There is really something more in all this than a mere parable; it is the identity of the thing in question, that is to say of the will, at very different degrees of its objectivation, by which the same law of motion takes such different forms.
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

In the first place, they have made a cup of coffee seem to be a very delectable drink.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Lastly, St. Hilaire found towards the southern extreme of the range of Gomphia oleaeformis two forms which he did not at first doubt were distinct species, but he subsequently saw them growing on the same bush; and he then adds, "Voila donc dans un meme individu des loges et un style qui se rattachent tantot a un axe verticale et tantot a un gynobase.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

Y pues la ira soberana And since the sovereign anger de Dios junta, como ves, of God, as you see, joins together al padre de doña Inés that of Doña Inés’s father y al vengador de doña Ana, and Doña Ana’s avenger, mira el fin que aquí te espera see the end that awaits you here cuando a igual tiempo te alcanza, when you meet at the same moment aquí dentro su venganza vengeance here, inside,
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

in no degree, not at all Dimai, n. a halfpenny Dimedd, n. nothingness Dimeiwerth, a. halfpenny worth Din, n. a hill, fort, fortress Dinag, a. without exception Dinam, a. unexceptionable Dinas, n. a city; a fortress Dinasol, a. belonging to a city Dinawdd, a. without perception Dincod, n. teeth, an edge; apple seed Dinerth, a. impotent; feeble Dinerthedd, n. impotence Dinesig, a. belonging to a city Dinesydd, n. a citizen Dinesyddiaeth, n. muncipality Dinesyddio, v. to denizen Dinewid, a. without change Dinidr, a. without hindrance Diniwed, a. harmless, innocent Dinod, a. of no note or mark Dinodd, a. without juice or sap Dinodded, a. defenceless Dinoeth, a. not naked or bare Dinwych, a. not languishing Dinwyf, a. without liveliness Dinwyth, a. inoxious Dinystr, n. destruction Dinystriad, n. a destroying Dinystrio, v. to destroy Dinystriol, a. destructive Diobaith, a. without hope Diober, a. worthless, useless Diochel, a. unavoidable Diod, n. drink, beverage Diodgar, a. given to drinking Diodi, v. to give drink Diodid, a. not dubious Diodlestr, n. a drinking cup Diodr, a. uninterrupted Diodrig, a. without delay Diodrydd, a. given to drinking Dioddef, a. without suffering Dioed, a. without delay Dioedran, a. not of age Dioer, a. doubtless; verily Diofai, a. careless; secure Diofaledd, n. carelessness Diofalu, v. to become careless; to make secure Diofalus, a. negligent Diofalwch, n. negligence Diofer, a. not vain or useless Diofid, a. without affliction Diofryd, n. vow; decision Diofrydiad, n. a vowing Diofrydog, a. vowed; devoted Diofyn, a. undaunted, fearless Diog, a. slothful, sluggish, slow, lazy Diogan, a. reproachless Diogel, a. unexposed; secure Diogeledd, n. safety, security Diogeliad, n. a securing Diogelu, v. to secure, to guard Diogelwch, n. safety, security Diogelwr, n. a securer Diogi, n. idleness, laziness Diogi, v. to grow idle or lazy Diogwydd, a. uninclined Diogyn, n. idler, sluggard Dioheb, a. unanswerable Diohir, a. without delay Diol, a. having no marks Diolch, n. thanks; praise: v. to give thanks Diolchgar, a. thankful; obliged Diolchgarwch, n. thanksgiving Diolchiad, n. a thanking Dioledig, a. blotted out Dioli, v. to blot out Dioliad, n. obliteration Diolo, v. to develope Diolrain, a. uninvestigated Diolud, a. without wealth Dioludd, a. unobstructed Diolwch, v. to show gratitude Diolwg, a. sightl
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Other punishments, for trifling crimes committed by the christians, are left to the discretion of the respective judges, who being usually of malicious and vindictive dispositions, decree them in the most inhuman manner.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

‘Tapski’ was a name given to Shaftesbury in derision, and vile defamers described the abscess, which had originated in a carriage accident in Holland, as the result of extreme dissipation.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

I must tell you that he suffers from a very dangerous disease.
— from A Doll's House : a play by Henrik Ibsen

I saw then in my dream, as far as this valley reached, there was on the right hand a very deep ditch; that ditch is it into which the blind have led the blind in all ages, and have both there miserably perished.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

, I was very sorry to hear of the unfortunate state in which you have been, and in which Sarah [Lady Sarah Robinson] is, as I have a sufficient recollection of the Mumps to know what a very disagreeable disorder they are, or they is.
— from Miss Eden's Letters by Emily Eden

Yet heroes were the holdas, and valiant deeds did they do; and many a good Saxon fell, and his bones are still far beneath the green fields which now grow o'er that field of slaughter.
— from Wulnoth the Wanderer: A Story of King Alfred of England by Herbert Inman

I was always what may be termed a remarkably clean-looking boy, from the peculiarity of my skin and complexion; my teeth were small, but were transparent, and I had a very deep dimple in my chin.
— from Japhet in Search of a Father by Frederick Marryat

He found a very different disposition in the United States on his return to what he had left there, when he first went to France.
— from Life of Thomas Paine Written Purposely to Bind with His Writings by Richard Carlile

Beyond this the rock becomes coarser, containing large grains of quartz and glassy feldspar, with inclusions of a very dark diabasic rock.
— from Old Mines of Southern California Desert-Mountain-Coastal Areas Including the Calico-Salton Sea Colorado River Districts and Southern Counties by Harold W. (Harold Wellman) Fairbanks

For, in short, Mammon is not a god at all; but a devil, and even a very despicable devil.
— from Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Thomas Carlyle

Just before daylight, while a thick fog prevailed, the rebels massed their forces and made a very determined dash in our front, charging upon us furiously, shouting with that peculiar yell so characteristic of the Johnnies.
— from The Old Sixth Regiment, Its War Record, 1861-5 by Charles K. Cadwell

lesquels nous eussent dit et affirmé par leur serment et conscience, que le lendemain de Pasques dernier passé ledict Lenfant estant en la garde de ses bestes, ladicte Gillon sa femme desjettoit de ladicte cense, pour aller au village de Dizy ..., ayant délaissé
— from The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals by E. P. (Edward Payson) Evans

she walked slowly along, carrying the blue and white package as if it were a coffin,—as indeed it was, a kind of coffin, for a very dead dolly.
— from Nelly's Silver Mine: A Story of Colorado Life by Helen Hunt Jackson

To dream of a vicious dog, denotes enemies and unalterable misfortune.
— from Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream A Scientific and Practical Exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller