He rag'd, and kept as heavy a Coil as Stout Hercules for loss of Hylas; Forcing the Valleys to repeat The Accents of his sad Regret; He beat his Breast, and tore his Hair, For Loss of his dear Crony Bear, That Eccho from the hollow Ground His Doleful Wailings did resound More wistfully, but many times, Then in small Poets Splay-foot Rhymes, That make her, in her rueful Stories To answer to Introgatories, And most unconscionably depose Things of which She nothing knows:
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

Knowledge that resteth in the bare speculation of things; and knowledge that is accompanied with the grace of faith and love; which puts a man upon doing even the will of God from the heart: the first of these will serve the talker; but without the other the true Christian is not content.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan by John Bunyan

Hail, many-coloured messenger, that ne'er Dost disobey the wife of Jupiter; Who, with thy saffron wings, upon my flow'rs Diffusest honey drops, refreshing show'rs; And with each end of thy blue bow dost crown My bosky acres and my unshrubb'd down, Rich scarf to my proud earth-why hath thy Queen Summon'd me hither to this short-grass'd green?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

relaunch your magnet, and you thus Can mount and mount unmeasured distances!
— from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

But I suppose you must be a Methodist to know what a Methodist 'ull do.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

borthi, v. to be upholding Dambrynu, v. to be purchasing Dambwyo, v. to beat about Damcanu, v. to be contriving Damchwa, n. an overturn Damchwaen, n. an accident Damchweiniad, n. a chancing Damchweinio, v. to happen Damdeithio, v. to perambulate Damdoi, v. to cover about Damdorchi, v. to wreath about Damdori, v. to cover about Damdramwy, v. to travel about Daradreiglo, v. to circumvolve Damdreimio, v. to look about Damdroi, v. to turn round Damdrosi, v. to drive about Damdrychu, v. to be amputating Damdwrdd, n. a confused stir Damdwyo, v. to be castigating Damdyfu, v. to grow about Damdyngu, v. to appraise Damdyru, v. to heap about Damdywys, v. to lead about Damddal, v. to hold in Damddyblygu, v. to be folding about Damfachu, v. to grapple about Damfwrw, v. to cast about Damffrydio, v. to flow about Damgaeru, v. to fortify about Damgludo, v. to carry about Damglymu, v. to be tying about Damglywed, v. to feel impulse Damgnoi, v. to fret about Damgreinio, v. to crawl about Damgyffred, v. to imagine Damyffroi, v. to be agitating Damgylchynu, v. to circumscribe Damledu, v. to expand round Damlenwi, v. to fill round Damlewyrchu, v. to illumine Damlifo, v. to flow round Damlunio, v. to be forming Damlygu, v. to be elucidating Damlynu, v. to adhere about Dammeg, n. a parable Dammegol, a. allegorical Dammegu, v. to allegorize Damnoddi, v. to be protecting Damnoethi, v. to expose Damnyddu, v. to twist about Damranu, v. to be separating Damred, n. circulation Damredu, v. to circulate Damrithio, v. to be seeming Damrodi, v. to wheel round Damrwymo, v. to be tying round Damryson, v. to be disputing Damrywio, v. to be varying Damsangu, v. to dance round Damsathru, v. to tread round Damwain, n. accident, chance Damweiniad, n. a chancing Damweiniaeth, n. a chance Damweinio, v. to happen Damwyn, n. fortune, hap Dân, n. a lure, a charm Danadl, n. the nettles Danadlen, n. a nettle Danas, n. deer; venison Danfon, v. to send, to convey Danfoniad, n. a sending Danfonol, a. missionary Danheddian, n. dentition Danheddog, a. toothed Danheddu, v. to teeth; to bite Dannod, v. to reproach; to upbraid; to twit Dannodiad, n. a reproaching Dannodwr, n. upbraider Dannodd, n. tooth-ache Dannogen, n. the betony Dansawdd, n. a principle Dansoddi, v. to form a principle Dansoddiad, n. abstraction Dansoddiaeth, n. physiology Dant, n. a tooth; a tine; a cog Danteithiad, n. making dainty Danteiddiol, a. dainty Danteithion, n. dainties Danteithrwydd, n. deliciousness Dangos, v. to show, to disclose, or make known Dangosadwy, a. ostensible Dangosedigol, a. demonstrative Dangoseg, n. an index Dangosiad, n. a shewing Dangosiadol, a. demonstrative Dangosiadus, a. showy Dangosol, n. indicative, shewing Dangoswr, n. one who shews Dar, a. prefix that implies before, upon, or about to be, analogous to PRE: n. a noise or din Darammhau, v. to hesitate Daramred, n. circulation: to go about Daramrediad, n. a circulating Darbenu, v. to raise upright; to form a perpendicular Darblygu, v. to double over Darbod, n. a preparation: v. to prepare, to provide Darbodaeth, n. forecast Darbodiad, n. a preparing Darbodol, a. precautious Darbodoldeb, n. precautiousness Darbodus, a. provident Darborthi, v. to sustain, to maintain Darbwyo, v. to verberate Darbwyll, n. persuasion Darbwyllo, v. persuade Darbwyso, v. to preponderate Darchwantu, v. to covet Darchwhareu, v. to sport about Darchwennych, to covet greatly Darchwilio, v. to pry about Darchwyddo, v. to swell up Darddiffynu, v. to protect Darddodi, v. to prefix Darddonio, v. to endow Darddosbarthu, v. to elucidate Darddringo, v. to climb up Darddullio, v. to describe Darddwyrain, v. to soar aloft Darddwyso, v. to make dense Darddychrynu, v. to intimidate Darddychwel, v. to recur back Darddyfod, v. to come to pass Dareb, n. a proverb, an adage Darebu, v. to use a proverb Daredrych, v. to observe Daredd, n. tumultuous din Daregnïo, v. to use exertion Daren, n. a noise, or din Darestyn, v. to extend over Darfachu, v. to grapple over Darfaddeu, v. to be remitting Darfalanu, v. to bud out Darfathru, v. to trample over Darfeilo, v. to pile up Darfelyddu, v. to imagine Darferu, v. to accustom Darfaethu, v. to miscarry, to fail Darfinio, v. to acuate, to edge Darfod, n. a finish: v. to finish; to be ended Darfodadwy, a. perishable Darfodedig, a. evanescent Darfodedigaeth, n. consumption Darfodiad, n. a finishing Darfodoldeb, n. transientness Darfodol, a. finishing, ending Darfoddio, v. to please Darfoethu, v. to nourish tenderly Darfoli, v. to be celebrated Darfolli, v. to receive kindly Darfradu, v. to act treachery Darfrathu, v. to vulnerate Darfreinio, v. to dignify Darfritho, v. to variegate Darfriwio, v. to be fracting Darfrochi, v. to be ruffling Darfrodiad, n. embroidery Darfrudio, v. to prognosticate Darfrydio, v. to be throbbing Darfrysio, v. to be speeding Darfrywio, v. to make brisk Darfrwytho, v. to blandish Darfrydiol, a. residing, abiding Dargadw, v. to be securing Dargaenu, v. to stratify Dargraethu, v. to restrict Dargamu, v. to be bending Dargantu, v. to form a rim Darganu, v. to blanch Dargasglu, v. to heap Dargau, v. to envelope Dargeisio, v. to persevere Dargelu, v. to over-veil Dargilio, v. to recede Dargipio, v. to snatch Dargipiwr, n. a snatcher Dargledru, v. to lattice over Dargleinio, v. to crawl Dargleisio, v. to make weals Darglodi, v. to extol Dargludo, v. to transport Dargluddio, v. to overwhelm Darglymu, v. to knot Dargnifio, v. to toil Dargnithio, v. to pat upon Dargnoi, v. to keep gnawing Dargochi, v. to redden Dargodi, v. to rise over Dargoddi, v. to oversway Dargoelio, v. to credit partly Dargoethi, v. to purify Dargofio, v. to call to mind Dargoffa, v. to memorize Dargolledu, v. to cause a loss Dargolli, v. to lose Dargospi, v. to castigate Dargrafu, v. to scrape Dargraffu, v. to cause a mark Dargrasu, v. to parch slightly Dargredu, v. to half credit Dargroni, v. to collect Dargrothi, v. to bulge, or swell Dargrwydro, v. to peregrinate Dargrybwyllo, v. to intimate slightly Dargrychu, v. to ruffle Dargrynu, v. to conglomerate Dargrysio, v. to accelerate Darguchio, v. to frown Darguddio, v. to seclude Dargulo, v. to narrow Darguro, v. to reverberate Dargwympo, v. to fall Dargydio, v. to join Dargyfaddo, v. to menace Dargyfaddef, v. to own partly Dargyhoeddi, v. to expose Dargylchynu, to circumference Dargynnullo, v. to heap Dargynnwys, v. to make compact Dargynnyg, to attempt or offer Dargynyddu, v. to augment Dargynu, v. to elevate Dargyrchu, v. to resort Dargyrhaedd, v. to reach or extend Dargysdadlu, v. to proportion Dargysgodi, v. to adumbrate Dargysgu, v. to fall asleep Dargysodi, v. to combine Dargysoni, v. to harmonize Dargystuddio, v. to excruciate Dargysylltu, v. to conjoin Dargywain, v. to convey Darhedeg, v. to hover Darheidio, v. to swarm Darhonni, v. to assert Darhuno, v. to doze Dariad, n. a making a din Dariasu, v. to pervade Darladu, v. to be benevolent Darlafaru, v. to enunicate Darlamu, v. to hop Darlechu, v. to skulk Darledu, v. to expand Darleddfu, v. to slant Darleisio, v. to resound Darleisiwr, n. reverberator Darleithio, v. to make humid Darlenwi, v. to superabound Darlesu, v. to cause benefit Darlethru, v. to slope Darlethu, v. to overlay Darleu, v. to lecture, to read Darlewyrchu, v. to shine Darlidio, v. to inflame Darlifo, v. to flow Darlith, n. a sermon, a lecture Darlithio, v. to initiate Darlithiwr, n. a lecturer Darliwio, v. to give a tint Darlochi, v. to give a refuge Darloesi, v. to perfuse Darloni, v. to gladden Darlosgi, v. to singe Darluchio, v. to sprinkle Darluniodraeth, the art of drawing Darluddio, v. to obstruct Darlunlen, n. a map Darlunio, v. to portray, to delineate, to represent Darluniwr, n. an artist, drawer Darlwybro, v. to tract Darlwyddo, v. to cause prospering Darlwythiad, n. a loading Darlwytho, v. to load Dalyfnu, v. to polish Darlyngcu, v. to eructate Darlynu, v. to adhere Darlythyru, v. to superscribe Darlywio, v. to superintend Darllain, Darllen, v. to read Darllaw, n. a brewing: v. to pour, to brew Darllen, v. to read, to peruse Darllewyrchu, v. to illumine Darmain, n. a prognostication; v. to prognosticate Darmerth, n. a preparation Darmerthiad, n. a preparing Darmerthu, v. to prepare Darn, n. a piece, a patch Darneidio, v. to hop Darniad, n. a piecing Darnio, v. to piece, a patch Darnod, n. distinction Darnodi, v. to distinguish Darnofio, v. to swim Daroddef, v. to suffer Darofyn, v. to intimate Darogan, n. prediction; to predict Daroganiad, n. predicting Daroganu, v. to predict Daroganwr, n. a foreteller Darogwyddo, v. to incline Daron, n. the thunderer Darostwng, n. debasement: v. to subdue Darostyngiad, n. subjection Darostyngu, v. to be subject Darpar, n. preparation Darpariaeth, n. a preparing Darparu, v. to prepare Darre, v. to effuse; to blush Darstain, n. tinkle, a clang; v. to tinkle, to clang Darsteinio, v. to tinkle Darswydo, v. to intimidate Darswyddo, v. to superintend Darswyno, v. to enchant Darsylw, n. an observation Darsylwad, n. observation Darsylwedd, n. an essence Darsylweddu, v. to element Darsylwi, v. to observe Darsyllu, v. to stare, to gaze Daru, v. to finish, to end; to tinkle, to clank Darwain, n. ministration: v. to administer Darwareu, v. to disport Darwedd, n. compliancy Darweddu, v. to direct Darweiniwr, v. director, leader Darweithio, v. to supererogate Darwel, n. perspicacity Darweled, v. to perceive Darweliad, n. perception Darwenu, v. to smile Darwib, n. a hovering Darwibio, v. to hover Darwirio, v. to assert Darwystlo, v. to pledge Darymchwelyd, v. to revert Darymdeithio, v. to sojourn Darymgeisio, v. to make effort Darymranu, v. to divide Darymred, n. an excursion: a colliquation; a diarhœa; v. to run; to move about; to run out Darymrithio, v. to seem to be Darymroi, v. to resign Darymsangu, v. to trample Darymsathru, v. to tread Darymsawdd, n. adjunct Darystain, n. a tinkle, a peal Darysteinio, v. to tinkle Dâs, n. a heap; a stack Dasedig, a. ricked, stacked Dasgwrn, n. a cone, a rick Dasgyrn, n. a stacking Dasiad, n. a ricking, stacking Dasmal, n. a gentle touch Dasmalu, v. to touch gently Dasol, a. cumulated; stacked Dasu, v. to stack, to rick Daswl, n. a pile; a stack Daswrn, n. a cone; a pile Dasyliad, n. a piling up Dasylu, v. to pile, to rick Dasyrnu, v. to heap, to rick Dathliad, n. celebration Dathlu, v. to celebrate Dau, n. two, a. two Daw, n. a boon; a son in law, a coming onward Dawd, n. a deposit; a giving Dawes, n. a daughter-in-law Dawg, n. a portion, or share Dawn, n. gift; virtue; grace Dawni, v. to gift, to endow Dawnus, a. gifted, virtuous Dawr, v. to care, to regard De, n. activity; a parting, right, right side; the south: v. to part; to right; a. separate right; south Dead, n. a parting; separation Deadell, n. a flock, a herd Deadellog, a. gregarious Deadelliad, n. a herding Deadellu, v. to form a herd Deaeth, n. separation Deall, n. intellect; understanding: v. to understand Deallol, a. intellectual Dealladwy, a. apprehensible Dealledig, a. gifted with reason Dealledigaeth, n. understanding, comprehension Dealledigol, a. intellective Deallgar, a. intelligent, wise Deallgarwch, n. intelligence Dealliad, n. intellection Deallol, a. intellective Deallt, n. understanding Dealltiad, n. intellection Dealltwr, n. intellectualist Dealltwriaeth, n. understanding, comprehension Dealltwrus, a. intelligent Deallu, v. to understand Deallus, a. intelligent, knowing Deau, n. the right; the south; a. right, dexterous Deawl, v. tending to separate Debed, v. to go, to depart Dechre, n. beginning, origin Dechreuad, n. origination Dechreuol, a. original, initial Dechreu, v. to begin Dechreuad, n. a beginning Dechreuedig, a. begun Dechreuol, a. initial primitive Dechreuwr, n. a beginner Dedfryd, n. restoration; verdict, adjudicant Dedfrydiad, n. adjudication Dedfrydol, a. adjudicating Dedlidio, v. to be angry again Dedwinedd, n. evanesence Dedwino, v. to fade away Dedwinoldeb, n. evanidness Dedwydd, n. a state of bliss; a. of renewed intelligence; discreet; happy Dedwyddiad, n. beatification Dedwyddo, v. to beatify Dedwyddol, a. beatific Dedwyddus, a. beatific; blessed Dedwyddwch, n. happiness Dedwyn, a. calmed of passion Dedylliad, n. a suckling Dedyllio, v. to suckle Dedd, n. an order, rule Deddf, n. statute, law, ordinance Deddfiad, n. ordination Deddfol, a. ceremonial Deddfolder, n. ordinateness Deddfoli, v. to make ordinal Deddfolrwydd, n. ceremonialness Deddfu, v. to institute Deddfwr, n. a legislator Deëuad, n. rightly; southing Deëuo, v. to use dexterity; to tend to the south Def, n. use, one’s own Defeidiog, a. abounding with sheep Defeidydd, n. a shepherd Defeita, v. to hunt after sheep Defiad, n. a bringing Defni, n. droppings, drops Defniad, n. a trickling Defnio, v. to drop, to trickle Defnydd, n. element, matter Defnyddgar, a. useful Defnyddiad, n. materialation Defnyddiadau, v. to materialize Defnyddiodraeth, materialism Defnyddio, v. to prepare matter to make use of Defnyddiol, a. material; useful Defnyddioldeb, n. materiality Defnyddiwr, n. one who forms Defnyn, n. a drop, a particle Defnyniad, n. a dropping Defnynu, v. to drop, to trickle Defod, n. usage, custom Defodedig, a. instituted Defodi, v. to fix a custom Defodiad, n. institution Defodol, a. accustomed Defodolder, n. customariness Defodwr, n. an institutor Defyn, n. matter or stuff Deffro, a. moving awake: v. to rouse; to awake Deffroad, n. arousing; awaking Deffroi, v. to rouse; to wake Defröol, a. tending to awake Deffrous, a. wakeful Deffrousrwydd, n. wakefulness Deffrowr, n. an awaker Deg, n. ten: a. ten Degaid, n. a decade Degban, a. having ten parts Degeidio, v. to form decades Degfed, n. a tenth: a. tenth Degiad, n. a decimal Degol, a. decadary; decimal Degoli, v. to decimate Degoliad, n. decimation Degoliaeth, n. tithing Degplyg, n. a decuple Degryn, n. a single drop Degryniad, n. a dropping Degrynu, v. to fall in drops Degsill, a. of ten syllables Degtro, a. of ten turns Degu, v. to decimate Degwm, n. a tenth; a tithe Degymiad, n. a tithing Degymol, n. relating to tithe Deheu, n. dexterity; south Deheubarth, n. south region Deheuder, n. desterity Deheudra, n. dexterousness Deheuedd, n. dextrality Deheuig, a. dexterous, dexter Deheulaw, n. a right hand Deheuol, a dexter; southern Dehongli, v. to interpret Dehongliad, n. interpretation Dehonglwr, n. expounder Dehonglydd, n. expounder Deifiad, n. a singeing, blasting Deifio, v. to singe; to blast Deifiol, a. singeing; blasting Deifniad, n. nurturing Deifriad, n. a setting in order Deifriad, v. to put in regimen Deifyr, n. a regimen; verse Deigr, n. a drop; a tear Deigriad, n. lachrymation Deigrio, v. to shed tears; to trickle Deigrol, a. lachrymal Deigryn, n. tear, drop Deigrynol, a. falling in drops Deigryniad, n. a trickling Deigrynu, v. to fall in drops Deigyniad, n. emanation Deigynu, v. to emanate Deilen, n. a leaf, foil Deiliach, n. mixed leaves Deiliad, n. folliatfon; subject, tenant Deiliadaeth, n. foliage Deiliant, n. foliation, foliage Deiliar, a. foliacious, leafy Deilio, v. to put out leaves Deiliog, a. bearing leaves Deilw, n. small of the leg Deilliad, n. an issuing, a proceeding Deillio, v. to derive, to proceed Deilliol, a. proceeding, deriving Deincod, n. teeth, an edge Deincodyn, n. apple seed Deinio, v. to charm, to allure Deintgraff, n. tooth drawer Deintgryd, n. gnashing of teeth Deintiad, n. dentition Deintio, v. to teeth, to bite Deintiol, a. dental Deintlwch, n. tooth powder Deintrod, n. cog wheel Deintur, n. tenter frame Deintws, n. little tooth Deintwst, n. tooth-ache Deintydd, n. dentist Deiriad, n. a dinning Deiryd, v. to belong, to pertain, to be related Deisiad, n. a ricking, a piling Deisio, v. to stack, to pile Deisyf, n. request, intreaty: v. to request, to desire Deisyfiad, n. a requesting Deisyfol, a. beseeching Deisyfu, v. to beseech, to crave Deisyfwr, n. beseecher Deisyn, n. hank, skein Dêl, n. approach: v. will come; a hard or rigid state Del, a. stiff; pert, saucy; smart Delaidd, a. stiffish, smart Delbren, n. log; cudgel Delder, n. stiffness; pertness Delfaen, n. delvin, kellus Delf, n. a numskull; a churl Delffaidd, a. oafish; stupid Delffeiddio, v. to stupify Delid, n. metal, mineral Delor, n. wood-pecker Delw, n. an image, idol, form, manner, semblance Delwad, n. a formation, a forming, n. a statue Delwadol, a. formative Delwaddoli, v. to idolatrize Delwaddoliad, n. an idoling Delwaddollaeth, n. idolatry Delwaddolwr, n. idolater Delwant, n. imagery Delwedd, n. resemblance Delweddu, v. to describe, to portray, to make like a statue Delwi, v. to give a form; to become as a statue; to wax pale, to be confounded Dell, n. rift, slit or cleft Delli, n. blindness Dellni, n. blind state Dellten, Dellt, n. lath, splint Dellteniad, n. splintering Delltenog, a. splintered, latticed Delltenu, v. to splinter, to lattice Delltwr, n. lattice maker Deniad, n. an alluring Denol, v. alluring, enticing Denwr, n. enticer, seducer Denu, v. to entice, to allure Dengwaith, a. ten times Dengyn, a. clownish, rustic Deodi, v. to extract; to put off Deol, n. exile, banishment: v. to banish, to separate Deoladwy, a. separable, banishable Deolawd, n. separation Deoledig, a. exiled, separated Deoliad, n. separation; a banishing Deon, n. the distributor; the giver; dean Deon, n. strangers, visitors Deor, n. a hatching, a taking out of the shell: v. to brood, to hatch Deoriaid, n. a hatched brood Deorain, v. to brood, to hatch Deoriad, n. a hatching Deorllyd, a. in a state to hatch Der, a. hard, stubborn Dera, n. a fury, fiend, devil; the staggers Deraidd, a. apt to be stubborn Derbi, v. will come to pass Derbyn, n. a receipt; v. to admit, to receive Derbynadwy, a. receivable Derbynfa, n. receptacle Derbyniad, n. reception Derbyniol, a. admissible Derbynioldeb, n. acceptableness Derbyniwr, n. receiver Derch, a. elevated, exalted Derchafael, n. ascension Derchafawl, a. elevating Derchafiad, n. exaltation Derchafiaeth, n. elevation Derchafu, v. to elevate Derchawl, a. elevating, exalting Derchiad, n. an elevating Derchu, v. to elevate, to exalt Derdri, n. obduracy Dere, v. come thou Deriad, n. a frowardly acting Deriaw, v. to act frowardly Derlin, n. the heart of oak Derlwyn, n. an oak grove Derllydd, a. poured, effused Derllyddiad, n. depletion Derllyddu, v. to pour out Dernyn, n. a piece, a patch Derwin, a. oaken, made of oak Derwydd, n. a druid Derwyddol, a. druidic, druidical Derwyddoni, n. druidism Deryw, v. it is done Dês, n. system, order, rule Desgyn, to ascend, to mount in rhetoric Desgyneb, n. a climax Desgyniad, n. ascension Desgynol, a. ascending Dest, n. order, or trim Destl, a. neat, trim; delicate Destlaidd, a. apt to be trim Destliad, n. a putting in trim Destlu, v. to make neat Destlus, a. nice, neat trim Destlusrwydd, n. neatness Dethol, v. to pick, to select Detholedig, a. chosen, picked Detholiad, n. a selecting Deu, v. to come, to arrive Deuad, n. coming, arrival Deuarddeg, n. twelve Deuawl, a future, coming Deubarth, a. of two parts Deubarthiad, n. bisection Deubarthu, v. to bisect Deuben, n. a pair,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

The consideration of this dilemma gave me no little disquietude; and it will hardly be believed, that, after the dangers I had undergone, I should look upon this business in so serious a light, as to give up all hope of accomplishing my ultimate design, and finally make up my mind to the necessity of a descent.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

“Now the first letter can only be A, which is a most useful discovery, since it occurs no fewer than three times in this short sentence, and the H is also apparent in the second word.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Boasting of such a victory as this, they were received by Wermund with the highest honours; for he thought they had done a most useful deed, and he preferred to regard the glory of being rid of a rival with more attention than the infamy of committing an outrage.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

Upon his royal face there is no note How dread an army hath enrounded him; Nor doth he dedicate one jot of colour Unto the weary and all-watched night; But freshly looks, and over-bears attaint With cheerful semblance and sweet majesty; That every wretch, pining and pale before, Beholding him, plucks comfort from his looks; A largess universal, like the sun, His liberal eye doth give to every one, Thawing cold fear, that mean and gentle all Behold, as may unworthiness define, A little touch of Harry in the night.
— from King Henry V by William Shakespeare

We have before us no figment of the artistic imagination, but a real youth of incomparable beauty, just as nature made him, with all the inscrutableness of undeveloped character, with all the pathos of a most untimely doom, with the almost imperceptible imperfections that render choice reality more permanently charming than the ideal.
— from Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III by John Addington Symonds

“I am deeply grieved to see you so unwell; but a journey to London is a small matter compared with a march upon Dublin, which is like to have killed you in your present condition.”
— from Over the Border: A Romance by Robert Barr

Only let us remember to ask for pardon and to ask for peace, that we may use them as the collect bids us;—To ask for pardon, not merely that we may escape punishment; not even to escape punishment at all, if punishment be wholesome for us, as it often is: but that we may be cleansed from our sins; that we may not be left to our own weakness and our own bad habits, to grow more and more useless, more and more unhappy, day by day, but that we may be cleansed from them; and grow purer, nobler, juster, stronger, more worthy of our place in God’s kingdom, as our years roll by.
— from Town and Country Sermons by Charles Kingsley

A man usually dismounts when calling for a lady to take her for a ride, {48} if she is to be mounted.
— from Manners for Men by Mrs. Humphry

Thou beneath the bridge, the smooth wood Under juniper the rough wood, Thou the arrow in the willows, O thou challenged gold-adorned one, Earthy-coloured, liver-coloured, Rainy-hued and hazel-coloured, Firebrand hued and cherry-coloured, Do not thou in secret bite me, Nor attack me unsuspecting, Do not bite me when I heed not.
— from The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby

You gwin, now, and speak to yer ma, and I'll pick up a little light wood round here, and make up de fire.
— from Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp by Harriet Beecher Stowe