The literal meaning is a finely volatilised substance, and in Numbers xxiii.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

These were all from Voss; Severtson was from Vossevangen.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

In the spring of 1844 a considerable number from these regions and from Vik stood ready to emigrate.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

A dark, wild face was seen, for a moment, to glance at the window of the house; and, as Legree opened the door, a female voice said something, in a quick, imperative tone.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

I took care to have the cart there and then, drove it off down the road, and, leaving it in charge of my wife and servant, rushed into my house and packed a few valuables, such plate as we had, and so forth.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

“Five hundred lines for all the class!” shouted in a furious voice stopped, like the Quos ego*, a fresh outburst.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

In the progress of the division of labour, the employment of the far greater part of those who live by labour, that is, of the great body of the people, comes to be confined to a few very simple operations; frequently to one or two.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

She persists in her determination, and, from a desire for a foolish victory, she rushes upon her own destruction.
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid

| Nay, even if a man is more than ordinarily inclined to sensual pleasures, provided, of course, that he be not quite on a level with the beasts of the field (for some people are men only in name, not in fact)—if, I say, he is a little too susceptible [109] to the attractions of pleasure, he hides the fact, however much he may be caught in its toils, and for very shame conceals his appetite.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Then I whipped out my knife again, and with a few vigorous strokes I cut the rope clean through, and felt my boat go swirling away on the backwash.
— from The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea by Max Pemberton

The men average perhaps five feet three or four inches in height, have broad flat faces, prominent cheek bones, small and rather sunken eyes, no beards, long, lank, black hair, small hands and feet, very slender limbs, and a tendency to enlargement and protrusion of the abdomen.
— from Tent Life in Siberia A New Account of an Old Undertaking; Adventures among the Koraks and Other Tribes In Kamchatka and Northern Asia by George Kennan

A frightful void stretches between mere man and reality….
— from Fate Knocks at the Door: A Novel by Will Levington Comfort

The latter party was at first very small; it had appeared in the days of Langland and Wyclif, and had been persecuted by Elizabeth; but persecution served only to increase its numbers and determination.
— from Outlines of English and American Literature An Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by William J. (William Joseph) Long

What was above all remarkable for our young man was that Miriam Rooth fetched a fellow, vulgarly speaking, very much less [648] than Julia at the times when, being on the spot, Julia did fetch.
— from The Tragic Muse by Henry James

broad, convex becoming nearly plane or slightly depressed, at first viscid, soon dry, becoming slightly striate on the thin margin, rosy-red variously modified by pink orange or ochraceous hues, sometimes becoming paler with age, taste mild.
— from Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc. by Charles McIlvaine

Sixteen to twenty suit very well, the former for small and the latter for larger sets, and for very small sets twelve or fourteen might be more convenient.
— from Jacquard Weaving and Designing by T. F. Bell

As for Vashti, she seemed suddenly revivified; she moved about with a new step, swift, supple, silent, her head up, a new light in her face, and her eyes, as they turned now and then on her father, filled with a new fire.
— from The Burial of the Guns by Thomas Nelson Page

Again the sun burst forth, and a fiery vapor seethed above the moist earth.
— from Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking