so 'scaped his mortal snare: For now Satan, now first inflamed with rage, came down, The tempter ere the accuser of mankind, To wreak on innocent frail Man his loss Of that first battle, and his flight to Hell: Yet, not rejoicing in his speed, though bold Far off and fearless, nor with cause to boast, Begins his dire attempt; which nigh the birth Now rolling boils in his tumultuous breast, And like a devilish engine back recoils Upon himself; horrour and doubt distract His troubled thoughts, and from the bottom stir
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

ANT: Love, affection, desire, enjoyment, longing, acquisition, gratification, blessing, treat, delight, benefit.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

After a long and desperate encounter, Meleager succeeded in killing the monster, and presented the head and hide to Atalanta, as trophies of the victory.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

The enemy (about 1.30 p.m.) made a last and desperate effort to carry one of the redoubts, but was badly cut to pieces by the artillery and infantry fire from the other, when he began to draw off, leaving his dead and wounded on the ground.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Perhaps I am wrong; but surely you don’t imagine that if, for the sake of ideas for which I have the deepest respect, you renounce the joys of life and lead a dreary existence, your workmen will be any the better for it?
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

En cuanto a los autores de estos textos, tienen una remuneración normal, con un estatuto de periodístas, y también intereses en la empresa por el juego de bonos de suscripción (stock options).
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

And like a devillish Engine back recoiles Upon himself; horror and doubt distract His troubl’d thoughts, and from the bottom stirr
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

This said, he sets his foot upon the light, For light and lust are deadly enemies; Shame folded up in blind concealing night, When most unseen, then most doth tyrannize.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Here he laid hold of all the best men, and forced them, both at Lesjar and Dovre, either to receive Christianity or suffer death, if they were not so lucky as to escape.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

And of course there was a bully, the Ishmael of the school, whom everybody shunned and nobody liked; who fought the teacher and frightened the little children; who chewed, and smoked, and swore, and lied, and did everything bad that a boy could do.
— from Their Yesterdays by Harold Bell Wright

I have seen his eyes follow you with just such a look as dogs' eyes have.
— from Saxe Holm's Stories First Series by Helen Hunt Jackson

After a short interview with my grandmother, she consented to retire, and preparations were made for setting a lookout, and dismissing everybody to their beds again.
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

A long and detailed estimate, often desirable when time is available, may be wholly impracticable when the press of events requires rapid decision.
— from Sound Military Decision by Naval War College (U.S.)

No, true safety was in absolute stillness and silence, so that even his rage should be brought to doubt at last and die expended, or choke him before it died; I didn’t care which.
— from The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad

The reader, therefore, will not be much surprised to learn, that, in the exercise of his profession, he contracted an intimacy with a clergyman's wife, whom he attended as a physician, and whose conjugal virtue he subdued by a long and diligent exertion of his delusive arts, while her mind was enervated by sickness, and her husband abroad upon his necessary occasions.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

The general direction of the Abenakis they knew; but it was a long and difficult expedition; the tribe was large, and scattered over an extensive tract of country, and they would be a feeble, unprotected band, without knowing to what particular point to direct their efforts.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXV, No. 2, August 1849 by Various

But there is something so thoroughly systematic in his movements, something which so suggests a long and deadly experience, that even the uninitiated of the party feel certain that he is doing the right thing.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 01, April to September, 1865 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Various