The reluctance of the victim, some domestic troubles, and the unjust confiscation of her fortune, cooled the ardor of her interested lover; but he still demanded, in the name of Attila, an equivalent alliance; and, after many ambiguous delays and excuses, the Byzantine court was compelled to sacrifice to this insolent stranger the widow of Armatius, whose birth, opulence, and beauty, placed her in the most illustrious rank of the Roman matrons.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

v 1 [A; b] put heels on shoes.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

The exuberant Fanny did her best to keep pace with their recondite admiration by playing her "beautiful" with vigour, and saying "Oh! let's go," with enormous appetite whenever a new place of interest was mentioned.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Oh, a vain white peacock of a bride perching herself on the top of the wall and giving her hand to the bridegroom on the other side, to be helped down!
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Haclaidd, a. like seed, seedy Haden, n. a single seed Hadiad, n. semination Hadlaidd, n. somewhat corrupt Hadledd, n. rottenness, corruption Hadlestr, n. a seed-vessel Hadliad, n. a decaying Hadlif, n. gonorrhœa Hadlog, a. corrupted, decayed Hadlu, v. to decay, to corrupt Hadlyd, a. rotten, corrupted Hadog, a. having seed, seedy Hadogol, a semnifical Hadol, a. seminal, of seed Hadolaeth, n. seminality Hados, n. small seeds Hadred, n. gonorrhœa Hadu, v. to seed, to run to seed Hadwr, n. a seedsman, a sower Hadyd, n. seed corn Haddef, n. a dwelling, a house Haddefu, v. to inhabit Haddfa, n. a dwelling, abode Haech, n. a skirt; a hem Haedd, n. a reach; merit Haeddad, n. an attaining Haeddol, Haeddiannol, a. meritorious Haeddedigaeth, n. desert, merit Haeddedigol, a. meritorious Haeddel, n. a plough handle Haeddiad, n. a meriting Haeddiant, n. attainment; merit Haeddu, v. to reach; to merit Hael, n. a liberal one: a. generous, liberal Haelder, Haelioni, n. liberality Haeledd, n. munificence Haeliad, n. a becoming liberal Haelionus, a. apt to be liberal Haelu, v. to become liberal Haen, n. stratum, layer Haeniad, n. a placing in layers Haenu, v. to put in layers Haer, n. positively: a. positive; stubborn Haeriad, n. a being positive Haeriant, n. an affirmation Haerllug, a. importunate Haerllugo, v. to urge obstinately Haerol, a. affirmative Haeru, v. to affirm, to insist Hâf, n. fullness; summer Hafaidd, a. like summer Hafal, a. like; equal Hafarch, a. listless; restive Hafdy, n. a summer-house Hafiad, n. a becoming summer Hafin, n. summer season
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

If it were thought best to avoid this, he might, though appointed by Parliament, hold his office for a fixed period, independent of a Parliamentary vote, which would be the American system minus the popular election and its evils.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

The mimic spectacle of life that Tragedy affords cleanses the bosom of much ‘perilous stuff,’ and by presenting high and worthy objects for the exercise of the emotions purifies and spiritualises the man; nay, not merely does it spiritualise him, but it initiates him also into noble feelings of which he might else have known nothing, the word κάθαρσις having, it has sometimes seemed to me, a definite allusion to the rite of initiation, if indeed that be not, as I am occasionally tempted to fancy, its true and only meaning here.
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde

Perhaps he would disapprove of my attachment now as highly as before; perhaps he would think me too poor—too lowly born, to match with his sister.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

A man on the rack is not at liberty to lay by the idea of pain, and divert himself with other contemplations: and sometimes a boisterous passion hurries our thoughts, as a hurricane does our bodies, without leaving us the liberty of thinking on other things, which we would rather choose.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

‘I am a blanky pacificist,’ he hissed, ‘and I’m proud of it, and—and I’m going to make you one before I’ve finished with you!’
— from The New Army in Training by Rudyard Kipling

On one occasion, in consequence of the up coach being delayed by a broken pole, he was obliged to drive on till he met it below Daventry, which lengthened the day's work to about one hundred and seventy miles without a rest.
— from An Old Coachman's Chatter, with Some Practical Remarks on Driving by Edward Corbett

All the poor of the neighborhood were gathered together, and Bos placed himself among them.
— from A Tour Through the Pyrenees by Hippolyte Taine

They are shaped somewhat like a very fat pony, but with a big, pointed head, and are clothed with short hair of plain dark tints, but the young are spotted at first.
— from Zoölogy: The Science of Animal Life Popular Science Library, Volume XII (of 16), P. F. Collier & Son Company, 1922 by Ernest Ingersoll

Every impulse of mind and body pushed him forward to the brink of speech; he would never get a better occasion to bring out his grievance.
— from The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown

There's already been people hangin' on the fence, lookin' at them
— from Caleb Wright: A Story of the West by John Habberton

Upon disembarking he would be escorted to his hotel, usually preceded by a band playing "Hail to the Chief" or other appropriate airs, and wherever he delivered his lecture large audiences greeted him, curious to see and hear the man who had at last discovered the source of the Mississippi, and who had come so far on its mighty waters in a frail canoe.
— from Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by John Algernon Owens

There is power, however, reserved to the crown to erect through the admiralty in any British possession any vice-admiralty court, except in India or any British possession having a representative legislature.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

When a young man has once entered a bar parlour, he has entered upon the high way to drunkenness; he may not reach it, but he is on the high way to it.
— from The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Books of the Bible, Volume 15 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Volume I by Alfred Tucker

No, you want to be thankful that a criminal came along and took a flyer at being Providence himself; otherwise you’d be stuck with your mine on your hands–because I gave you that road, myself.”
— from Wunpost by Dane Coolidge