Averroes oppugns all spirits and supreme powers; of late Brunus ( infelix Brunus , [6667] Kepler calls him), Machiavel, Caesar Vaninus lately burned at Toulouse in France, and Pet.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The chamber looked such a bright little place to me as the sun shone in between the gay blue chintz window curtains, showing papered walls and a carpeted floor, so unlike the bare planks and stained plaster of Lowood, that my spirits rose at the view.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

[A; a] 1 make a scratch, pinprick, or line on s.t.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Yes--you see there are some people one loves best, and others whom one would almost always rather have as companions.
— from A Doll's House : a play by Henrik Ibsen

It is like a square patch of light.
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Rossi, hoping perhaps that I would make him a present of another play, asked my leave to give my lady a superb pelisse of lynx-fur, which pleased her immensely.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Dumps are also small pieces of lead, cast by schoolboys in the shape of money.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

I know the place well, and can guide thee thither, for, though it is a goodly distance, yet methinks a stout pair of legs could carry a man there and back in one day.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

The voices were blithe, and there was many a silvery peal of laughter mingled with the pleasant, cheery talk.
— from Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children by Martha Finley

Government Cyprus Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Cyprus conventional short form: Cyprus note: the Turkish Cypriot area refers to itself as the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (TRNC) Government type: republic note: a disaggregation of the two ethnic communities inhabiting the island began following the outbreak of communal strife in 1963; this separation was further solidified after the Turkish intervention in July 1974 after a Greek junta-based coup attempt gave the Turkish Cypriots de facto control in the north; Greek Cypriots control the only internationally recognized government; on 15 November 1983 Turkish Cypriot "President" Rauf DENKTASH declared independence and the formation of a "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (TRNC), recognized only by Turkey; both sides publicly support a settlement based on a federation (Greek Cypriot position) or confederation (Turkish Cypriot position) Capital: Nicosia Administrative divisions: 6 districts; Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol, Nicosia, Paphos; note - Turkish Cypriot area's administrative divisions include Kyrenia, all but a small part of Famagusta, and small parts of Lefkosa (Nicosia) and Larnaca Independence: 16 August 1960 (from UK); note - Turkish Cypriot area proclaimed self-rule on 13 February 1975
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

I took a voltaic apparatus, consisting of a single pair of large plates, namely, a cylinder of amalgamated zinc, and a double cylinder of copper.
— from Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday

Sometimes it only needed for a ship or two to appear before a town and it would surrender, but generally an assault or the (p. 663) appearance of a storming party on land was necessary.
— from The Naval History of the United States. Volume 2 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot

So swiftly did thy career fill office after office; a single period of life was enough for the round of dignities and gave to thy youthful years every step on fortune’s ladder.
— from Claudian, volume 1 (of 2) With an English translation by Maurice Platnauer by Claudius Claudianus

I have a pretty varied acquaintance with the literature of the world, and I have sat and thought for quite a while, without being able to recall a single portrait of life which contradicts this thesis; and certainly anyone familiar with literature could name ten thousand novels and dramas and grand operas which support the thesis.
— from The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair

He began with an emotional and sparkling portrait of Leo XIII, the ideal Pope, the Man of Destiny entrusted with the salvation of the nations.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete by Émile Zola

[Phillips, in his New World of Words , has " Pigle or Pightel , a small Parcel of Land enclosed with a Hedge, which in some Parts of England is commonly call'd a Pingle."
— from Notes and Queries, Number 81, May 17, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Dear Sir , I have employed a short period of leisure in passing over a portion of the state of Indiana.
— from American Journal of Science, Vol. 1. by Various