When the last cask was in, we went and refreshed and rested, and sat late into the night, drinking with our friends, and next morning I took to the great olive-woods for a spell and a rest.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

“At this dreadful sight I drew my sword and rushed at Ragotte, and should certainly have cut off her head had she not by her magic arts chained me to the spot on which I stood; all my efforts to move were useless, and at last, when I threw myself down on the ground in despair, she said to me, with a scornful smile: “‘I intend to make you feel my power.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

However, this ignorance did less harm to the Romans than to the Jews, because they were joined together under their shields, and made their sallies more regularly than the others did, and each of them remembered their watch-word; while the Jews were perpetually dispersed abroad, and made their attacks and retreats at random, and so did frequently seem to one another to be enemies; for every one of them received those of their own men that came back in the dark as Romans, and made an assault upon them; so that more of them were wounded by their own men than by the enemy, till, upon the coming on of the day, the nature of the right was discerned by the eye afterward.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

Coegymffrost, n. vain boasting Coegyn, n. conceited fellow Coegynaidd, a. coxcomical Coel, n. an omen; belief, trust Coelbren, n. a record or letter, stick; a ballot stick; a lot Coelcerth, n. a bonfire Coeledig, a credited, believed Coeledigaeth, n. credibility Coeledd, n. credibility; belief Coelgar, credulous, apt to believe Coelgarwch, n. credulousness Coelgrefydd, n. superstition Coelgrefyddol, a. superstitious Coelgyfaredd, n. a curing of disorders by charms Coeliadwy, a. credible; authentic Coelio, v. to believe, to credit Coeliwr, n. a believer; a creditor Coes, n. a leg; a shank Coesgam, a. bandy-legged Coeshir, a. long-legged Coesnoeth, a. bare-legged Coesog, a. legged; shanked Coesol, a. belonging to the leg Coeswisg, covering for the leg Coeta, v. to gather wood Coettrych, n. a grafting stock Coeth, a. ardent; pure, purified Coethaidd, a. tending to be pure Coethi, v. to stimulate, to purify Coethiad, n. stimulation; a refining Coethiedydd, n. a purifier Coethol, stimulating; refining Coethwr, n. a purifier Côf, n. memory; record Cofel, n. a memorial Cofiad, n. a remembering Cofiadur, n. a remembrancer, a recorder, a secretary Cofiadwy, a. memorable Cofiant, n. memoir, record Cofiedydd, n. remembrancer Cofio, v. to remember, to recollect Cofl, n. the embrace; the bosom; the folding of the arms Coflaid, n. what is embraced; a bosom friend; a darling Cofleidiad, n. an embracing Cofleidio, v. to fold in the arms Cofleidiwr, n. an embracer Coflyfr, n. a memorandum book Coflys, n. a court of record Cofnod, n. a memorandum Cofrestr, n. a catalogue, a register Cofrestriad, n. a registering Cofrestru, v. to register Cofrestrwr, n. registrar Cofus, a. memorable; mindful Cofweinydd, n. prompter Cofwyl, n. memorable festival Coffa, v. to remember Coffadwriaeth, n. remembrance Coffadwriaethol, commemorative Coffâu, v. to remember, to record Coffäwr, n. remembrancer Coffâd, n. remembering Coffor, n. chest, coffer Cofftio, v. to gorge, to quaff Côg, n. cook; cuckoo; lump Cogan, n. cup, bowl Cogeiliaid, n. distaff full Cogel, n. distaff, truncheon Cogl, n. club, cudgel Cogor, n. a chatter, trackling Cogwrn, n. knob, crab Còi, n. a peak; a sting; beard of corn; embryo Colaeth, n. a nursing Coledd, n. cherishing Coleddiad, n. a cherishing Coleddwr, n. cherisher Coleddu, v. to cherish Colfen, n. abough, branch Coliog, a. having a sting Colof, n. a stem, prop Colofn, n. pillar, column Colofnaidd, a. having pillars Colomen, n. pigeon, dove Colomendy, n. pigeon-house Coludd, n. the bowels Coluddyn, n. a gut Colwydd, n. neck-bones Colwynydd, n. acchoucheur Colwynyddes, n. midwife Colyn, n. sting: pivot Coll, n. loss, damage; hazlewood Colled, n. loss, damage Collediad, n. a losing Colledig, a. lost; condemned Colledigaeth, n. perdition, ruin Colledu, v. to damage, to injure Colledus, a. damaging, losing Collen, n. hazel; sapling Collfarn, n. condemning sentence Collfarnu, to condemn Colli, v. to lose; to be lost Colliad, n. a losing; spilling Compawd, n. compass Conglfaen, n. corner stone Conglog, a. angular, cornered Congl, n. corner, angle Copa, n. a top; tuft; crest Copog, a. tufted; crested Copyn, n. spider; a tuft Côr, n. circle; close; crib; college; choir Côrach, n. a dwarf, pigmy Côraidd, a. dwarfish Corbed, n. corbel; a jutting Corbedwyn, n. a darling Corbwll, n. a plash, buddle Corbwyo, v. to domineer Corbwyll, n. a slight hint Corcen, n. a spruce girl Cord, n. twist, cord Corden, n. rope, string Cordedd, n. a twisted state Cordeddiad, n. a twisting Cordeddu, v. to twist Cordd, n. a circle; tribe Cordderw, n. dwarf oak Corddi, v. to turn, to churn Corddiad, n. a churning Cored, n. a wear or dam Coredu, v. to form a dam Coreddu, v. to circulate Coreddus, a. circling, rotatory Corelw, n. a reel, dance Coren, n. female dwarf Corfan, n. metrical foot Corfinydd, n. architect Corfran, n. a jackdaw Corfryn, n. a hillock Corff or Corph, a body, a corpse Corffol, a. bodied; corporeal Corffi, v. to body; to take in the body Corffilyn, n. a small thing Corffolaeth, n. a personality, a whole Corffolaethu, v. to personify Corfforaeth, n. corporation Corffori, v. to form into body Corfforol, a. corporeal, personal Corgeimwch, n. a prawn Corgi, n. a curdog Corhwyad, n. a teal Coriar, n. a partridge Còrig, n. a little dwarf Corlan, n. a sheepfold, a pen Corlaniad, n. a folding Corlanu, v. to fold, to pen Còrlong, n. a small pool Corlyn, n. a small ship Corn, n. a horn; a corn; a top; a top of a chimney; roll Cornaid, n. a horn-ful Cornant, n. a brook, a rill Cornbig, n. a sea pike Cornboer, n. phlegm Cornchwigl, n. a lapwing Cornchwiglen, n. a lapwing Cornel, n. a corner, an angle Cornelog, a. angular Cornelu, v. to make a corner Corni, v. to grow horny Corniad, n. a horning Cornicell, n. a reed pipe Cornig, n. a horn; a whirl Cornio, v. to horn; to butt Corniog, a. horned; turreted Cornwyd, n. a pestilence Cornwydol, a. pestilential Coron, n. a crown, a diadem Coronog, a. having a crown, regal Coronedigaeth, n. coronation Coroni, v. to crown Coroniad, n. a crowning Coronig, n. a coronet Cors, n. a bog, a quag; a fen Corsen, n. a bog plant; a reed Corseniad, n. a reeding Corsenog, a. full of reeds Corsenu, v. to reed, to boll Corsfrwyn, n. bulrushes Corshwyad, n. a fen duck Corslwyn, n. a reed bog Corsog, a. boggy: fenny Corswig, n. a gelder rose Cort, n. a cord, a rope Cordyn, n. a cord, a string Corwalch, n. a sparrow-hawk Corwgl, n. a coracle Corwynt, n. a whirlwind Coryn, n. crown of the head Corynrwy, n. a diadem Corynu, v. to shave the crown Corysgwr, n. a radiation
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

A Abra province, 252 Adjutant-General Corbin, cablegrams of 1899 to Otis, 211 , 306 Agriculture, wealth of Ph. is in, 607 ; Sugar Trust, Tobacco Trust, Hemp Trust, and Ph. sugar, tobacco, and hemp, 560 –1, 565 , 569 –70 , 604 –622 Aguinaldo, personal equation of, 5 , 240 ; present demeanor 6 ; early dealings with Consul Pratt, 7 –15; and Wildman, 19 ; with Admiral Dewey, 16 –45; with General Anderson, 46 –66; with Merritt, 67 –87; with Otis, 88 –106, 164 –185; escape through our lines, November, 1899, 246 ; capture, 1901, 332 –9; takes oath of allegiance, 340 ; issues proclamation, 341 Albay province, area and pop., 265 ; insurrection of 1902–3 in, 432 –436 Alger, R. A., resigns as Secretary of War, 222 Allen, H. T., General, on constabulary loyalty, 403 ; on Samar situation in 1904, 480 –1, 488 ; in 1906, 517 Ambos Camarines.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

Such going and coming, and running and riding and shouting!
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

The Spartans among the rest were encamped on the frontier of Megalopolis, having marched out in accordance with the terms of their alliance; but they were acting rather as reserves and spectators than as active allies.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

‘The ceilidh is a literary entertainment where stories and tales, poems, and ballads, are rehearsed and recited, and songs are sung, conundrums are put, proverbs are quoted, and many other literary matters are related and discussed.’—Alexander
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

c. 83, 84;) and his description is illustrated by Angelo Rocca, a Roman antiquary, (St. Greg.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

She eats little, sleeps lightly, and being as respectful and religious as she is clever and courteous, she is ever anxious to worship the gods, and to enjoy the conversation of Brahmans.
— from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks by Vatsyayana

With startled faces they looked to left and right and rear, and several of them excitedly inquired what had happened.
— from The Gray Phantom by Herman Landon

The dame she claspit the halye roode, And dreddour wilde was in her ee; And round, and round, and seven times round, And round about the Eildon-Tree!
— from The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales (Vol. 2 of 2) by James Hogg

Rec o gniti ó ne, a recognissance, a recognisson, a surueigh.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio

It met daily to adopt rules and regulations and spent hours over the card cabinet until it became thoroughly acquainted with Marjorie's averages.
— from The Incubator Baby by Ellis Parker Butler

The Jazz movement is a ripple on a wave; the wave—the large movement which began at the end of the nineteenth century in a reaction against realism and scientific paganism—still goes forward.
— from Since Cézanne by Clive Bell

Before any one had time to answer her, his step was heard on the stairs, and recovering as rapidly as she had appeared to lose her strength, she flew to the door and was ready to have thrown herself into his arms on the smallest encouragement.
— from The Younger Sister: A Novel, Volumes 1-3 by Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) Hubback

The mountains on the east side of the river are rough and rocky, and still retain great quantities of snow, and two other high snowy mountains may be distinguished, one bearing north fifteen or twenty miles, the other nearly east.
— from History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. II To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. by William Clark

You mean my portable camera, and my power pack, and my auxiliary lenses, and my—" "All right, all right," Arpád snapped.
— from Frigid Fracas by Mack Reynolds

Certainly it was the intention of the prince to take his city, and when he fought the enemy it was his object to kill; but, as compared with the bloody work which Alva, and Romero, and Requesens, and so many others had done in those doomed provinces, such war-making as this seemed almost like an institution for beneficent and charitable purposes.
— from History of the United Netherlands, 1590-99 — Complete by John Lothrop Motley