Whatever those were, these are known to be genuine Pieces occasioned by an amour which had very extraordinary consequences, and made a great noise at the time when it happened, being between two of the most distinguished Persons of that age.
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Héloïse

As the boat gently passed out of subterranean darkness, and floated over the threshold of Nain, the realm of the dwarf of death, Bragi, the fair and immaculate young god, who until then had shown no signs of life, suddenly sat up, and, seizing the golden harp beside him, he began to sing the [ 101 ] wondrous song of life, which rose at times to heaven, and then sank down to the dread realm of Hel, goddess of death.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

The Brothers Grimm, patriarchs alike as mythologists and folk-lorists, the Castor and Pollox of our studies, have proved this as regards the Teutonic nations, just as they showed us, by many a striking example, that in great part folk-lore was the mythology of to-day, and mythology the folk-lore of yesterday.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

To praise, magnifie, or call happy, is to Honour; because nothing but goodnesse, power, and felicity is valued.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

As soon as the ball gets past them, it's in touch, and out of play.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

Take of ripe Wood-strawberries two pounds, put them in a phial, and put so much small spirits of Wine to them, that it may overtop them the thickness of four fingers, stop the vessel close, and set it in the sun two days, then strain it, and press it but gently; pour this spirit to as many fresh Strawberries, repeat this six times, at last keep the clear liquor for your use.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

[631] It is also to this that allusion is made by the divine saying, "A man's foes are those of his own household," [632] —words which one cannot hear without pain; for though a man have sufficient fortitude to endure it with equanimity, and sufficient sagacity to baffle the malice of a pretended friend, yet if he himself is a good man, he cannot but be greatly pained at the discovery of the perfidy of wicked men, whether they have always been wicked and merely feigned goodness, or have fallen from a better to a malicious disposition.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

[A12B156; b8] get passengers, be a passenger.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

In the first place, the enormous cutting tackles, among other ponderous things comprising a cluster of blocks generally painted green, and which no single man can possibly lift—this vast bunch of grapes was swayed up to the main-top and firmly lashed to the lower mast-head, the strongest point anywhere above a ship’s deck.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Corp., 88 Avildsen, Clarence, 85 B Babb, Jervis J., 70 ; 76 Bacher, Robert F., 169 Baldwin, Hanson W., 155 Baldwin, Roger, 143 Ball, George W., 11 ; 180 Bank of America, 56 ; 85 Bank of Manhattan Company, 64 ; 76 Bankers Security Corporation, 130 Bankers Trust Company, 14 ; 65 ; 92 Barkin, Solomon, 142 Barnes, Harry Elmer, 165 Barnes, Joseph, 156 Barnett, Frank R., 137 Barrett, Edward W., 125 ; 152 Bates, Harry C., 101 Batten, William M., 85 Bay Petroleum Corp., 94 Beal, Gerald F., 48 Beard, Charles E., 169 Beaver Coal Co., 87 Bechtel, S. D., 85 Beise, S. Clark, 85 Belafonte, Harry, 148 Beliefs, Purposes and Policies (quote from UWF pamphlet), 123 ff Belgian Securities Corp., 14 Bell and Howell Co., 88 ; 92 ; 93 Bell, Elliott V., 64 ; 156 Bell, James F., 170 Bell, Laird, 142 Bendix Aviation Corp., 89 Benny, Jack, 102 Benton, William, affiliations: iii ; 62 ; 64 ; 130 ; 143 Berger Manufacturing Co., of Mass., 92 Berle, Adolf A., Jr., affiliations: 11 ; 55 , 140 ; 150 ; 171 BERLIN, 28 ff; 132 , 180 Bernhard, Prince of The Netherlands, v Berry, George P., 171 Bethlehem Steel Co., Inc., 14 Better Farming , 85 Better Homes and Gardens , 85 Biddle, Francis, 146 , 171 "Bilderbergers,"
— from The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot

Masculine names in us should be given [Pg 284] to plants of masculine qualities,—strength, force, stubbornness; neuter endings in um , given to plants indicative of evil or death.
— from Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle

Other parts of the same brigade, which was commanded by Gregory, paused for an instant; but the terror of their brethren was soon communicated to them, and they also threw away their arms, and sought for safety in flight.
— from The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall

843 The luminous essay of De Candolle on "Botanical Geography" presents us with the fruits of his own researches and those of Humboldt, Brown, and other eminent botanists, so arranged, that the principal phenomena of the distribution of plants are exhibited in connexion with the causes to which they are chiefly referrible.
— from Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Burgoyne's surrender.—The day after the battle Gates pushed forward his left wing, a movement which threatened to pen Burgoyne between the Hudson and a hostile army.
— from The Colonization of North America, 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

The fire rose higher and higher; would it not be better that the flames should reach the house and consume it in an hour or two, than to see it being gradually pulled down, stone by stone, for many days to come?
— from Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by John Leighton

With such a hand it would not be good play to lead the single plain card, for you might have the good fortune to throw it away on your partner's trick, and ruff the same suit when led by your opponents.
— from Hoyle's Games Modernized by Professor Hoffmann

“The ambassador feigned a certain embarrassment, denied being the author of the billet, yet wished it to be understood that in reality he was; said that a message from an ambassador to the heir-apparent would scarcely have been admissible, but declared he felt much esteem for his royal highness, and that he would be greatly pleased by the permission to pay his court, en particulier , to the young prince.
— from Reminiscences of Prince Talleyrand, Volume 1 (of 2) by Colmache, M., active 19th century

Refugees from the war areas as well as unemployed people shall receive relief, and shall be given proper training to fit them for war-time work.
— from The China of Chiang K'ai-Shek: A Political Study by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

He has just shown once more what it really amounts to, in the Treaty of Establishment with Switzerland, wherein restrictions are placed upon the issue of good moral character certificates by German parishes to their parishioners.
— from The Schemes of the Kaiser by Juliette Adam