh Rhythiad, n. a gaping, a yawning Rhythni, n. a gaping state Rhythu, v. to stretch out Rhython, n. cockles Rhyw, n. sort; sex: a. some, adv.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

I am sent to proclaim that man ever reacheth Ruin or Redemption through himself alone—strengthened by Love of Him—self-sought—reacheth either Pole of Possibility as he, fairly warned, and therefore fully armed, may elect!
— from Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story by Paschal Beverly Randolph

Explain rhyme royal ; ottava rima ; Spenserian stanza.
— from Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton) Painter

A Department whose revenues have increased from $19,772,000 in 1870 to $52,700,000 in 1888, despite reductions of postage which have enormously reduced rates of revenue while greatly increasing its business, demands the careful consideration of the Congress as to all matters suggested by those familiar with its operations, and which are calculated to increase its efficiency and usefulness.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by Grover Cleveland

Without the temple walls, whose cold gray stone Mocked my endeavor, rising row on row.
— from Winona, a Dakota Legend; and Other Poems by E. L. (Eli Lundy) Huggins

But these rules were not rules of an International Law, they were either religious rules or rules which were part of the Municipal Law of the several States.
— from The League of Nations and Its Problems: Three Lectures by L. (Lassa) Oppenheim

From the two newly formed thin-walled cells of each radial row one remains thin walled and rich in protoplasm, and in a condition capable of division; the other becomes transformed into a permanent cork cell.
— from Cork: Its Origin and Industrial Uses by Gilbert Erwin Stecher

The gauntlet thus fairly flung down by one sibyl, was caught up by another, and the controversy between presbytery and episcopacy raged, roared, or rather screamed, a round of cinnamon-water serving only like oil to the flame, till Jasper entered with the plough-staff; and by the awe of his presence, and the shame of misbehaving “before the stranger man,” imposed some conditions of silence upon the disputants.
— from The Pirate Andrew Lang Edition by Walter Scott