V. have -influence &c. n.; be -influential &c. adj.; carry weight, weigh, tell; have a hold upon, magnetize, bear upon, gain a footing, work upon; take root, take hold; strike root in.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

ἐσπούδασα, to hasten; to be in earnest about, be bent upon, Ga. 2.10; to endeavour earnestly, strive, Ep.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

It struck him with surprise, for the grey eyes, usually so mild and grave, had the bright uneasy glance which accompanies suppressed agitation, and the slight flush in her cheeks, with which she had come downstairs, was heightened to a deep rose-colour.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

My frinds & felow mortals there is A first Cose of all things most Comle so it Came to pass that one Abraham bish up got A qanted with my Dafter—shee A babey he Old in Eage and Larning and Colage Lant & Lawyer Lant and preast Lant and masonik Lant and
— from A Pickle for the Knowing Ones by Timothy Dexter

Before us great Death stands Our fate held close within his quiet hands.
— from Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke

The city of Tralles is built upon ground in the shape somewhat of a trapezium.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

For her Dwelling being under Ground where nothing is to be seen, Nature has so obscurely fitted her with Eyes, that Naturalists can hardly agree whether she have any Sight at all or no.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

BARE, meer; bareheaded; it was "a particular mark of state and grandeur for the coachman to be uncovered" (Gifford).
— from The Alchemist by Ben Jonson

No one bid us good-bye, neither, and Doctor Kirby says it's a wonder they rented us the rig.
— from Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis

" I could not be so ill-natured as to reject all the offers made me by this benevolent, but uncouth gentlewoman , so accepted a sandwich, and thereby giving her, as it were, a signal to commence operations.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 472, January 22, 1831 by Various

This foolish lad really supposed that he had bidden us good-by.
— from Dean Dunham; Or, the Waterford Mystery by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

You just ought to hear my wife, Mingo, and Me, singin' dat 'round de fire befo' us go to bed.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

Victory of the American army under General Gates over the British under General Burgoyne at Saratoga, Oct. 17, 1777.
— from Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs

Mrs. Frederick Langford only shook her head, and thanked her, saying with a painful smile that it was impossible, but begging Uncle Geoffrey and Henrietta to go.
— from Henrietta's Wish; Or, Domineering by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

"Rope by up go him stern," said Koku, motioning toward the after part of the wreck.
— from Tom Swift and His Undersea Search; Or, the Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic by Victor Appleton

This paper is an attempt to analyze the motives which underlie a movement based, not only upon conviction, but upon genuine emotion, wherever educated young people are seeking an outlet for that sentiment for universal brotherhood, which the best spirit of our times is forcing from an emotion into a motive.
— from Twenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical Notes by Jane Addams