[A; b1] roam around purposelessly instead of doing what one is supposed to do.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

When Alexis became rich and powerful, instead of revenging himself, he hastened to make his enemy’s fortune.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

How confidently did my dream contemplate this finite world, not new-fangledly, not old-fangledly, not timidly, not entreatingly:— —As if a big round apple presented itself to my hand, a ripe golden apple, with a coolly-soft, velvety skin:—thus did the world present itself unto me:— —As if a tree nodded unto me, a broad-branched, strong-willed tree, curved as a recline and a foot-stool for weary travellers: thus did the world stand on my promontory:— —As if delicate hands carried a casket towards me—a casket open for the delectation of modest adoring eyes: thus did the world present itself before me to-day:— —Not riddle enough to scare human love from it, not solution enough to put to sleep human wisdom:—a humanly good thing was the world to me to-day, of which such bad things are said!
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

It is certain, however, that a deputation brought it to Ottery, and “tyed it in a blue Ribband and put it about his neck.” SIDMOUTH.
— from Motor Tours in the West Country by Stawell, Rodolph, Mrs.

As soon as he had what he considered a reasonable amount, the carrier threw a rope held in his left hand over the load, caught it deftly in the already burdened right and, pulling it taut, marched down some twenty feet of perpendicular sandy bank and across a wobbly eight-inch plank without a quiver.
— from Vagabonding down the Andes Being the Narrative of a Journey, Chiefly Afoot, from Panama to Buenos Aires by Harry Alverson Franck

Once he took up something from between the pages of the book which the Sergeant had apparently been reading, and put it carefully into his own pocketbook.
— from Peter Ruff and the Double Four by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

When Alexis became rich and powerful, instead of revenging himself, he hastened to make his enemy's fortune.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 25: Russia and Poland by Giacomo Casanova

When she desired to pass from her home to the other world, she would open a black rock and pass inside.
— from Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina by W. D. (William Drake) Westervelt

The dresses of the guests were of all those bright and glittering colours so universally affected by rich and poor in those days; and gold and precious stones were seen sparkling all around, not alone ornamenting the persons of the fairer sex, but decorating also the garments of the men.
— from Forest Days: A Romance of Old Times by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Parrikar's handing over government schools to unregistered groups of alleged RSS-linked activists barely registers a presence in local discourse even among members of the minority Christian community traditionally opposed to right-wing Hindu politics.
— from Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various

[2154] It is not only Luther who frequently admits that he had “included in his hymnbook some of the songs of our forefathers” as “bearing witness to the good Christians who lived before our day,” [2155] but even the Apologia for the Confession of Augsburg had to admit in its defence of the Protestant ritual: “The use [of German hymns] has always been regarded as praiseworthy in the churches; though more German hymns are sung in some places than in others, nevertheless, in all the churches the people have always sung something in German, hence the practice is not at all novel.”
— from Luther, vol. 5 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

—When a bishop removes a priest in the regular way according to the rules and discipline of his church, the priest has no redress.
— from The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law: The Law of Church and Grave by Charles Martin Scanlan