These phenomena however are not dangerous and rapidly subside as soon as the urine eliminates the substances that cause them.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

Rostóv was talking merrily to his two friends, one of whom was a dashing hussar and the other a notorious duelist and rake, and every now
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

On his family, and on the surrounding scene, he looked with tempered pleasure and benevolent satisfaction, while his son exhibited the gay spirits of youth, anticipating new delights, and regretless of those, that were passed.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

[274] Rumpus , a noise, disturbance, a “row.”
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

RUMPUS, a noise, disturbance, a “row.” RUMY, a good woman, or girl.—
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

The story is that an Athenian named Diomedes, a respectable man and a friend of Alkibiades, was desirous of winning a victory at Olympia.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

‘I fretted and fumed all next day, and raised a great disturbance,’ rejoined the old gentleman.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

And he made appropriate nautical comments upon the manner of the approach of the steamer as she came nearer and nearer, dipping and rising in the water.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

In the Life of Reason it is, if I may say so, a normal disease, a recurrent manifestation of lost equilibrium and interrupted growth; but in these pauses, when the depths rise to the surface and obliterate what scratches culture may have made there, the rhythm of life may be more powerfully felt, and the very disappearance of intellect may be taken for a revelation.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Then the contest about the law being given up, a new dispute arose regarding the levy.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

The comparison between that Eternall life which Adam lost, and our Saviour by his Victory over death hath recovered; holdeth also in this, that as Adam lost Eternall Life by his sin, and yet lived after it for a time; so the faithful Christian hath recovered Eternal Life by Christs passion, though he die a natural death, and remaine dead for a time; namely, till the Resurrection.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

He could sink very quickly, keep at any necessary depth, and row a great distance in any direction he desired, without coming to the surface.
— from Great Events in the History of North and South America by Charles A. (Charles Augustus) Goodrich

[47] Davenant alleges the advantages of a respite and pause between every stanza, which should be so constructed as to comprehend a period; and adds, "nor doth alternate rhyme, by any lowliness of cadence, make the sound less heroic, but rather adapt it to a plain and stately composing of music; and the brevity of the stanza renders it less subtle to the composer, and more easy to the singer, which, in stilo recitativo , when the story is long, is chiefly requisite.
— from The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by Walter Scott

Marks are added to each name, to signify the political course or resting-place of its owner from his first connexion with the Long Parliament to his present reappearance:— The asterisk prefixed to a name denotes a Regicide , i.e. an actual signer of the Death-Warrant of Charles I. (Vol.
— from The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 Narrated in Connexion with the Political, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of His Time by David Masson

"Well, I will tell you all about it—if you will promise to listen to me and not do anything rash."
— from The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald

"Then go, I have nothing for you or him—go," answered Ada, faintly, but in a voice that admitted no dispute; and, rising from her chair, she went into the bed-room and closed the door.
— from Fashion and Famine by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

The new book which comes from the pen of G.W. Cable, under the title of "The Negro Question," puts old truth in a new dress, and renders it more attractive and presentable.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 44, No. 06, June, 1890 by Various

How many thousand young men who once stood in the uprightness of virtue are now debased and ruined through the flattery of the “strange woman,” so graphically described by Solomon in Prov.
— from Talkers: With Illustrations by John Bate

The Hottentots, at its extremest limit, are no doubt a residual deposit of such intermixture; while the great family to which the Kafirs belong furnish evidence of it in various particulars.
— from Serpent-Worship, and Other Essays, with a Chapter on Totemism by C. Staniland (Charles Staniland) Wake

In a few moments the young man had been well rubbed down, and now Dan and Rollins, on opposite sides, were kneading his muscles.
— from Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis Two Plebe Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock