He bounded like a chamois, cocking his carbine as he went, and in a moment reached the summit of a hill opposite to that on which he had perceived the traveller.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

frēondscipe m. ‘ friendship ,’ B, Lcd ; AO, CP: conjugal love .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

People read books, laughed and cried, clapped when pleased, and hissed when angry; that I did not like."
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

Octavius and L. Merula; Q. Catulus, the conqueror (with Marius) in the Cimbric War; the orator M. Antonius; the brothers L. and C. Caesar.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

[ On this account, fortified posts were established by the Romans to restrain the Chauci; who by Lucan are called Cayci in the following passage: Et vos crinigeros bellis arcere Caycos Oppositi.—Phars.
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus

“If it had blown up—” “No one in the whole of Calle Anloague would have been left alive,” concluded Capitan Toringoy, feigning valor and indifference in the presence of his family.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

" Herself a blooming maid with black locks and carnation cheeks, Carolyn admired intensely Evelyn's auburn hair and fair complexion.
— from The Second Violin by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond

Hester looked down, blushing like a chidden child.
— from Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau

'I will not be bound like a common criminal.'
— from On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles by T. C. (Thomas Charles) Bridges

Ged thigeadh am fear mor na m dhàil Gun iochd gun bhàigh le a chlaidheamh cruaidh, Air do ghuidh-se a bhean bhlath.
— from Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses by Argyll, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Duke of

My heart went out to all this suffering, but death so near increased my anxiety for my own child, and when the news was brought me on the following morning that Isabel had passed away during the night, the fear for Nancy rose high in me, and I became like a crazed creature, wandering from one room to another, with half-begun prayers to God upon my lips and a feeling of utter helplessness heavy on my soul.
— from Nancy Stair: A Novel by Elinor Macartney Lane

Little by little a change came over him.
— from Niels Lyhne by J. P. (Jens Peter) Jacobsen

“Nothing but love a cold, cruel wretch.
— from Commodore Junk by George Manville Fenn

Then she went trooping for the Crimean War; then for some years ran between London and China carrying tea, for which she was originally built.
— from Notes By the Way in a Sailor's Life by Arthur E. Knights

So at least I judge from a number of letters recently addressed to me, both at my own house and at the office of the Sporting and Dramatic News , requiring information upon matters which a few years ago were very little thought of by ladies, and certainly commanded no amount of attention from them.
— from Riding for Ladies: With Hints on the Stable by O'Donoghue, Power, Mrs.