With these words the English girl, whose white skin did not look as if it could contain a drop of blood, blushed most violently.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

But it was not gone; it was one of those bits of the looking-glass—that magic mirror, of which we have spoken—the ugly glass which made everything great and good appear small and ugly, while all that was wicked and bad became more visible, and every little fault could be plainly seen.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Hojas de buyo , Sp.-Fil.; Itmó , Tag.; Mamin , Bic.; Buyo , Mamón , Vis.; Samat , Pam.; Betel Pepper , Eng.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

as, so as, like as Mehefin, n. the month of June Mehin, n. fat, fat flesh, grease Mehinen, n. the leaf of fat Mehino, v. to become greasy Mehinog, a. having grease Meia, v. to take the field Meiad, n. a taking the field Meibionain, Meibionos, n. little children Meichiad, n. a becoming surety, a becoming bail Meichio, v. to bail, to be bail Meichiog, a. having surety Meidr, n. a measure, a rule Meio, v. to make a campaign Meidradydd, n. a metre Meidraeth, measurement Meidriad, n. one who is able to effect or to accomplish Meidro, v. to limit: to mete Meidrol, a. limitable, comprehending Meidroldeb, n. comprehensiveness, capacity Meidroli, v. to bring within measure Meidwy, n. a solitary one, a hermit Meidwyfod, n. a hermitage Meidyn, n. a point; a moment Meiddiad, n. a curdling Meiddion, n. curds and whey Meiddioni, v. to turn to curds Meiddlyd, a. wheyey, curdled Meiddlyn, n. whey drink Meiddog, a. abounding with whey Meifon, n. raspberries Meigen, n. a recess, a nook Meigiad, n. a turning suddenly; a happening Meigrad, n. a starting suddenly Meigro, v. to startle, to start Meigryn, n. a startle; a vertigo Meiliad, n. a lading with a bowl Meiliaid, n. a bowlful Meiliannu, v. to uphold Meiliant, n. an upholding Meilierydd, n. the skylark Meilio, v. to hold up; to put in a bowl; to raise with a bowl Meiliorn, n. transgression Meiliorni, v. to transgress Meilon, n. powder, flour Meiloni, v. to reduce to powder Meilwn, n. the small of the leg Meilyn, n. a loop, an eye Meilyndorch, n. a sashoon Meillion, n. clover, trefoil Meillionen, n. a trefoil Meillioni, v. to yield trefoil Meillionog, a. having trefoils Meinâd, n. a making fine Meinâu, v. to make fine or slender Meincio, v. to fix benches Meinder, n. exility, fineness Meindwf, a. of slender growth Mein-gan, n. a delicate fair one Meinin, a. of stone, stony Meinir, n. one of delicate growth Meinoles, n. a delicate thing Meinwar, a. delicate and gentle Meinwedd, n. a delicate aspect Meinwen, n. one delicately fair Meinwyr, a. delicately chaste Meinyn, n. a lump of stone Meipen, n. a turnip Meiriol, a. dissolving, thawing Meiriolad, n. a thawing Meirioli, v. to dissolve, to thaw Meirion, n. a tender; a dairy man Meiriones, n. a dairymaid Meirioni, n. superintendence Meisydd, n. a steward; a mayor Meisgyn, n. a moth Meisiad, n. a devising Meisio, v. to devise, to invent Meisiol, a. devising, inventive Meistr, n. a master, a lord Meistres, n. a mistress Meistrol, a. masterely, master Meistrolaeth, n. mastery Meistrolaethu, v. to get mastery Meistroll, v. to sway as master Meityn, n. a point, a space Meithdra, n. tediousness Meithio, v. to make tedious Meithiw, a. extensive, tedious Meithrin, n. nurture, nursing: v. to nourish Meithrinfa, n. a seminary Meithriniad, n. a nurturing Meithrinol, a. nurturing Mêl, n. honey.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

The Magician is nevertheless sent as a guest to Zarathustra’s cave; for, in his heart, Zarathustra believed until the end that the Magician was a higher man broken by modern values.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

[The Country Doctor.] VIGNEAU (Madame), wife of the preceding, a perfect housekeeper; she received Genestas cordially, when brought to call by Benassis; Madame Vigneau was then on the point of becoming a mother.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

So they finished their supper in great joy and contentment, and presently retired to rest between clean sheets, safe in Toad's ancestral home, won back by matchless valour, consummate strategy, and a proper handling of sticks.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

The shaking of his body becomes more violent, he breathes rapidly, and hisses like a snake.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

They have now acknowledged my right of property to Orkney and Shetland, and have both become my vassals, all which they have confirmed by oath; and now I will invest them with these lands as a fief: namely, Bruse with one third part and Thorfin with one third, as they formerly enjoyed them; but the other third which Einar Rangmund had, I adjudge as fallen to my domain, because he killed Eyvind Urarhorn, my court-man, partner, and dear friend; and that part of the land I will manage as I think proper.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

lywyddes, n. a female president Llywyddiad, n. a presiding Llywyddiaeth, n. presidency Llywyddol, a presidential Llywyddu, v. to preside Llywyn, n. the extreme of light; the west Llywynol, a. occidental, west Llywynydd, n. occident, west Ma, n. place, spot, space; state Mab, n. a male: a boy; a son Mabaidd, a. boyish, childlike Maban, n. a babe, a baby Mabanaidd, a. babyish, childish Mabandod, n. childhood Mabaneiddio, to become a baby Mabanoed, n. childhood Mabanu, v. to make as a baby Mabddall, a. blind from birth Mabddysg, n. infantile tuition Mabgar, a. fond of children Mabgath, n. a kitten Mabgoll, n. the poppy Mabiaeth, n. childhood; filiality Mabiaethu, v. to treat as a child Mabiaith, n. childish prattling Mabin, a. juvenile, youthful Mabineiddio, v. to make as a child Mabinog, a. juvenile, infantine Mablan, n. a burying place Mabmaeth, n. a foster-son Maboed, Mabolaeth; n. childhood, infancy Mabol, a. like a child; filial Maboli, v. to become as a child Mabon, n. a youth; a hero Mabsant, n. a patron saint Mabsanta, v. to canonise Mabwraig, n. a virago, a scold Mabwys, n. adoption of a son Mabwysiad, n. adoption Mabwysiadol, a. relating to the adoption of a child, adoptive Mabwysio, v. to adopt a son Macai, n. a maggot, a grub Maceiad, n. a maggot, a grub Macon, n. berries Macrell, n. a mackerel Macswr, n. brewer Macwy, n. a youth Mach, n. a security, a surety, a bail Machdaith, n. a dam, embankment Machiad, n. a making secure Machlud, n. a setting, a going down Machludiad, n. occultation Machludo, v. to be obscured Mad, n. what proceeds; a reptile; a good, a benefit Mad, a. good, beneficial Madalch, n. agaric, toadstool Madalchu, v. to produce agaric Madarch, n. agaric, toadstool Madarchen, n. agaric Madarchu, v. to produce agaric Mad-ddall, n. a blind-worm Madedd, n. benefit, goodness Maden, n. a she fox, a vixen Madfall, n. a newt, an eft Madfelen, n. a knapweed Madgall, n. a lizard Madiad, n. a benefiting Madiaeth, a. beneficient, bounteous Madog, a. tending forward Madol, a. goodly Madraidd, a. tending to fester Madreddiad, n. a putrefying Madreddol, a. putrefactive Madriad, n. a producing pus Madrodd, n. putrid bodies Madron, n. collection of humours Madrondod, n. dizziness Madronu, v. to make dizzy Madru, v. to putrefy, to fester Madrudd, n. the marrow Madruddiad, n. forming of marrow Madruddo, v. to form marrow Madruddog, a. having marrow Madruddyn, n. a vein marrow Madrwy, n. a newt, an eft Madryn, n. epithet for a fox Madu, v. to render productive Madw, a. tending to benefit Madws, n. fulness of time Madyn, n. epithet for a fox Madywydd, n. the sweetgale Madd, n. what tends to divest Maddau, n. dismissal; pardon, v. to let go; to pardon Maddeuad, n. a pardoning Maddeuant, n. pardoning Maddeuedig, a. dismissed; forgiven Maddeugar, a. disposed to remit Maddeuol, a. remitting, forgiving Maddeuwr, n. forgiver, pardoner Mae, v. is, are Maedd, n. a buffet Maeddgen, n. a buffet Maeddiad, n. a buffetting Maeddol, a. buffetting, banging Maeddu, v. to buffet, to bang Mael, n. gain, profit, advantage, what is worked; iron Maela, v. to seek for profit Maelan, n. a shop Maelawr, Maelfa, n. a mart, a market Maeldref, n. a market town Maeldoll, n. the tariff Maelera, v. to traffic, to trade Maeleriad, n. a trafficking Maeleriaeth, n. traffic, trade Maelged, n. a tribute; a tax, a toll Maelgi, n. the angel fish Maeliad, n. a profiting, a gaining Maeliant, n. advantage, gain Maelier, n. a trafficker Maelieres, n. a chap-woman Maelierwr, n. a merchant Maelio, v. to profit, to gain Maelota, v. to gain by traffic Maelotai, n. a retailer Maelwr, n. a retailer, a shop-keeper Maen, n. a block of stone.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

He (Smollett) accordingly read them the first sketch of the Tears of Scotland consisting only of six stanzas, and on their remarking that the termination of the poem, being too strongly expressed, might give offence to persons whose political opinions were different, he sat down without reply, and with an air of great indignation, subjoined the concluding stanza: ‘“While the warm blood bedews my veins, And unimpaired remembrance reigns, Resentment of my country's fate
— from Res Judicatæ: Papers and Essays by Augustine Birrell

I had risen involuntarily as he entered; we gazed on each other for a moment in silence, which was at length broken by my visitor.
— from Redgauntlet: A Tale Of The Eighteenth Century by Walter Scott

Ex.: ambaŭ venis , both came; mi konas ambaŭ fratojn , I know both brothers; mi vidis ilin ambaŭ , I saw both of them; mi ŝatas ambaŭ , I like both.
— from Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation by William W. Mann

68 The following was the programme: Overture, by Beethoven My Variations.
— from Frederic Chopin: His Life, Letters, and Works, v. 1 (of 2) by Maurycy Karasowski

It stands in the center of a large, open space showing fine lawns and old-fashioned gardens, bordered by more venerable trees, some of which are worth more than passing notice.
— from Historic Homes of New England by Mary Harrod Northend

Almost at once my imagination began to move of itself and to bring before me vivid images that, though never too vivid to be imagination, as I had always understood it, had yet a motion of their own, a life I could not change or shape.
— from Ideas of Good and Evil by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

On the black marble chimney piece was a black marble clock, flanked by black marble vases, and in the four corners of the room were cabinets filled with all manner of plated articles.
— from On a Chinese Screen by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

From the moon come the folk-songs imagined by reapers and spinners out of the common impulse of their labour, and made not by putting words together, but by mixing verses and phrases, and the folk-tales made by the capricious mixing of incidents known to everybody in new ways, as one deals out cards, never getting the same hand twice over.
— from The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 8 (of 8) Discoveries. Edmund Spenser. Poetry and Tradition; and Other Essays. Bibliography by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

Such a dream is Time that the coo of this ancient bird Has perished not, but is blent, or will be blending Mid visionless wilds of space with the voice that I heard, In the full-fugued song of the universe unending.
— from Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Thomas Hardy

The last work was published at the time of the appearance of a book by M. Victor Meunier, [42] a believer in the possibility of domesticating the simian race.
— from Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, March 1899 Volume LIV, No. 5, March 1899 by Various