The weight of the easterling penny may appear by divers statutes, namely, of weights and measures, made in the 51st of Henry III.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

Hence, to make up your mind, to be determined (see Nares’s “Glossary”).
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Jove should be deaf to such wild prayers: He was not then; so first she fares; She, who in brightest day saw not, [Pg 450] No more than shut up in a pot, Struck against rocks, and many a tree— 'Gainst passers-by, continually; Until she led them both, you see, Straight into Styx.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

My wife has got too great head to be brought down soon Nan at Moreclacke, very much pleased and merry with her Necessary, and yet the peace is so bad in its terms Never laughed so in all my life.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

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

From Noun. fugā-re , rout fugā- , N. fuga locā-re , place loco- , N. locus nōminā-re , name nōmin- , N. nōmen levā-re , lighten levi- , N. levis sinuā-re , bend sinu- , N. sinus albē-re , be white albo- , N. albus miserē-rī , pity misero- , N. miser flōrē-re , blossom flōr- , N. flōs sordē-re , be dirty sordi- , N. sordēs pūnī-re , punish poenā- , N. poena condī-re , season condo- , N. condus custōdī-re , guard custōd- , N. custōs vestī-re , dress vesti- , N. vestis gestī-re , flutter gestu- , N. gestus 55 366 .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

The man is so ignorant that, as one of the sharpers who prey upon him put it once, it “would be downright sinful not to take him in.”
— from How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

The enemy that surrounded them, they well knew, were at all times ferocious; but they would be doubly so now, having become exasperated by watching for so long a period.
— from History of the Indians, of North and South America by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich

These maids enlink'd in sister-fold, Who, late at bashful distance staid, Now tripping from the greenwood shade, Nearer the musing champion draw, And, in a pause of seeming awe, Again stand doubtful now?—
— from Tales and Legends of the English Lakes by Wilson Armistead

In general appearance and in plan these ruins resemble the ruin next to be described, situated near the mouth of the East Verde.
— from Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 179-262 by Cosmos Mindeleff

Another braave day, sure ’nough.
— from Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts

Inner webs of rectrices broadly (but not entirely) rufous to the extreme tip, with a broad dusky stripe next the shaft.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

They rely chiefly on mimetic (exemplary) Magic which, by dramatising some natural process, brings it into real operation.
— from The Origin of Man and of His Superstitions by Carveth Read

In bygone days some nobler souls dreamed dreams of a perfect human character.
— from The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Books of the Bible, Volume 15 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Volume I by Alfred Tucker

Quest as he would through the Piedmont hills and along the many-gated back-road to Berkeley, Daylight saw nothing of Dede Mason and her chestnut sorrel.
— from Burning Daylight by Jack London