l'Etiopia ne' con cio` che di sopra al Mar Rosso ee.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

"Shut up your sarmons, Pitt, when Miss Crawley comes down," said his father; "she has written to say that she won't stand the preachifying.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

ANT: Disrespect, contumely, contumacy, disregard, slight, impudence, disobedience, non-allegiance, defiance, attention.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

It was obtained from the patterers and tramps who supplied a great many words for this work, and who have been employed by me for some time in collecting Old Ballads, Christmas Carols, Dying Speeches, and Last Lamentations, as materials for a History of Popular Literature .
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

hēafodleahter m. capital crime, deadly sin , Æ. hēafodlēas ‘ headless ,’ WW ; Æ. hēafodlic capital, deadly ( crime ), Bl .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

[AN; c] cleverly deny s.t. or conceal a truth when accused.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

± ceorfan 3 to cut, cut down, slay , Mk, Æ ; LkL: carve, cut out, engrave : tear .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

The following is a classification of the characteristics of the person which affect his social status and efficiency: ( a ) physical traits, as physique, physiognomy, etc.; ( b ) temperament; ( c ) character; ( d ) social expression, as by facial expression, gesture, manner, speech, writing, etc.; ( e ) prestige, as by birth, past success, status, etc.; ( f ) the individual's conception of his rôle.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

In second cutter, Chipp, Dunbar, Sweetman, Sharvell, Kuehne, Starr, Manson, Warren, Johnson, Ah Sam.
— from The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole by George Bryce

“You can come down Saturday and wash the stuff at our house, and I'll take it in when we go marketing in the afternoon.”
— from A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter

Pileus brick color, convex, depressed, smooth, margin closely involute.
— from Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc. by Charles McIlvaine

oh-oh it; but the Church cannot do so; she has a religious responsibility, and must move slowly.
— from Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert by John Henry Newman

THE news of the murder of Captain Cristóbal de Sotelo soon spread throughout the city, and great was the excitement, for he was beloved by many soldiers for his valour, by the veterans who had served under the old Adelantado, and by those others who had recently chosen to follow the banners of Don Diego.
— from The War of Chupas by Pedro de Cieza de León

"Centeotl!" cried Don Sebastian, pushing forward.
— from The Harlequin Opal: A Romance. Vol. 3 (of 3) by Fergus Hume

The ceremony concluded, Doctor Sims said in a solemn voice: "Let us pray," stretching out his hand as he spoke.
— from Historic Homes of New England by Mary Harrod Northend

Mazurier had, indeed, conveyed to his mind an impression that would have satisfied him, if anything of this character could do so.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics by Various