Laura left the court room, accompanied by her mother and other friends, amid the congratulations of those assembled, and was cheered as she entered a carriage, and drove away.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

yet Eth, n. that is in motion Ethais, n. that spreads out Ethol, v. to select, to choose: n. selection, choice: a. select Etholedig, a. chosen, the elect Etholedigaeth, n. the act of electing, selection Etholiad, n. an election Etholydd, n. an elector Etholwr, n. an elector Etholyddiaeth, n. electorship Ethrefiad, n. domestication Ethrefig, a. domestical, homely Ethrefu, v. to domesticate Ethrewyn, v. to conciliate Ethrin, n. conflict, toil Ethrinio, v. to conflict Ethriniol, a. conflicting, toiling Ethryb, n. cause, occasion Ethrychwil, n. a lizard Ethrylith, n. intuition Ethrywyllt, a. ferocious, furious Ethrywyn, v. to conciliate Ethu, v. to proceed, to go Ethw, a. of pervading quality Ethy, n. a spur Eu, pro.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

That evening around the roaring stove the big walking boss lighted his pipe, and tilting back in his chair, contentedly wriggled his toes in the woollen socks, cocked comfortably upon the edge of his bunk, the while he held forth upon the merits of his crews to Lon Camden and Saginaw Ed and Connie Morgan who shared the quarters with him: "The best crews ever went into the woods!"
— from Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

whar you kin ketch a breath o’ air from what little’s afloat,” she said, cordially, as she emerged, a chair in either hand.
— from Northern Georgia Sketches by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben

The town of Boston met and passed a number of weak but very criminal votes; and as the governor declined calling an assembly they sent circular letters to all the towns and districts to send a person each that there might be a general consultation at so extraordinary a crisis.
— from Copy of Letters Sent to Great-Britain by His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, the Hon. Andrew Oliver, and Several Other Persons by Thomas Hutchinson

[466] Monsieur Gilles de la Tournerelle shall go, himself and four knights, on the same conditions, and shall eat at court.
— from The History of the Crusades (vol. 3 of 3) by J. Fr. (Joseph Fr.) Michaud

The enormous importance of capillary attraction, sartorial extravagance and controversial invective are duly dwelt on, while the charming tone and temper of the work may be gathered from the headings of some of the chapters: "The Curse of Conservatoriums;" "The Tyranny of Tune;" "The Dethronement of Wagner ;" " A bas Beethoven ."
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914 by Various

My company and that of Captain Lee received fifteen days rations and embarked in the schooner Martha, Captain Baker: the brig Calvin and schooners Emeline and Cumberland had sailed before us.
— from A correct and authentic narrative of the Indian war in Florida with a description of Maj. Dade's massacre, and an account of the extreme suffering, for want of provision, of the army—having been obliged to eat horses' and dogs' flesh, &c, &c. by Barr, James, Captain

East to eastern Massachusetts (Sudbury and Lexington); Connecticut (Westfield and Saybrook); Long Island (Mastic and Oyster Bay); New Jersey (Demarest, Morristown, and Elizabeth); southeastern Pennsylvania (Tinicum and Berwyn); probably occasionally in northern Maryland (Cecil County and Sabillasville); eastern and central Ohio (Canfield and Columbus); east-central Kentucky (Berea); central Tennessee (Nashville and Fall Creek); and central northern Georgia (Young Harris).
— from Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers, Part One and Part Two by Arthur Cleveland Bent

I have not seen the specimen from [Pg 485] 9 mi. NW of Lincoln; however, another specimen from there, two others from Lancaster County, and one from Seward County (see above), are here referred to P. h. spilotus , rather than P. h. paradoxus , on the basis of notably darker dorsal coloration and smaller external and cranial measurements.
— from Distribution of Some Nebraskan Mammals by J. Knox Jones

" The ideas of Angels and of Ghosts have their origin in what may be called a superstitious education; and credence in the latter is an almost necessary pendant to a belief in the former.
— from Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities in Central and Western Asia, Europe, and Elsewhere, Before the Christian Era. Showing Their Relations to Religious Customs as They Now Exist. by Thomas Inman

But, as observes M. Emile Montégut, in the work before quoted, the church has been created as Nature creates a soil, each age contributing its layer; Byzantine, Roman, Gothic, each style is here seen, the latter in its purity.
— from East of Paris: Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne by Matilda Betham-Edwards