Men banded together in a criminal conspiracy, business aggregations that prey upon the public while serving it, political machines held together by the interest of plunder, are included.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

Orris English and Florentine, Capers, &c. Burn.
— 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

But all along his train there was nobody that could be a disguised Flambeau, any more than a cat could be a disguised giraffe.
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

O U; draft, check, cheque, back-dated check; negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

ANT: Repressible, governable, controllable, calm, bound down.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

bail, beaker, billy, canakin; catch basin, catch drain; chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner [U.S.], spider, terrine, toby, urceus. plate, platter, dish, trencher, calabash, porringer, potager, saucer, pan, crucible; glassware, tableware; vitrics. compote, gravy boat, creamer, sugar bowl, butter dish, mug, pitcher, punch bowl, chafing dish.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

that they must avoid running counter to natural and normal expectations—: but we see at the same time that the criterion cannot be made definite in its application to private conduct, and it is easy to show that there is the same indefiniteness and consequent difficulty in applying it to legislation.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

"If we make haste," said Lydia, as they walked along, "perhaps we may see something of Captain Carter before he goes."
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

An ingenious cardmaker published a pack of South-Sea playing-cards, which are now extremely rare, each card containing, besides the usual figures, of a very small size, in one corner, a caricature of a bubble-company, with appropriate verses underneath.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

A little later my cousin Conrad came by.
— from Lay Down Your Arms: The Autobiography of Martha von Tilling by Bertha von Suttner

But since the calculation cannot be instituted concerning each particular action, we establish intermediate rules; by which proceeding, the business of morality is much facilitated, for then it is concerning our rules alone that we need inquire, whether in their tendency they be beneficial; concerning our actions, we have only to ask whether they be agreeable to the rules.
— from Evidences of Christianity by William Paley

He then repeated the account Annie had given of her capture, and asked if the circumstances could be identified, and if the officer, of the name of Mansfield, concerned in it was still alive; and if so, was he still in India?
— from The Tiger of Mysore: A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

The various Crusades of the twelfth century found many followers from Lancashire, and even when the Christians were fast losing their Asiatic possession it was thought worth while to appeal to this county for help, as we find, in June, 1291, the Archbishop of York instructing the Friars there to send three Friars to 68 preach on behalf of the Crusades; one was to address the people at or near Lancaster, another at some place convenient for the Lonsdale inhabitants, and a third at Preston, in such a locality as it was believed the greatest congregation could be got together.
— from A History of Lancashire by Henry Fishwick

Aristide, whose purse, scantily filled (truth to say) by the profits of the Agence Pujol, could contribute but modestly to this reckless expenditure, found himself forced to accept his friend’s lavish hospitality.
— from The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by William John Locke

“If it’s a joke they can come back when they get ready.”
— from Tom Fairfield in Camp; or, The Secret of the Old Mill by Allen Chapman

This conclusion cannot be accepted in silence.
— from Byways in British Archaeology by Walter Johnson

Few spoken sarcasms could be so bitter as that silent one which Mauleverer could command by a smile, and with this complimentary expression on his thin lips and raised brow, the earl answered: "Sir, I honour the skill testified by your reply; it must be the result of a profound experience in these affairs.
— from Paul Clifford — Volume 04 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron