2 [A12; b8] get as a sweetheart.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Strong, as a soldier born and bred,— Great, as a king whom regions dread.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

This is what we mean by saying that civilizations are born, grow, and decay.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

I staggered back towards the table—my hand fell upon a cracked and blackened goblet—and a consciousness of the entire and terrible truth flashed suddenly over my soul.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

World rose from, 2 ; analogy between Greek and Northern conception of, 344 Chariot.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

For the larger half of Christians continue to assert that the justice of God may be turned aside by gifts, and, if not by the 'odour of fat, and the sacrifice steaming to heaven,' still by another kind of sacrifice placed upon the altar—by masses for the quick and dead, by dispensations, by building churches, by rites and ceremonies—by the same means which the heathen used, taking other names and shapes.
— from Laws by Plato

Many poor women maintain their children by the sweat of their brow, and keep together families that the vices of the fathers would have scattered abroad; but gentlewomen are too indolent to be actively virtuous, and are softened rather than refined by civilization.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft

The black did not seem at all alarmed, for he showed his ivories in a broad grin as he replied, "Jess as you say, massa; you'se de boss in dis shanty."
— from Among the Pines; or, South in Secession Time by James R. (James Roberts) Gilmore

This court is a characteristic Elizabethan mansion, standing in a beautiful garden almost smothered in foliage and running vines.
— from England, Picturesque and Descriptive: A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Joel Cook

He used to sit staring at his book, unable to write a word, and became gradually aware that he had never been unhappy in his life before.
— from Watersprings by Arthur Christopher Benson

Cut these cords!" That was soon accomplished, but Waymark lay motionless; he showed that he understood what was going on, but he was quite blind, his voice had all but gone, and a dead man could as soon have risen.
— from The Unclassed by George Gissing

In the reduction flame the bead is very dark and opaque, but becomes of a bright green after cooling.
— from A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

The wash—perhaps because of the infinite trouble it cost her—did her great good,—it gave her energy to recollect her prayers and bring good angels about her.
— from Love and Life: An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

The red apes and black gorillas allowed their eyes to wander from their white leader to the two earth people.
— from Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 by Various

It was called thus because it stood at the end of a broad, grassy avenue or lane, which led from the park to the entrance of the grounds of Collingwood, whose chimneys and gables were distinctly visible in the winter when the trees were stripped of their foliage.
— from Tracy Park: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

But the whole thing resolves itself into this, that if we could get a tool, the handle of which corresponded in all its curves, dimensions, and sections with the old-established diamond, I think we should all be glad; and if the head, wheel, and pivot were all made of the quality and Page 56 [Pg 56] material of which fig.
— from Stained Glass Work: A text-book for students and workers in glass by Christopher Whall