“I know a pearl amongst cooks,” said he, “and you can have him directly.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Nastasya was standing beside him with another person, a complete stranger, who was looking at him very inquisitively.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Mr. Pickwick, with his hands in his pockets and his hat cocked completely over his left eye, was leaning against the dresser, shaking his head from side to side, and producing a constant succession of the blandest and most benevolent smiles without being moved thereunto by any discernible cause or pretence whatsoever; old Mr. Wardle, with a highly-inflamed countenance, was grasping the hand of a strange gentleman muttering protestations of eternal friendship; Mr. Winkle, supporting himself by the eight-day clock, was feebly invoking destruction upon the head of any member of the family who should suggest the propriety of his retiring for the night; and Mr. Snodgrass had sunk into a chair, with an expression of the most abject and hopeless misery that the human mind can imagine, portrayed in every lineament of his expressive face.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Dydd Sul, Sunday Sulgwyn, n. Whitsuntide Sulw, n. observation, remark Sum, magnitude, size; sum Sumio, v. to deduce the size Sumiol, a. relating to size Suo, v. to buzz; to lull, to hush Sur, n. an acid: a. acid; stale Suran, n. a sour plant, sorrel Surder, n. sourness, acidity Surdoes, n. leaven Surdoesi, v. to leaven Surian, n. a cherry Surig, n. silk Surni, n. sourness; staleness Suro, v. to sour; to turn sour Suryn, n. anything acid Sut, n. manner, shape; plight Sutiad, n. a shaping; a suiting Sutio, v. to adapt; to suit Sûwr, n. one who hushes Sw, n. what remains; what is on Swb, n. a pressed heap; a bundle Swba, n. a small bundle Swbach, n. what is shrunk up Swbachiad, n. a shrinking up Swbachu, v. to shrink up Swci, n. what is soaked Swch, sychod, n. a snout; a plough-share Swchio, v. to search without the snout Swd, n. manner, shape; plight Swdd, n. frame work; a frame Swdden, n. a beam, a raft Swf, n. a spot, a space Swg, n. a soak, an imbibing Swgiad, n. a soaking, a drenching Swil, a. bashful Swl, n. flat space; ground Swll, n. a scene, prospect Swllt, n. a treasure; a shilling Swm, n. state of being together Swmer, n. a supporter, a beam Swmeriad, n. a propping up Swmeru, v. to prop up Swmio, v. to sum up Swmwl, n. a goad Swn, n. a noise, a sound Swniad, n. a sounding Swnio, v. to noise, to sound Swp, n. pressed mass; a cluster Swr, n. what is surly or sullen Swrn, n. a small space; a little, somewhat; a fetlock Swrnach, n. a snarl, a grin Swrth, n. what is imminent Swrth, a sudden; falling, fell, unwieldy; slothful; drowsy Swrthlyd, a. apt to be drowsy Swrth, n. a clumsy one Swrw, a. surly sullen; snarling Swrwd, n. shreds; dress; fragment Swta, what is volatile soot Swtan, n. whiting Swtrach, n. dross, dregs Swtrws, n. bruised mass Swth, n. a frame; a pile Swy, n. what is on or over Swyd, n. what extends over Swydo, v. to intimidate Swydd, n. employ, office, duty, service; a suit; a shire a county Swyddfa, n. place of business Swyddog, a. having office officer Swyddogaeth, n. office, duty Swyddogi, v. to hold office Swyddwr, n. an officer Swyf, n. scum; yeast; suet Swyfedd, n. what is scummed, suet Swyfen, n. scum; froth, or top Swyfi, n. scum; froth, or top Swyfo, v. to cast a scum; to yeld Swylo, v. to save, to put by Swyn, n. a preservative; a charm Swyna, v. to deal in charms Swyn-gynfaredd, n. amulet Swyniad, a preserving; a charming Swyno, v. to preserve; to charm Swynogol, n. an amulet, a charm Swynogli, v. to fascinate Swynol, a. preserative; blessing Swynwr, n. a dealer in amulets or charms, a magician, a wizard Swyso, v. to give emotion Sy, n. a star; v. is, exists Syber, a. elevated; generous, sober Syberwyd, n. stateliness; high-mindedness Sybyrnio, to bundle, to pack up Sybyrnyn, n. a small bundle Sych, n. drought: a. dry Sichbilen, n.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Pedius scribit, si vi aut clam aut precario ab co sit usus, in cuius locum hereditate vel emptione aliove quo lure suceessi, idem esse dicendum: cum enim successerit quis in locum eorum, aequum non est nos noceri hoc, quod adversus eum non nocuit, in cuius locum successimus."
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

audiero nunquam tua verba loquentem? Nunquam ego te, vita frater amabilior Aspiciam posthac; at certe semper amabo;” [“O brother, taken from me miserable!
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Nouns and pronouns are called substantives.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

The engineer listened with a pale and contemptuous smile.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

lagumù, lagúmù a producing a crunchy sound.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

He made a very beautiful statue of a Hercules for the Duke of Ferrara; and for the Church of S. Marco [Pg 201] he executed four scenes of bronze in half-relief, one braccio in height and one and a half in length, for placing around a pulpit, and containing stories of that Evangelist, which are held in great estimation for their variety.
— from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 09 (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings by Giorgio Vasari

The Navy Department had intended salvaging the U-boat at once but had been prevented by reason of the fact that the war kept the department busy sending troopships [97] to Europe, guarding them en route and combating the Hun "mosquitoes" that threatened Atlantic ports and coastwise shipping.
— from The Brighton Boys in the Submarine Treasure Ship by James R. Driscoll

When you are playing at concert speed, you have no time to think of fingering, movement or condition—you are beyond all that.
— from Piano Mastery: Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers by Harriette Brower

Water in abundance, pure and cold, should be given to the patient, and he should be encouraged to drink it, even should a large portion of it be rejected by the stomach; and when the purging has ceased, some may, with much advantage, be thrown into the bowel from time to time.
— from Asiatic Cholera: A treatise on its origin, pathology, treatment, and cure by Elijah Whitney

The same, to a great extent, may be said of nations, only that, while the individual [Pg 154] always preserves a certain similarity of form and features, those of a nation are subject to innumerable and ever-varying changes.
— from The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Gobineau, Arthur, comte de

"If committee-rooms and public affairs can spare you for an hour or two, come to tea with mamma at five.
— from Vixen, Volume III. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

She was in a profound and calm sleep, and he returned thankfully home, taking the street which led by the market cross.
— from The Broken Font: A Story of the Civil War, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Moyle Sherer

In the valleys of Alausi, Pallatanga, and Chillanes (see map) all the large trees have already been cut down.
— from Travels in Peru and India While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and Their Introduction into India. by Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir

On the other hand, all attempts on the part of a child to be friendly and courteous to strangers should be noted and praised; a child should be encouraged to look upon itself as an integral part of a circle, and not as a silent and lumpish auditor.
— from Where No Fear Was: A Book About Fear by Arthur Christopher Benson